1872 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1872 United States presidential election in Nevada
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  1868 November 5, 1872 1876  
  UlyssesGrant.jpg Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley
Party Republican Liberal Republican
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Henry Wilson Benjamin G. Brown
Electoral vote30
Popular vote8,4136,236
Percentage57.43%42.57%

Nevada Presidential Election Results 1872.svg
County Results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1872 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Nevada voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Nevada by a margin of 14.86%. After this election, Humboldt County would not vote for a Republican candidate again until 1904.

Results

General Election Results [1]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Republican Party Ulysses S. GrantWilliam B. Taylor8,413
Republican Party Ulysses S. GrantJohn H. Mills8,403
Republican Party Ulysses S. GrantJames W. Haines8,392
Liberal Republican Party Horace GreeleyM. N. Stone6,236
Liberal Republican Party Horace GreeleyRobert M. Clarke6,235
Liberal Republican Party Horace GreeleyC. W. Lightner6,232
Votes cast [lower-alpha 1] 14,649

Results by county

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican
Horace Greeley
Liberal Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 2]
County# %# %# %
Churchill 4143.62%5356.38%-12-12.77%94
Douglas 23168.75%10531.25%12637.50%336
Elko 61152.27%55847.73%534.53%1,169
Esmeralda 26756.33%20743.67%6012.66%474
Humboldt 39252.27%35847.73%344.53%750
Lander 97251.43%91848.57%542.86%1,890
Lincoln 84944.83%1,04555.17%-196-10.35%1,894
Lyon 45771.63%18128.37%27643.26%638
Nye 33953.55%29446.45%457.11%633
Ormsby 51462.38%31037.62%20424.76%824
Storey 2,60363.89%1,47136.11%1,13227.79%4,074
Washoe 47762.68%28437.32%19325.36%761
White Pine 66059.35%45240.65%20818.71%1,112
Totals8,41357.43%6,23642.57%2,17714.86%14,649

See also

Notes

  1. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. Based on highest elector on each ticket

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References

  1. Nevada State Archives, Canvass of the Votes cast at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the 5th day of November A.D. 1872 for Presidential Electors