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The 1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Mississippi by a margin of 26.96%. The state would not vote Republican again until 1964.
Results
| United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1872[1][2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts | 82,175 | 63.48% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Liberal Republican | Horace Greeley of New York | Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri | 47,282 | 36.52% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 129,457 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
References
- ^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "1872 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
