1872 United States presidential election in California

1872 United States presidential election in California

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Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley
Party Republican Liberal Republican
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Henry Wilson Benjamin Gratz Brown
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 51,181 39,060
Percentage 56.00% 42.74%

County Results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1872 United States presidential election in California was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As was standard at the time, voters chose electors directly rather than simply voting for their party's candidate.

California voted for the Republican incumbent, Ulysses S. Grant, over the Liberal Republican nominee, New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley.

Results

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General Election Results[1]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant C. Spreckles 51,181
Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. E. Hale 51,162
Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. O. Goodwin 51,157
Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. F. Miller 51,151
Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. B. Felton 51,149
Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant T. H. Rose 51,140
Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley J. C. Shorb 39,060
Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Jo Hamilton 39,006
Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley John Yule 38,972
Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley F. M. Pixley 38,962
Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Peter Donahue 38,954
Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley F. H. Rosenbaum 38,931
Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor J. Mora Moss 920
Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor Z. Montgomery 915
Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor A. J. King 905
Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor W. J. Graves 903
Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor John Nugent 883
Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor M. R. C. Pullen 880
Write-in Scattering 226
Votes cast[a] 91,387

Results by county

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County Ulysses S. Grant
Republican
Horace Greeley
Liberal Republican
Charles O'Conor
Straight-Out Democratic
Scattering
Write-in
Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 2,564 67.21% 1,228 32.19% 23 0.60% 0 0.00% 1,336 35.02% 3,815
Alpine 89 64.49% 38 27.54% 11 7.97% 0 0.00% 51 36.96% 138
Amador 994 55.81% 766 43.01% 13 0.73% 8 0.45% 228 12.80% 1,781
Butte 1,204 56.95% 816 38.60% 90 4.26% 4 0.19% 388 18.35% 2,114
Calaveras 908 54.18% 751 44.81% 17 1.01% 0 0.00% 157 9.37% 1,676
Colusa 490 49.54% 499 50.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −9 −0.91% 989
Contra Costa 958 67.51% 461 32.49% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 497 35.02% 1,419
Del Norte 169 54.87% 139 45.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 30 9.74% 308
El Dorado 1,309 52.30% 1,093 43.67% 101 4.04% 0 0.00% 216 8.63% 2,503
Fresno 111 31.90% 237 68.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −126 −36.21% 348
Humboldt[c][2] 993 70.18% 403 28.48% 19 1.34% 0 0.00% 590 41.70% 1,415
Inyo 206 53.93% 176 46.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 30 7.85% 382
Kern 175 38.04% 285 61.96% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −110 −23.91% 460
Klamath 83 40.49% 122 59.51% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −39 −19.02% 205
Lake 202 36.14% 355 63.51% 2 0.36% 0 0.00% −153 −7.37% 559
Lassen 182 66.67% 91 33.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 91 33.33% 273
Los Angeles 1,312 47.23% 1,229 44.24% 236 8.50% 1 0.04% 83 2.99% 2,778
Marin 600 66.52% 301 33.37% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 299 33.15% 902
Mariposa 399 52.29% 364 47.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 35 4.59% 763
Mendocino 662 45.28% 725 49.59% 69 4.72% 6 0.41% −63 −4.31% 1,462
Merced 263 40.90% 380 59.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −117 −18.20% 643
Mono 88 63.77% 50 36.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 38 27.54% 138
Monterey 1,154 53.62% 976 45.35% 22 1.02% 0 0.00% 178 8.27% 2,152
Napa 900 61.18% 552 37.53% 19 1.29% 0 0.00% 348 23.66% 1,471
Nevada 2,039 58.51% 1,437 41.23% 9 0.26% 0 0.00% 602 17.27% 3,485
Placer 1,416 62.24% 838 36.84% 11 0.48% 10 0.44% 578 25.41% 2,275
Plumas 512 64.65% 280 35.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 232 29.29% 792
Sacramento 3,390 69.70% 1,469 30.20% 5 0.10% 0 0.00% 1,921 39.49% 4,864
San Bernardino[d][2] 318 53.74% 189 30.05% 102 16.22% 0 0.00% 149 23.69% 629
San Diego[e][2] 513 57.45% 360 40.31% 20 2.24% 0 0.00% 153 17.13% 893
San Francisco 11,811 51.02% 11,185 48.32% 0 0.00% 154 0.67% 626 2.70% 23,150
San Joaquin 1,784 57.40% 1,312 42.21% 12 0.39% 0 0.00% 472 15.19% 3,108
San Luis Obispo 461 55.01% 321 38.31% 56 6.68% 0 0.00% 140 16.71% 838
San Mateo 648 68.14% 303 31.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 345 36.28% 951
Santa Barbara[f][2] 692 58.94% 482 41.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 210 17.89% 1,174
Santa Clara 2,218 56.96% 1,670 42.89% 6 0.15% 0 0.00% 548 14.07% 3,894
Santa Cruz 1,029 66.99% 470 30.60% 37 2.41% 0 0.00% 559 36.39% 1,536
Shasta 539 62.38% 282 32.64% 43 4.98% 0 0.00% 257 29.75% 864
Sierra 925 71.21% 374 28.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 551 42.42% 1,299
Siskiyou 709 51.68% 663 48.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 46 3.35% 1,372
Solano 2,412 65.61% 1,257 34.19% 7 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,155 31.42% 3,676
Sonoma 1,703 50.24% 1,601 47.23% 46 1.36% 40 1.18% 102 3.01% 3,390
Stanislaus 464 41.06% 666 58.94% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −202 −17.88% 1,130
Sutter 495 62.50% 276 34.85% 19 2.40% 2 0.25% 219 27.65% 792
Tehama 400 62.60% 235 36.78% 4 0.63% 0 0.00% 165 25.82% 639
Trinity[g][2] 345 52.75% 307 46.94% 2 0.31% 0 0.00% 38 5.81% 654
Tulare 395 44.23% 498 55.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −103 −11.53% 893
Tuolumne 810 51.20% 726 45.89% 46 2.91% 0 0.00% 84 5.31% 1,582
Yolo 841 53.74% 711 45.43% 12 0.77% 1 0.06% 130 8.31% 1,565
Yuba 1,158 57.53% 852 42.32% 3 0.15% 0 0.00% 306 15.20% 2,013
Total[h] 51,181 56.00% 39,060 42.74% 920 1.01% 226 0.25% 12,121 13.26% 91,387

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
  3. ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
  4. ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
  5. ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
  6. ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
  7. ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
  8. ^ Does not include the votes from Humboldt, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Trinity counties

References

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  1. ^ A Statement of the votes polled at the General Election held throughout the State on Tuesday November 5th A.D. 1872 for Presidential Electors
  2. ^ a b c d e "Official Returns". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Sacramento Daily Union. November 26, 1872. Retrieved June 18, 2024.