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| United States presidential election, 1872 | ||||
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| November 5th, 1872 | ||||
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| Nominee | Horatio Seymour | Horace Greeley | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| Party | Democratic | Liberal Republican | Republican | |
| Home state | New York | Illinois | New York | |
| Running mate | Samuel J. Tilden | Henry Wilson | B. Gratz Brown | |
| Electoral vote | 179 | 28 | ||
| States carried | 18 | 3 | ||
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| Presidential Election results map. Blue denotes states won by Seymour/Blair, Prink denotes states won by Greeley/Wilson, Red denotes states won by Grant/Brown. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||
President before election
George Pendleton Democratic Elected President
Horatio Seymour Democratic | ||||
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