The 1872 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Iowa was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent PresidentUlysses S. Grant of Illinois and his running mate SenatorHenry Wilson of Massachusetts. Grant and Wilson defeated the Liberal Republican and Democratic nominees, former CongressmanHorace Greeley of New York and his running mate former Senator and GovernorBenjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri.