1872United States presidential election in Virginia

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Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley Party Republican Liberal Republican Home state Illinois New York Running mate Henry Wilson Benjamin G. Brown Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 93,463 91,647 Percentage 50.47% 49.49%

County Results Grant   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Greeley   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Tie

President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican

The1872 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.

Virginia voted for theRepublican candidate, incumbentPresidentUlysses S. Grant over theDemocratic andLiberal Republican candidate, formerU.S. RepresentativeHorace Greeley. This was the first presidential election that Virginia participated in after the events of theU.S. Civil War, and also the first election whereWest Virginia was not a part of the state. It was also the first presidential election in which the state voted for aRepublican candidate, which would not occur again until1928. The election was still very close in this state and Grant won Virginia by a margin of 0.98%.

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