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The 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Maryland was won by the Liberal Republican and Democratic nominees, former Congressman Horace GreeleyofNew York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Benjamin Gratz BrownofMissouri. Greely and Brown defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ulysses S. GrantofIllinois and his running mate Senator Henry WilsonofMassachusetts.
Greeley won the state by a narrow margin of 0.68%. However, he died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing for Maryland's eight electors to vote for the candidate of their choice.[1]
In this election, Maryland voted 12.49% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[2]
1872 United States presidential election in Maryland[3] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Liberal Republican | Horace GreeleyofNew York | Benjamin Gratz BrownofMissouri | 67,687 | 50.34% | 0[a] | 0.00% | ||
Democratic | Thomas A. HendricksofIndiana | N/A of N/A | 0.00% | 8 | 100.00% | |||
Republican | Ulysses S. GrantofIllinois | Henry WilsonofMassachusetts | 66,760 | 49.66% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 134,447 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% |
County | Horace Greeley
Liberal Republican |
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican |
Other | Margin | Total
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Allegany | 2695 | 44.95% | 3301 | 55.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -606 | -10.11% | 5996 |
Anne Arundel | 2249 | 46.90% | 2546 | 53.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -297 | -6.19% | 4795 |
Baltimore (City) | 24694 | 55.85% | 19522 | 44.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 5172 | 11.70% | 44216 |
Baltimore (County) | 4173 | 52.51% | 3774 | 47.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 399 | 5.02% | 7947 |
Calvert | 692 | 39.27% | 1070 | 60.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -378 | -21.45% | 1762 |
Caroline | 1036 | 48.32% | 1108 | 51.68% | 0 | 0.00% | -72 | 3.36% | 2144 |
Carroll | 2505 | 49.19% | 2587 | 50.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -82 | -1.61% | 5092 |
Cecil | 2103 | 45.23% | 2547 | 54.77% | 0 | 0.00% | -444 | 9.55% | 4650 |
Charles | 1200 | 43.00% | 1591 | 57.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -391 | -14.01% | 2791 |
Dorchester | 1755 | 48.66% | 1852 | 51.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -97 | -2.69% | 3607 |
Frederick | 4065 | 43.94% | 5186 | 56.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -1121 | -12.12% | 9251 |
Harford | 1955 | 48.01% | 2177 | 51.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -162 | -3.98% | 4072 |
Howard | 1196 | 47.74% | 1309 | 52.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -113 | -4.51% | 2505 |
Kent | 1623 | 49.47% | 1658 | 50.53% | 0 | 0.00% | -35 | -1.07% | 3281 |
Montgomery | 2121 | 52.11% | 1949 | 47.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 172 | 4.23% | 4070 |
Prince George's | 1631 | 41.87% | 2264 | 58.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -633 | -16.25% | 3895 |
Queen Anne's | 1804 | 52.17% | 1654 | 47.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 4.34% | 3458 |
St. Mary's | 1139 | 42.28% | 1536 | 57.02% | 19 | 0.71% | -397 | -14.74% | 2694 |
Somerset | 1122 | 40.99% | 1615 | 50.91% | 0 | 0.00% | -493 | -18.01% | 2737 |
Talbot | 1521 | 47.77% | 1663 | 52.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -142 | -4.46% | 3184 |
Washington | 3204 | 46.38% | 3664 | 53.04% | 40 | 0.58% | -460 | -6.66% | 6908 |
Wicomico | 1470 | 57.62% | 1081 | 42.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 389 | 15.25% | 2551 |
Worcester | 1734 | 59.79% | 1166 | 40.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 568 | 19.59% | 2900 |
Total | 67687 | 50.34% | 66760 | 49.66% | 59 | 134447 |
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See also: Political party strength in Maryland |