1872 United States presidential election in Nevada

Election in Nevada

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	3	0
Popular vote	8,413	6,236
Percentage	57.43%	42.57%

County Results

Grant

50-60%

60-70%

70-80%

Greeley

50-60%

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elections in Nevada

Federal government

U.S. President
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Special elections
2nd district, 2011

State government

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Nevada Assembly
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Ballot measures

2002 and 2016
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Henderson

Mayoral
2017 2022

Las Vegas

Mayoral
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North Las Vegas

Mayoral
2013 2017 2022

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Mayoral
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None of These Candidates

Nevada portal

The 1872 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nevada voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Nevada by a margin of 14.86%.

Results

1872 United States presidential election in Nevada^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Henry Wilson of Massachusetts	8,413	57.43%	3	100.00%
	Liberal Republican	Horace Greely of New York	Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri	6,236	42.57%	0	0.00%
Total				14,649	100.00%	3	100.00%

References

^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Nevada". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
^ "1872 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 3, 2017.

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