1872 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1872 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee Horace Greeley Ulysses S. Grant
Party Liberal Republican Republican
Home state New York Ohio
Running mate Benjamin G. Brown Henry Wilson
Electoral vote 0[a] 0
Popular vote 67,687 66,760
Percentage 50.34% 49.66%

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

Maryland was won by 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. Greely and Brown defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois and his running mate Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts.

Greeley won the state by a narrow margin of 0.68%. However, he died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing for Maryland's eight electors to vote for the candidate of their choice.[1]

Results[]

1872 United States presidential election in Maryland[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Liberal Republican Horace Greeley of New York Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri 67,687 50.34% 0[a] 0.00%
Democratic Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana N/A of N/A 0.00% 8 100.00%
Republican Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Henry Wilson of Massachusetts 66,760 49.66% 0 0.00%
Total 134,447 100.00% 8 100.00%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "American presidential election, 1872". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b Greeley died after the election, but prior to the Electoral College meeting, and was thus ineligible for the office of President. Greeley had won 8 pledged electors, of which all cast their votes for other Democrats.
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