Who won Massachusetts in the 1872 presidential election?

Grant (Republican) carried Massachusetts in 1872, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1872?

Massachusetts cast 13 electoral votes in the 1872 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1872?

Yes. Massachusetts backed Ulysses S. Grant, who won the presidency that year.

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Massachusetts: Grant carries 13 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 13 electoral votes for Grant (Republican). National winner: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1872 result in Massachusetts

Massachusetts backed Grant (Republican) in the 1872 presidential election, casting 13 electoral votes for the ticket. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Ulysses S. Grant captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 1872. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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