United States presidential election 1872 — Results & electoral map
United States elections · 1872-11-05 · held
Ulysses S. Grant was elected president. Horace Greeley died after the popular election. His electors voted for several other recipients; three votes cast for Greeley were rejected. Arkansas and Louisiana had no electoral votes counted.
Electoral map — 1872
352 electors; 177 votes required for an electoral majority. Modern state outlines are a geographic reference, not historical borders. The interactive map shows actual counted electoral votes, including split and faithless votes.
| State | Electors | Electoral vote recipients |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 10 | Ulysses S. Grant 10 |
| Arkansas | 0 | |
| California | 6 | Ulysses S. Grant 6 |
| Connecticut | 6 | Ulysses S. Grant 6 |
| Delaware | 3 | Ulysses S. Grant 3 |
| Florida | 4 | Ulysses S. Grant 4 |
| Georgia | 11 | Benjamin Gratz Brown 6; Charles J. Jenkins 2; 3 uncast / rejected |
| Illinois | 21 | Ulysses S. Grant 21 |
| Indiana | 15 | Ulysses S. Grant 15 |
| Iowa | 11 | Ulysses S. Grant 11 |
| Kansas | 5 | Ulysses S. Grant 5 |
| Kentucky | 12 | Benjamin Gratz Brown 4; Thomas A. Hendricks 8 |
| Louisiana | 0 | |
| Maine | 7 | Ulysses S. Grant 7 |
| Maryland | 8 | Thomas A. Hendricks 8 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | Ulysses S. Grant 13 |
| Michigan | 11 | Ulysses S. Grant 11 |
| Minnesota | 5 | Ulysses S. Grant 5 |
| Mississippi | 8 | Ulysses S. Grant 8 |
| Missouri | 15 | Benjamin Gratz Brown 8; Thomas A. Hendricks 6; David Davis 1 |
| Nebraska | 3 | Ulysses S. Grant 3 |
| Nevada | 3 | Ulysses S. Grant 3 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | Ulysses S. Grant 5 |
| New Jersey | 9 | Ulysses S. Grant 9 |
| New York | 35 | Ulysses S. Grant 35 |
| North Carolina | 10 | Ulysses S. Grant 10 |
| Ohio | 22 | Ulysses S. Grant 22 |
| Oregon | 3 | Ulysses S. Grant 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | Ulysses S. Grant 29 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | Ulysses S. Grant 4 |
| South Carolina | 7 | Ulysses S. Grant 7 |
| Tennessee | 12 | Thomas A. Hendricks 12 |
| Texas | 8 | Thomas A. Hendricks 8 |
| Vermont | 5 | Ulysses S. Grant 5 |
| Virginia | 11 | Ulysses S. Grant 11 |
| West Virginia | 5 | Ulysses S. Grant 5 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | Ulysses S. Grant 10 |
Results: final · complete coverage · Counted Electoral College votes; recorded popular votes
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses S. Grant | 3598468 | 55.61193297269095% | — | 286 |
| Horace Greeley | 2835315 | 43.81791021525417% | — | 0 |
| Other candidates / recorded votes | 36893 | 0.5701568120548764% | — | 0 |
| Thomas A. Hendricks | — | — | — | 42 |
| Benjamin Gratz Brown | — | — | — | 18 |
| Charles J. Jenkins | — | — | — | 2 |
| David Davis | — | — | — | 1 |
Electoral votes are the presidential votes actually recorded in the National Archives count, including split and faithless votes. The map uses modern state outlines as a geographic reference; these are not historical boundaries.
Minor popular-vote candidates not separately tabulated by the source are grouped as other recorded votes. Historical popular-vote figures and definitions can vary between compilations.
Horace Greeley died after the popular election. His electors voted for several other recipients; three votes cast for Greeley were rejected. Arkansas and Louisiana had no electoral votes counted.
Sources & further reading
National Archives: 1872 electoral count and state allocations