The 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Ohio was won by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent president and Ohio native Ulysses S. Grant, who won the state with 53.24% of the popular vote. The Democratic and Liberal Republican Party candidate, Horace Greeley, garnered 46.15% of the popular vote.[1]
Results
edit| 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant (incumbent) | 281,852 | 53.24% | 22 | |
| Liberal Republican | Horace Greeley | 244,321 | 46.15% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | James Black | 2,100 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| Straight-Out Democratic | Charles O'Conor | 1,163 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| Totals | 529,436 | 100.0% | 22 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Ulysses S. Grant[2] Republican |
Horace Greeley[2] Liberal Republican |
Various candidates[2] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,877 | 48.63% | 1,972 | 51.09% | 11 | 0.28% | -95 | -2.46% | 3,860 |
| Allen | 2,010 | 44.61% | 2,463 | 54.66% | 33 | 0.73% | -453 | -10.05% | 4,506 |
| Ashland | 2,183 | 47.60% | 2,368 | 51.64% | 35 | 0.76% | -185 | -4.03% | 4,586 |
| Ashtabula | 5,764 | 76.96% | 1,678 | 22.40% | 48 | 0.64% | 4,086 | 54.55% | 7,490 |
| Athens | 3,025 | 67.64% | 1,398 | 31.26% | 49 | 1.10% | 1,627 | 21.48% | 4,472 |
| Auglaize | 1,180 | 31.12% | 2,535 | 66.85% | 77 | 2.03% | -1,355 | -35.73% | 3,792 |
| Belmont | 4,267 | 53.77% | 3,647 | 45.96% | 22 | 0.28% | 620 | 7.81% | 7,936 |
| Brown | 2,593 | 43.64% | 3,337 | 56.16% | 12 | 0.20% | -744 | -12.52% | 5,942 |
| Butler | 2,993 | 37.55% | 4,926 | 61.80% | 52 | 0.65% | -1,933 | -24.25% | 7,971 |
| Carroll | 1,817 | 58.61% | 1,283 | 41.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 534 | 17.23% | 3,100 |
| Champaign | 3,059 | 58.08% | 2,185 | 41.48% | 23 | 0.44% | 874 | 16.59% | 5,267 |
| Clark | 4,095 | 60.80% | 2,612 | 38.78% | 28 | 0.42% | 1,483 | 22.02% | 6,735 |
| Clermont | 3,408 | 48.20% | 3,658 | 51.73% | 5 | 0.07% | -250 | -3.54% | 7,071 |
| Clinton | 3,105 | 62.65% | 1,786 | 36.04% | 65 | 1.31% | 1,319 | 26.61% | 4,956 |
| Columbiana | 4,773 | 61.78% | 2,897 | 37.50% | 56 | 0.72% | 1,876 | 24.28% | 7,726 |
| Coshocton | 2,252 | 45.68% | 2,656 | 53.87% | 22 | 0.45% | -404 | -8.19% | 4,930 |
| Crawford | 2,081 | 36.36% | 3,595 | 62.81% | 48 | 0.84% | -1,514 | -26.45% | 5,724 |
| Cuyahoga | 14,451 | 63.75% | 8,033 | 35.44% | 184 | 0.81% | 6,418 | 28.31% | 22,668 |
| Darke | 3,069 | 52.35% | 2,760 | 47.07% | 34 | 0.58% | 309 | 5.27% | 5,863 |
| Defiance | 1,093 | 38.31% | 1,720 | 60.29% | 40 | 1.40% | -627 | -21.98% | 2,853 |
| Delaware | 2,713 | 54.72% | 2,013 | 40.60% | 232 | 4.68% | 700 | 14.12% | 4,958 |
| Erie | 2,905 | 55.75% | 2,287 | 43.89% | 19 | 0.36% | 618 | 11.86% | 5,211 |
