The1872 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the1872 United States presidential election . Voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
Alabama voted for theRepublican candidate,Ulysses S. Grant , overLiberal Republican candidateHorace Greeley . Grant won Alabama by a margin of 6.38%.
This was the last time that Alabama voted for a Republican untilBarry Goldwater won it in the1964 presidential election . As of 2025, this is also the last time that a Republican won a majority of the vote in heavily blackMacon County , home ofTuskegee Institute , which would become one of the most strongly Democratic counties in the nation in the late 20th and 21st centuries.
1872 United States Presidential Election in Alabama (By County)[ 3] County Ulysses S. GrantRepublican
Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican
Total Votes Cast # % # % Autauga 1,593 70.42% 669 29.58% 2,262 Baker 237 33.29% 475 66.71% 712 Baldwin 707 56.29% 549 43.71% 1,256 Barbour 2,756 54.29% 2,320 45.71% 5,076 Bibb 433 35.43% 789 64.57% 1,222 Blount 276 33.45% 549 66.55% 825 Bullock 3,101 71.68% 1,225 28.32% 4,326 Butler 1,101 42.53% 1,488 57.47% 2,589 Calhoun 400 18.48% 1,764 81.52% 2,164 Chambers 1,318 42.63% 1,774 57.37% 3,092 Cherokee 228 15.69% 1,225 84.31% 1,453 Choctaw 645 35.91% 1,151 64.09% 1,796 Clarke 1,095 43.08% 1,447 56.92% 2,542 Clay 401 30.04% 934 69.96% 1,335 Cleburne 416 44.83% 512 55.17% 928 Coffee 98 11.68% 741 88.32% 839 Colbert 856 45.95% 1,007 54.05% 1,863 Conecuh 951 51.32% 902 48.68% 1,853 Coosa 890 46.40% 1,028 53.60% 1,918 Covington 70 10.45% 600 89.55% 670 Crenshaw 309 23.27% 1,019 76.73% 1,328 Dale 322 24.16% 1,011 75.84% 1,333 Dallas 7,081 78.55% 1,934 21.45% 9,015 DeKalb 585 50.39% 576 49.61% 1,161 Elmore 1,564 54.44% 1,309 45.56% 2,873 Escambia 216 26.50% 599 73.50% 815 Etowah 288 28.92% 708 71.08% 996 Fayette 345 40.49% 507 59.51% 852 Franklin 425 48.79% 446 51.21% 871 Geneva 55 17.41% 261 82.59% 316 Greene 2,516 67.80% 1,195 32.20% 3,711 Hale 3,665 82.05% 802 17.95% 4,467 Henry 398 17.53% 1,873 82.47% 2,271 Jackson 675 29.51% 1,612 70.49% 2,287 Jefferson 1,053 46.65% 1,204 53.35% 2,257 Lauderdale 936 41.14% 1,339 58.86% 2,275 Lawrence 1,468 55.00% 1,201 44.00% 2,669 Lee 2,369 52.28% 2,162 47.72% 4,531 Limestone 893 51.95% 826 48.05% 1,719 Lowndes 3,959 81.39% 905 18.61% 4,864 Macon 2,073 68.62% 948 31.38% 3,021 Madison 2,991 54.81% 2,466 45.19% 5,457 Marengo 1,620 49.45% 1,656 50.55% 3,276 Marion 286 53.66% 247 46.34% 533 Marshall 298 32.68% 614 67.32% 912 Mobile 5,946 47.69% 6,522 52.31% 12,468 Monroe 481 25.05% 1,439 74.95% 1,920 Montgomery 7,096 70.43% 2,979 29.57% 10,075 Morgan 1,018 50.30% 1,006 49.70% 2,024 Perry 4,143 74.96% 1,384 25.04% 5,527 Pickens 446 23.38% 1,462 76.62% 1,908 Pike 553 23.10% 1,841 76.90% 2,394 Randolph 978 53.18% 861 46.82% 1,839 Russell 2,531 60.23% 1,671 39.77% 4,202 Sanford 278 32.36% 581 67.64% 859 Shelby 897 45.63% 1,069 54.37% 1,966 St. Clair 501 38.51% 800 61.49% 1,301 Sumter 2,491 60.15% 1,650 39.85% 4,141 Talladega 1,943 55.59% 1,552 44.41% 3,495 Tallapoosa 725 25.65% 2,101 74.35% 2,826 Tuscaloosa 1,363 45.22% 1,651 54.78% 3,014 Walker 450 51.72% 420 48.28% 870 Washington 79 13.76% 495 86.24% 574 Wilcox 3,958 75.77% 1,266 24.23% 5,224 Winston 433 80.48% 105 19.52% 538 Totals 90,272 53.19% 79,444 46.81% 169,716
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