1872 United States presidential election in Kansas
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The 1872 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Kansas by a margin of 33.66%.
Results
| United States presidential election in Kansas, 1872[1][2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts | 66,805 | 66.46% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
| Liberal Republican | Horace Greely of New York | Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri | 32,970 | 32.80% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Write-ins | N/A | N/A | 581 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Straight-Out Democratic | Charles O'Conor | John Quincy Adams II | 156 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 100,512 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% | ||||
References
- ^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "1872 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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