| Fairfield | 2,540 | 39.40% | 3,888 | 60.31% | 19 | 0.29% | -1,348 | -20.91% | 6,447 |
| Fayette | 2,140 | 57.88% | 1,545 | 41.79% | 12 | 0.32% | 595 | 16.09% | 3,697 |
| Franklin | 5,796 | 43.92% | 7,345 | 55.66% | 56 | 0.42% | -1,549 | -11.74% | 13,197 |
| Fulton | 2,210 | 71.57% | 826 | 26.75% | 52 | 1.68% | 1,384 | 44.82% | 3,088 |
| Gallia | 2,855 | 64.39% | 1,554 | 35.05% | 25 | 0.56% | 1,301 | 29.34% | 4,434 |
| Geauga | 2,711 | 81.66% | 600 | 18.07% | 9 | 0.27% | 2,111 | 63.58% | 3,320 |
| Greene | 4,069 | 66.63% | 1,961 | 32.11% | 77 | 1.26% | 2,108 | 34.52% | 6,107 |
| Guernsey | 2,629 | 57.78% | 1,901 | 41.78% | 20 | 0.44% | 728 | 16.00% | 4,550 |
| Hamilton | 20,083 | 44.60% | 24,941 | 55.39% | 1 | 0.00% | -4,858 | -10.79% | 45,025 |
| Hancock | 2,311 | 48.52% | 2,449 | 51.42% | 3 | 0.06% | -138 | -2.90% | 4,763 |
| Hardin | 2,238 | 53.08% | 1,970 | 46.73% | 8 | 0.19% | 268 | 6.36% | 4,216 |
| Harrison | 2,303 | 57.36% | 1,695 | 42.22% | 17 | 0.42% | 608 | 15.14% | 4,015 |
| Henry | 1,160 | 42.76% | 1,510 | 55.66% | 43 | 1.58% | -350 | -12.90% | 2,713 |
| Highland | 3,171 | 51.91% | 2,933 | 48.01% | 5 | 0.08% | 238 | 3.90% | 6,109 |
| Hocking | 1,350 | 41.69% | 1,860 | 57.44% | 28 | 0.86% | -510 | -15.75% | 3,238 |
| Holmes | 1,089 | 30.08% | 2,530 | 69.89% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,441 | -39.81% | 3,620 |
| Huron | 3,812 | 62.82% | 2,182 | 35.96% | 74 | 1.22% | 1,630 | 26.86% | 6,065 |
| Jackson | 2,258 | 58.83% | 1,555 | 40.52% | 25 | 0.65% | 703 | 18.32% | 3,838 |
| Jefferson | 3,776 | 63.78% | 2,102 | 35.51% | 42 | 0.71% | 1,674 | 28.28% | 5,920 |
| Knox | 2,773 | 49.44% | 2,730 | 48.67% | 106 | 1.89% | 43 | 0.77% | 5,609 |
| Lake | 2,751 | 73.56% | 979 | 26.18% | 10 | 0.27% | 1,772 | 47.38% | 3,740 |
| Lawrence | 3,624 | 68.17% | 1,637 | 30.79% | 55 | 1.03% | 1,987 | 37.38% | 5,316 |
| Licking | 3,493 | 43.01% | 4,562 | 56.17% | 67 | 0.82% | -1,069 | -13.16% | 8,122 |
| Logan | 2,795 | 58.74% | 1,955 | 41.09% | 8 | 0.17% | 840 | 17.65% | 4,758 |
| Lorain | 4,432 | 67.71% | 2,097 | 32.03% | 17 | 0.26% | 2,335 | 35.67% | 6,546 |
| Lucas | 5,253 | 62.66% | 3,083 | 36.77% | 48 | 0.57% | 2,170 | 25.88% | 8,384 |
| Madison | 1,934 | 54.25% | 1,625 | 45.58% | 6 | 0.17% | 309 | 8.67% | 3,565 |
| Mahoning | 3,757 | 59.13% | 2,518 | 39.63% | 79 | 1.24% | 1,239 | 19.50% | 6,354 |
| Marion | 1,340 | 41.42% | 1,842 | 56.94% | 53 | 1.64% | -502 | -15.52% | 3,235 |
| Medina | 2,794 | 61.80% | 1,695 | 37.49% | 32 | 0.71% | 1,099 | 24.31% | 4,521 |
| Meigs | 3,501 | 65.81% | 1,812 | 34.06% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,689 | 31.75% | 5,320 |
| Mercer | 1,026 | 32.65% | 2,090 | 66.52% | 26 | 0.83% | -1,064 | -33.86% | 3,142 |
| Miami | 3,753 | 56.03% | 2,910 | 43.45% | 35 | 0.52% | 843 | 12.59% | 6,698 |
| Monroe | 1,307 | 30.74% | 2,878 | 67.69% | 67 | 1.58% | -1,571 | -36.95% | 4,252 |
