  events from the year 1872 in the united states. == incumbents ==  === federal government === * president: ulysses s. grant (republican) * vice president: schuyler colfax (republican) * chief justice: salmon p. chase * speaker of the house of representatives: james g. blaine (r-maine) * congress: 42nd {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ! governors and lieutenant governors |- | === governors === {{columns-list|2| * governor of alabama: robert b. lindsay (democratic) (until november 17), david p. lewis (republican) (starting november 17) * governor of arkansas: ozra amander hadley (republican) * governor of california: newton booth (republican) * governor of connecticut: marshall jewell (republican) * governor of delaware: james ponder (democratic) * governor of florida: harrison reed (republican) * governor of georgia: benjamin conley (republican) (until january 12), james m. smith (democratic) (starting january 12) * governor of illinois: john m. palmer (republican) * governor of indiana: conrad baker (republican) * governor of iowa: samuel merrill (republican) (until january 11), cyrus c. carpenter (republican) (starting january 11) * governor of kansas: james m. harvey (republican) * governor of kentucky: preston h. leslie (democratic) * governor of louisiana: henry c. warmoth (republican) (until december 29), p. b. s. pinchback (republican) (starting december 29) * governor of maine: sidney perham ([[republican party (united states)|republica
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