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United States presidential election in California, 1872

United States presidential election in California, 1872
California
← 1868 November 5, 1872 1876 →
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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 54,007 40,717
Percentage 56.38% 42.51%

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican


Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

In the 1872 United States presidential election, California voted for the Republican incumbent, Ulysses S. Grant, over the Liberal Republican nominee, New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley.


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