Who won Georgia in the 1872 presidential election?

Greeley (Democratic) carried Georgia in 1872, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1872?

Georgia cast 11 electoral votes in the 1872 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1872?

No. Georgia backed Greeley, while Ulysses S. Grant won the presidency nationally.

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1872

Georgia: Greeley carries 11 EV.

Georgia cast its 11 electoral votes for Greeley (Democratic). National winner: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) — Georgia voted against the national winner this cycle.

Georgia in 1872

The 1872 contest saw Georgia line up behind Greeley, delivering 11 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Georgia among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. The region divided — Tennessee joined Georgia for the Democratic ticket, while Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the Reconstruction — Republican rule and contested returns.

In the national count, Ulysses S. Grant took 286 of the 352 electoral votes, against Thomas A. Hendricks's 42. Ulysses S. Grant led the national popular vote with 55.58% of the ballots cast.

The 1872 national map

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