1872 United States presidential election in California

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The 1872 United States presidential election in California was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1872 United States presidential election in California

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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%

County Results Grant   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Greeley   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican

California voted for the Republican incumbent, Ulysses S. Grant, over the Liberal Republican nominee, New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley.

Results

1872 United States presidential election in California^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant (incumbent)	54,007	56.38%	6
	Liberal Republican	Horace Greeley	40,717	42.51%	0
	Democratic	Charles O'Conor	1,061	1.11%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			95,785	100.00%	6
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Ulysses S. Grant Republican		Horace Greeley Liberal Republican		Charles O'Conor Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast^[2]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Marin	220	26.76%	601	73.11%	1	0.12%	381	46.35%	822
Sierra	374	28.77%	926	71.23%	0	0.00%	552	42.46%	1,300
Humboldt	403	28.48%	993	70.18%	19	1.34%	590	41.70%	1,415
Sacramento	1,470	30.20%	3,393	69.70%	5	0.10%	1,923	39.50%	4,868
Alpine	38	27.54%	89	64.49%	11	7.97%	51	36.96%	138
Santa Cruz	470	30.60%	1,029	66.99%	37	2.41%	559	36.39%	1,536
San Mateo	304	31.87%	650	68.13%	0	0.00%	346	36.27%	954
Contra Costa	461	32.49%	958	67.51%	0	0.00%	497	35.02%	1,419
Alameda	1,230	32.20%	2,567	67.20%	23	0.60%	1,337	35.00%	3,820
Lassen	91	33.33%	182	66.67%	0	0.00%	91	33.33%	273
Solano	1,257	34.19%	2,413	65.62%	7	0.19%	1,156	31.44%	3,677
Shasta	282	32.64%	539	62.38%	43	4.98%	257	29.75%	864
Plumas	280	35.35%	512	64.65%	0	0.00%	232	29.29%	792
Sutter	276	34.89%	496	62.71%	19	2.40%	220	27.81%	791
Mono	50	36.23%	88	63.77%	0	0.00%	38	27.54%	138
Tehama	237	36.97%	400	62.40%	4	0.62%	163	25.43%	641
Placer	841	37.06%	1,417	62.45%	11	0.48%	576	25.39%	2,269
Napa	552	37.53%	900	61.18%	19	1.29%	348	23.66%	1,471
San Bernardino	190	31.10%	319	52.21%	102	16.69%	129	21.11%	611
Butte	817	38.70%	1,203	56.99%	91	4.31%	386	18.29%	2,111
Santa Barbara	482	40.85%	693	58.73%	5	0.42%	211	17.88%	1,180
Nevada	1,439	41.27%	2,039	58.47%	9	0.26%	600	17.21%	3,487
San Diego	360	40.31%	513	57.45%	20	2.24%	153	17.13%	893
San Luis Obispo	321	38.21%	462	55.00%	57	6.79%	141	16.79%	840
Yuba	856	42.33%	1,163	57.52%	3	0.15%	307	15.18%	2,022
San Joaquin	1,313	42.23%	1,784	57.38%	12	0.39%	471	15.15%	3,109
Santa Clara	1,670	42.88%	2,219	56.97%	6	0.15%	549	14.09%	3,895
Amador	766	43.20%	994	56.06%	13	0.73%	228	12.86%	1,773
Del Norte	140	45.31%	169	54.69%	0	0.00%	29	9.39%	309
Calaveras	752	44.84%	908	54.14%	17	1.01%	156	9.30%	1,677
El Dorado	1,095	43.71%	1,309	52.26%	101	4.03%	214	8.54%	2,505
Monterey	979	45.39%	1,156	53.59%	22	1.02%	177	8.21%	2,157
Yolo	713	45.33%	842	53.53%	18	1.14%	129	8.20%	1,573
Inyo	176	46.07%	206	53.93%	0	0.00%	30	7.85%	382
Trinity	307	47.09%	345	52.91%	0	0.00%	38	5.83%	652
Tuolumne	726	45.89%	810	51.20%	46	2.91%	84	5.31%	1,582
Mariposa	364	47.71%	399	52.29%	0	0.00%	35	4.59%	763
Siskiyou	664	48.36%	709	51.64%	0	0.00%	45	3.28%	1,373
Los Angeles	1,229	44.26%	1,312	47.25%	236	8.50%	83	2.99%	2,777
Sonoma	1,603	47.82%	1,703	50.81%	46	1.37%	100	2.98%	3,352
San Francisco	11,187	48.64%	11,811	51.36%	0	0.00%	624	2.71%	22,998
Colusa	499	50.46%	490	49.54%	0	0.00%	−9	−0.91%	989
Mendocino	726	49.83%	662	45.44%	69	4.74%	−64	−4.39%	1,457
Tulare	498	55.77%	395	44.23%	0	0.00%	−103	−11.53%	893
Stanislaus	666	58.94%	464	41.06%	0	0.00%	−202	−17.88%	1,130
Merced	380	59.10%	263	40.90%	0	0.00%	−117	−18.20%	643
Klamath	122	59.51%	83	40.49%	0	0.00%	−39	−19.02%	205
Kern	286	62.04%	175	37.96%	0	0.00%	−111	−24.08%	461
Lake	355	63.51%	202	36.14%	2	0.36%	−153	−7.37%	559
Fresno	237	68.10%	111	31.90%	0	0.00%	−126	−36.21%	348
Total	54,007	56.38%	40,717	42.51%	1,061	1.11%	13,290	13.87%	95,785

References

1. "1872 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
2. "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved January 11, 2024.