1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee
  1868 November 5, 1872 1876  
  Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg UlyssesGrant.jpg
Nominee Horace Greeley Ulysses S. Grant
Party Liberal Republican Republican
Home state New York Ohio
Running mate Benjamin G. Brown Henry Wilson
Popular vote93,39185,655
Percentage52.16%47.84%

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County results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Electoral College vote
December 17, 1872

12 members of the Electoral College from Tennessee
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Candidate Thomas A. Hendricks
Party Democratic
Home state Indiana
Running mate B. Gratz Brown
Electoral vote12

The 1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Tennessee voted for the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, over Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley won Tennessee by a narrow margin of 4.32%. However, Greeley died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing for Tennessee's twelve electors to vote for the candidate of their choice. [1]

Results

1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana N/A of N/A12100.00%
Liberal Republican Horace Greeley of New York Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri 93,39152.16%0 [a] 0.00%
Republican Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Henry Wilson of Massachusetts 85,65547.84%00.00%
Total179,046100.00%12100.00%

See also

Footnotes

  1. Greeley died after the election, but prior to the Electoral College meeting, and was thus ineligible for the office of President. Greeley had won 12 pledged electors, of which all cast their votes for other Democrats.

References

  1. "American presidential election, 1872". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  2. "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  3. "1872 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  4. "Electoral Votes for President and Vice President 1869-1877". U.S. Electoral College. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 6, 2017.