The 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Republican Party candidate and incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant won Wisconsin with 54.60% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.
Horace Greeley was the last Democrat until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 to win Buffalo County.
Results + General Election ResultsWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and on the Proposition to amend the Constitution, at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the fifth day of November, A.D. 1872Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Edward C. McFetridge104,992 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant F. Fleischer104,990 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Frederick Hilgen104,990 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Romanzo Bunn104,989 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Jerome S. Nickles104,989 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant George G. Swain104,989 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Henry D. Barron104,988 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Ormsby B. Thomas104,988 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant William E. Cramer104,987 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant George E. Hoskinson104,986 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Mons Anderson86,477 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Milton Montgomery86,477 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Amasa G. Cook86,476 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Robert H. Hotchkiss86,475 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley George H. King86,474 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Wyman Spooner86,474 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Matthew Wadleigh86,474 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Samuel Rindskopf86,472 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Anton Klaus86,460 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley John Black86,310 Write-in Scattering834Votes cast 192,303
Results by county County Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican Charles O'ConorStraight-Out Democratic Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # %Adams88579.09%23320.82%10.09%65258.27%1,119Ashland8666.67%4333.33%00.00%4333.33%129Barron12075.95%3824.05%00.00%8251.90%158Bayfield8967.94%4232.06%00.00%4735.88%131Brown2,69454.98%2,18544.59%210.43%50910.39%4,900Buffalo84248.59%86149.68%301.73%-19-1.10%1,733Burnett16095.81%74.19%00.00%15391.62%167Calumet75736.48%1,31363.28%50.24%-556-26.80%2,075Chippewa1,02557.75%75042.25%00.00%27515.49%1,775Clark80186.97%11812.81%20.22%68374.16921Columbia3,07062.45%1,83537.33%110.22%1,23525.12%4,916Crawford1,16249.94%1,15149.46%140.60%110.47%2,327Dane5,14251.77%4,78848.20%30.03%3543.56%9,933Dodge3,05135.17%5,62264.80%30.03%-2,571-29.63%8,676Door87380.31%21419.69%00.00%65960.63%1,087Douglas7242.86%9657.14%00.00%-24-14.29%168Dunn1,39073.54%49826.35%20.11%89247.20%1,890Eau Claire1,61566.43%81633.57%00.00%79932.87%2,431Fond du Lac4,29249.10%4,43050.68%190.22%1381.58%8,741Grant4,30764.84%2,31834.89%170.26%1,98929.94%6,643Green2,45065.70%1,24633.41%330.88%1,20432.29%3,729Green Lake1,54159.57%1,04540.39%10.04%49619.17%2,587Iowa2,07851.03%1,97848.58%160.39%1002.46%4,072Jackson95672.75%35827.25%00.00%59845.51%1,314Jefferson2,57941.49%3,55957.26%781.25%-980-15.77%6,216Juneau1,42157.09%1,06842.91%00.00%35314.18%2,489Kenosha1,40853.68%1,21546.32%00.00%1937.36%2,623Kewaunee50333.20%1,01266.80%00.00%-509-33.60%1,515La Crosse2,17852.33%1,96547.21%190.46%2135.12%4,162Lafayette2,08150.89%1,90946.69%990.42%1724.21%4,089Manitowoc2,28946.09%2,67753.91%00.00%-388-7.81%4,966Marathon49134.10%91163.26%382.64%-420-29.17%1,440Marquette64341.40%91058.60%00.00%-267-17.19%1,553Milwaukee5,83540.65%8,51259.30%70.05%-2,677-18.65%14,354Monroe2,11759.53%1,42540.07%140.39%69219.46%3,556Oconto1,07771.90%39626.44%251.67%68145.46%1,498Outagamie1,53543.73%1,97056.13%50.14%-435-12.39%3,510Ozaukee57425.30%1,59470.25%1014.45%-1,020-44.95%2,269Pepin64469.92%27229.53%50.54%37240.39%921Pierce1,46068.38%63429.70%411.92%82638.69%2,135Polk65977.62%18922.26%10.12%47055.36%849Portage1,53665.81%79834.19%00.00%73831.62%2,334Racine2,88057.82%2,10042.16%10.02%78015.66%4,981Richland1,67561.42%99936.63%531.94%67624.79%2,727Rock5,13874.47%1,74025.22%210.30%3,39849.25%6,899Sauk2,70266.58%1,35433.37%20.05%1,34833.22%4,058Shawano41647.27%46452.73%00.00%-48-5.45%880Sheboygan2,68747.67%2,94852.30%20.04%-261-4.63%5,637St. Croix1,37353.57%1,19046.43%00.00%1837.14%2,563Trempealeau1,45777.71%41722.24%10.05%1,04055.47%1,875Vernon2,44581.66%54218.10%70.23%1,90363.56%2,994Walworth3,51269.82%1,49929.80%190.38%2,01340.02%5,030Washington94725.78%2,72774.22%00.00%-1,780-48.45%3,674Waukesha2,67149.47%2,72050.38%80.15%-49-0.91%5,399Waupaca2,05068.42%94531.54%10.03%1,10536.88%2,996Waushara1,70880.38%38918.31%281.32%1,31962.07%2,125Winnebago4,28059.04%2,96940.96%00.00%1,31118.09%7,249Wood56350.45%47342.38%807.17%908.06%1,116Total104,99254.60%86,47744.97%8340.43%18,5159.63%192,303
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ashland Bayfield Brown Chippewa Crawford Wood
Counties that flipped from Republican to Liberal Republican Buffalo Fond du Lac Shawano Sheboygan
See also United States presidential elections in Wisconsin
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