1872 United States presidential election
Results
Source (popular vote): Leip, David. "1872 Presidential Election Results".

1872 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Source (popular vote): Leip, David. "1872 Presidential Election Results".

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Ulysses S. Grant (Incumbent)	Republican	Ohio	3,598,235	55.6%	286	Henry Wilson	Massachusetts	286

Thomas A. Hendricks	Democratic	Indiana	—(a)	—	42	—(c)	42

Benjamin Gratz Brown	Liberal Republican/ Democratic	Missouri	—(a)	—	18	—(c)	18

Horace Greeley	Liberal Republican/ Democratic	New York	2,834,761	43.8%	3(b)	Benjamin Gratz Brown	Missouri	3(b)

Charles J. Jenkins	Democratic	Georgia	—(a)	—	2	—(c)	2

David Davis	Liberal Republican	Illinois	—(a)	—	1	—(c)	1

Charles O'Conor	Straight-Out Democrats	New York	18,602	0.3%	0	John Quincy Adams II	Massachusetts	0

James Black	Prohibition	Pennsylvania	5,607	0.1%	0	John Russell	Michigan	0

Other	10,473	0.2%	0

Total	6,467,678	100.0%	352(d)

Needed to win	177(d)

Sentence(s)

In 1872, the Republicans nominated President Ulysses S. Grant for re-election and nominated Henry Wilson from Massachusetts for vice-president.

final_sentence: In 1872, the Republicans nominated President Ulysses S. Grant for re-election and nominated Henry Wilson from Massachusetts for vice-president.