1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina
Results

1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina

Section Title: Results
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United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1872

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote	Electoral vote

Count	%	Count	%

Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Henry Wilson of Indiana	72,290	75.73%	7	100.00%

Liberal Republican	Horace Greeley of New York	Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri	22,699	23.78%	0	0.00%

N/A	Write ins	N/A	259	0.27%	0	0.00%

Bourbon Democrat	Charles O'Conor	John Quincy Adams II	204	0.21%	0	0.00%

Total	95,452	100.00%	7	100.00%

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Grant and Wilson defeated the Liberal Republican nominees, Horace Greeley of New York and his running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri by a margin of 51.95%.

final_sentence: Grant and Wilson defeated the Liberal Republican nominees, Horace Greeley of New York and his running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri by a margin of 51.95%.