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The1872 United States presidential election in California was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president. As was standard at the time, voters chose electors directly rather than simply voting for their party's candidate.
California voted for theRepublicanincumbent,Ulysses S. Grant, over theLiberal Republican nominee,New York Tribune publisherHorace Greeley.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | C. Spreckles | 51,181 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. E. Hale | 51,162 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. O. Goodwin | 51,157 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. F. Miller | 51,151 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. B. Felton | 51,149 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | T. H. Rose | 51,140 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | J. C. Shorb | 39,060 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Jo Hamilton | 39,006 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | John Yule | 38,972 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | F. M. Pixley | 38,962 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Peter Donahue | 38,954 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | F. H. Rosenbaum | 38,931 | |
| Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | J. Mora Moss | 920 | |
| Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | Z. Montgomery | 915 | |
| Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | A. J. King | 905 | |
| Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | W. J. Graves | 903 | |
| Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | John Nugent | 883 | |
| Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | M. R. C. Pullen | 880 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 226 | ||
| Votes cast[a] | 91,387 | |||
| County | Ulysses S. Grant Republican | Horace Greeley Liberal Republican | Charles O'Conor Straight-Out Democratic | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[b] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 2,564 | 67.21% | 1,228 | 32.19% | 23 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,336 | 35.02% | 3,815 |
| Alpine | 89 | 64.49% | 38 | 27.54% | 11 | 7.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 51 | 36.96% | 138 |
| Amador | 994 | 55.81% | 766 | 43.01% | 13 | 0.73% | 8 | 0.45% | 228 | 12.80% | 1,781 |
| Butte | 1,204 | 56.95% | 816 | 38.60% | 90 | 4.26% | 4 | 0.19% | 388 | 18.35% | 2,114 |
| Calaveras | 908 | 54.18% | 751 | 44.81% | 17 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 157 | 9.37% | 1,676 |
| Colusa | 490 | 49.54% | 499 | 50.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −9 | −0.91% | 989 |
| Contra Costa | 958 | 67.51% | 461 | 32.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 | 35.02% | 1,419 |
| Del Norte | 169 | 54.87% | 139 | 45.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 30 | 9.74% | 308 |
| El Dorado | 1,309 | 52.30% | 1,093 | 43.67% | 101 | 4.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 216 | 8.63% | 2,503 |
| Fresno | 111 | 31.90% | 237 | 68.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −126 | −36.21% | 348 |
| Humboldt[c][2] | 993 | 70.18% | 403 | 28.48% | 19 | 1.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 | 41.70% | 1,415 |
| Inyo | 206 | 53.93% | 176 | 46.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 30 | 7.85% | 382 |
| Kern | 175 | 38.04% | 285 | 61.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −110 | −23.91% | 460 |
| Klamath | 83 | 40.49% | 122 | 59.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −39 | −19.02% | 205 |
| Lake | 202 | 36.14% | 355 | 63.51% | 2 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | −153 | −7.37% | 559 |
| Lassen | 182 | 66.67% | 91 | 33.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 91 | 33.33% | 273 |
| Los Angeles | 1,312 | 47.23% | 1,229 | 44.24% | 236 | 8.50% | 1 | 0.04% | 83 | 2.99% | 2,778 |
| Marin | 600 | 66.52% | 301 | 33.37% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 299 | 33.15% | 902 |
| Mariposa | 399 | 52.29% | 364 | 47.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 35 | 4.59% | 763 |
| Mendocino | 662 | 45.28% | 725 | 49.59% | 69 | 4.72% | 6 | 0.41% | −63 | −4.31% | 1,462 |
| Merced | 263 | 40.90% | 380 | 59.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −117 | −18.20% | 643 |
| Mono | 88 | 63.77% | 50 | 36.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 38 | 27.54% | 138 |
| Monterey | 1,154 | 53.62% | 976 | 45.35% | 22 | 1.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 8.27% | 2,152 |
| Napa | 900 | 61.18% | 552 | 37.53% | 19 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 348 | 23.66% | 1,471 |
| Nevada | 2,039 | 58.51% | 1,437 | 41.23% | 9 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 602 | 17.27% | 3,485 |
| Placer | 1,416 | 62.24% | 838 | 36.84% | 11 | 0.48% | 10 | 0.44% | 578 | 25.41% | 2,275 |
| Plumas | 512 | 64.65% | 280 | 35.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 | 29.29% | 792 |
| Sacramento | 3,390 | 69.70% | 1,469 | 30.20% | 5 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,921 | 39.49% | 4,864 |
| San Bernardino[d][2] | 318 | 53.74% | 189 | 30.05% | 102 | 16.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 149 | 23.69% | 629 |
| San Diego[e][2] | 513 | 57.45% | 360 | 40.31% | 20 | 2.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 17.13% | 893 |
| San Francisco | 11,811 | 51.02% | 11,185 | 48.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 154 | 0.67% | 626 | 2.70% | 23,150 |
| San Joaquin | 1,784 | 57.40% | 1,312 | 42.21% | 12 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 472 | 15.19% | 3,108 |
| San Luis Obispo | 461 | 55.01% | 321 | 38.31% | 56 | 6.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 140 | 16.71% | 838 |
| San Mateo | 648 | 68.14% | 303 | 31.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 345 | 36.28% | 951 |
| Santa Barbara[f][2] | 692 | 58.94% | 482 | 41.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 210 | 17.89% | 1,174 |
| Santa Clara | 2,218 | 56.96% | 1,670 | 42.89% | 6 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 548 | 14.07% | 3,894 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,029 | 66.99% | 470 | 30.60% | 37 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 559 | 36.39% | 1,536 |
| Shasta | 539 | 62.38% | 282 | 32.64% | 43 | 4.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 257 | 29.75% | 864 |
| Sierra | 925 | 71.21% | 374 | 28.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 551 | 42.42% | 1,299 |
| Siskiyou | 709 | 51.68% | 663 | 48.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 46 | 3.35% | 1,372 |
| Solano | 2,412 | 65.61% | 1,257 | 34.19% | 7 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,155 | 31.42% | 3,676 |
| Sonoma | 1,703 | 50.24% | 1,601 | 47.23% | 46 | 1.36% | 40 | 1.18% | 102 | 3.01% | 3,390 |
| Stanislaus | 464 | 41.06% | 666 | 58.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −202 | −17.88% | 1,130 |
| Sutter | 495 | 62.50% | 276 | 34.85% | 19 | 2.40% | 2 | 0.25% | 219 | 27.65% | 792 |
| Tehama | 400 | 62.60% | 235 | 36.78% | 4 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 165 | 25.82% | 639 |
| Trinity[g][2] | 345 | 52.75% | 307 | 46.94% | 2 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 38 | 5.81% | 654 |
| Tulare | 395 | 44.23% | 498 | 55.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −103 | −11.53% | 893 |
| Tuolumne | 810 | 51.20% | 726 | 45.89% | 46 | 2.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 84 | 5.31% | 1,582 |
| Yolo | 841 | 53.74% | 711 | 45.43% | 12 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.06% | 130 | 8.31% | 1,565 |
| Yuba | 1,158 | 57.53% | 852 | 42.32% | 3 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 306 | 15.20% | 2,013 |
| Total[h] | 51,181 | 56.00% | 39,060 | 42.74% | 920 | 1.01% | 226 | 0.25% | 12,121 | 13.26% | 91,387 |
State and district results of the1872 United States presidential election | ||
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