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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 Greeley of New York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri. Greely and Brown defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois and his running mate Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts.
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.
In this election, Maryland voted 12.49% more Democratic than the nation at-large.
Results
| 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Liberal Republican | Horace Greeley of New York | Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri | 67,687 | 50.34% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Democratic | Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana | N/A of N/A | 0.00% | 8 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts | 66,760 | 49.66% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 134,447 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Horace Greeley
Liberal Republican |
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican |
Other | Margin | Total
Votes Cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 | |||
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Alleghany
- Anne Arundel
- Calvert
- Caroline
- Carroll
- Cecil
- Charles
- Dorchester
- Harford
- Howard
- Kent
- Prince George's
- St. Mary's
- Somerset
- Talbot
- Washington
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican
See also
- United States presidential elections in Maryland
- 1872 United States presidential election
- 1872 United States elections
Notes
- ^ Greeley died after the election, but prior to the Electoral College meeting, and was thus ineligible for the office of President. Greeley had won 8 pledged electors, of which all cast their votes for other Democrats.
References
- "American presidential election, 1872". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- "1872 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".
- "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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