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  2. 1872 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The election of 1872 also remains the only instance in U.S. history in which a major presidential candidate who won electoral votes died during the election process. This election set the record for the longest Republican popular vote win streak in American history, four elections, a record that was matched by the same party in 1908 .

  3. 1872 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) Next Congress: 43rd: Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican hold: Popular vote margin: Republican +11.8%: Electoral vote: Ulysses S. Grant (R) 286: Horace Greeley (LR/D) 66 [1] 1872 presidential election results. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Red denotes states won by ...

  4. 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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    The 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election . The state voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .

  5. 1872 United States presidential election in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The 1872 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .

  6. Ulysses S. Grant - Wikipedia

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    Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [a] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general , Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War .

  7. 1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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    United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1872 [1] [2] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Republican: Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois: Henry Wilson of Massachusetts: 82,175: 63.48%: 8: 100.00%: Liberal Republican: Horace Greeley of New York: Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri: 47,282 36.52% 0 0.00% ...

  8. 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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    Republican Party candidate and incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant won Wisconsin with 54.60% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes. [ 1 ] Horace Greeley was the last Democrat [ a ] until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 to win Buffalo County .

  9. 1872 United States presidential election in Delaware - Wikipedia

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    Delaware voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Delaware by a narrow margin of 4.24%, making him the first Republican to win the state in a presidential election. It would not be carried by another Republican presidential candidate until 1896.