1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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Turnout | 62.0%[1] 4.9 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
Grant 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%
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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.
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]
Results
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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
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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
References
- ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
- ^ "1872 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts".