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1872 election

President elected

Ulysses S. Grant

Electoral College result

Winner: 286 | Main Opponent: 01 (Others 63)2 | Total/Majority: 352/177

Electoral votes by state

State	Electoral Vote of Each State	For President	For Vice-President
Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois	Horace Greeley, of New York	Others1	Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts	Benjamin Gratz Brown, of Missouri	Others2
Alabama	10	10	-	-	10	-	-
Arkansas3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
California	6	6	-	-	6	-	-
Connecticut	6	6	-	-	6	-	-
Delaware	3	3	-	-	3	-	-
Florida	4	4	-	-	4	-	-
Georgia4	11	-	-	8	-	5	6
Illinois	21	21	-	-	21	-	-
Indiana	15	15	-	-	15	-	-
Iowa	11	11	-	-	11	-	-
Kansas	5	5	-	-	5	-	-
Kentucky5	12	-	-	12	-	8	4
Louisiana3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maine	7	7	-	-	7	-	-
Maryland6	8	-	-	8	-	8	-
Massachusetts	13	13	-	-	13	-	-
Michigan	11	11	-	-	11	-	-
Minnesota	5	5	-	-	5	-	-
Mississippi	8	8	-	-	8	-	-
Missouri7	15	-	-	15	-	6	9
Nebraska	3	3	-	-	3	-	-
Nevada	3	3	-	-	3	-	-
New Hampshire	5	5	-	-	5	-	-
New Jersey	9	9	-	-	9	-	-
New York	35	35	-	-	35	-	-
North Carolina	10	10	-	-	10	-	-
Ohio	22	22	-	-	22	-	-
Oregon	3	3	-	-	3	-	-
Pennsylvania	29	29	-	-	29	-	-
Rhode Island	4	4	-	-	4	-	-
South Carolina	7	7	-	-	7	-	-
Tennessee8	12	-	-	12	-	12	-
Texas9	8	-	-	8	-	8	-
Vermont	5	5	-	-	5	-	-
Virginia	11	11	-	-	11	-	-
West Virginia	5	5	-	-	5	-	-
Wisconsin	10	10	-	-	10	-	-
Totals	352	286	-	6310	286	47	1911