United States presidential election in Virginia, 1872

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1872

November 5, 1872

Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley Party Republican Liberal Republican Home state Illinois New York Running mate Henry Wilson Benjamin G. Brown Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 93,463 91,647 Percentage 50.47% 49.49%

President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican

The 1872 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Virginia voted for the Republican candidate, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant over the Democratic and Liberal Republican candidate, former U.S. Representative Horace Greeley. This was the first presidential election that Virginia participated in after the events of the U.S. Civil War. It was also the first presidential election in which the state voted for a Republican candidate and would not occur again until 1928. The election was still very close in this state and Grant won Virginia by a margin of almost 1%.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1872[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant (inc.)	93,463	50.47%	11
	Liberal Republican/Democratic	Horace Greeley	91,647	49.49%	0
	Bourbon Democrat	Charles O'Conor	85	0.05%	0
Totals			185,195	100.0%	11

References

1. "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Virginia". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 12 April 2013.