| Montgomery | 6,998 | 49.17% | 7,183 | 50.47% | 50 | 0.35% | -185 | -1.30% | 14,231 |
| Morgan | 2,339 | 58.23% | 1,551 | 38.61% | 127 | 3.16% | 788 | 19.62% | 4,017 |
| Morrow | 2,197 | 55.85% | 1,689 | 42.93% | 48 | 1.22% | 508 | 12.91% | 3,934 |
| Muskingum | 4,558 | 51.28% | 4,304 | 48.42% | 27 | 0.30% | 254 | 2.86% | 8,889 |
| Noble | 2,016 | 54.78% | 1,627 | 44.21% | 37 | 1.01% | 389 | 10.57% | 3,680 |
| Ottawa | 1,122 | 43.66% | 1,439 | 55.99% | 9 | 0.35% | -317 | -12.33% | 2,570 |
| Paulding | 979 | 60.32% | 637 | 39.25% | 7 | 0.43% | 342 | 21.07% | 1,623 |
| Perry | 1,907 | 46.67% | 2,172 | 53.16% | 7 | 0.17% | -265 | -6.49% | 4,086 |
| Pickaway | 2,353 | 46.59% | 2,660 | 52.67% | 37 | 0.73% | -307 | -6.08% | 5,050 |
| Pike | 1,284 | 45.01% | 1,568 | 54.96% | 1 | 0.04% | -284 | -9.95% | 2,853 |
| Portage | 3,478 | 58.03% | 2,438 | 40.68% | 77 | 1.28% | 1,040 | 17.35% | 5,993 |
| Preble | 2,715 | 56.14% | 2,101 | 43.44% | 20 | 0.41% | 614 | 12.70% | 4,836 |
| Putnam | 1,275 | 37.22% | 2,131 | 62.20% | 20 | 0.58% | -856 | -24.99% | 3,426 |
| Richland | 3,369 | 47.05% | 3,772 | 52.67% | 20 | 0.28% | -403 | -5.63% | 7,161 |
| Ross | 3,650 | 49.55% | 3,711 | 50.38% | 5 | 0.07% | -61 | -0.83% | 7,366 |
| Sandusky | 2,380 | 46.26% | 2,729 | 53.04% | 36 | 0.70% | -349 | -6.78% | 5,145 |
| Scioto | 2,888 | 57.53% | 2,091 | 41.65% | 41 | 0.82% | 797 | 15.88% | 5,020 |
| Seneca | 3,128 | 47.12% | 3,462 | 52.15% | 48 | 0.72% | -334 | -5.03% | 6,638 |
| Shelby | 1,717 | 42.44% | 2,311 | 57.12% | 18 | 0.44% | -594 | -14.68% | 4,046 |
| Stark | 5,817 | 52.30% | 5,250 | 47.20% | 55 | 0.49% | 567 | 5.10% | 11,122 |
| Summit | 4,534 | 62.01% | 2,738 | 37.45% | 40 | 0.55% | 1,796 | 24.56% | 7,312 |
| Trumbull | 5,869 | 70.68% | 2,321 | 27.95% | 114 | 1.37% | 3,548 | 42.73% | 8,304 |
| Tuscarawas | 3,178 | 46.96% | 3,586 | 52.99% | 3 | 0.04% | -408 | -6.03% | 6,767 |
| Union | 2,450 | 60.91% | 1,564 | 38.89% | 8 | 0.20% | 886 | 22.03% | 4,022 |
| Van Wert | 1,805 | 51.62% | 1,686 | 48.21% | 6 | 0.17% | 119 | 3.40% | 3,497 |
| Vinton | 1,314 | 49.31% | 1,340 | 50.28% | 11 | 0.41% | -26 | -0.98% | 2,665 |
| Warren | 3,763 | 63.38% | 2,168 | 36.52% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,595 | 26.87% | 5,937 |
| Washington | 4,231 | 53.27% | 3,680 | 46.33% | 32 | 0.40% | 551 | 6.94% | 7,943 |
| Wayne | 3,768 | 51.53% | 3,533 | 48.32% | 11 | 0.15% | 235 | 3.21% | 7,312 |
| Williams | 2,213 | 59.84% | 1,419 | 38.37% | 66 | 1.78% | 794 | 21.47% | 3,698 |
| Wood | 2,994 | 60.95% | 1,896 | 38.60% | 22 | 0.45% | 1,098 | 22.35% | 4,912 |
| Wyandot | 1,816 | 46.13% | 2,095 | 53.21% | 26 | 0.66% | -279 | -7.09% | 3,937 |
| Totals | 281,852 | 53.24% | 244,321 | 46.15% | 3,263 | 0.62% | 37,531 | 7.07% | 529,436 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1872 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)