1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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Turnout	62.0% [1] 4.9 pp
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley Party Republican Liberal Republican Home state Illinois New York Running mate Henry Wilson Benjamin G. Brown Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 133,455 59,195 Percentage 69.20% 30.69%
County results Municipality results Grant   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Greeley   50–60% Tie   50%
President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican

The 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Massachusetts was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois and his running mate Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts. Grant and Wilson defeated the Liberal Republican and Democratic nominees, former Congressman Horace Greeley of New York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri by a margin of 38.51%.

With 69.20% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would be Grant's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, South Carolina, Rhode Island and Nebraska. ^[2]

This is the last election in which Brighton, Charlestown, and West Roxbury voted in, as all three were annexed by the city of Boston in 1873.

Results

1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts [3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Henry Wilson of Massachusetts	133,455	69.20%	13	100.00%
	Liberal Republican	Horace Greeley of New York	Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri	59,195	30.69%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	214	0.11%	0	0.00%
Total				192,864	100.00%	13	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Massachusetts

References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. "1872 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts".