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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

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Popular Vote

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1872

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Ulysses S. Grant^V1
Horace Greeley^V2
Scattering - Thomas A. Hendricks
B. Gratz Brown
Charles J. Jenkins
David Davis
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Charles O'Conor
James Black
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Other

Republican
Dem., Liberal Rep.
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Dem/ Liberal Rep.
Democratic
Liberal Republican
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Bourbon Democratic
Prohibition
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(nominal parties)

286(66) (3)
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    0
17
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3,597,132
(2,834,761⁾
2,834,125
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18,602
5,607
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10,473

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

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Henry Wilson
B. Gratz Brown
Scattering -
Alfred Holt Colquitt
George W. Julian
Thomas E. Bramlette
John McAuley Palmer
Nathaniel P. Banks
William S. Groesbeck
Willis B. Machen
Charles F Adams, Sr.
John Russell
Votes not counted^V4
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Republican
Dem/Liberal Rep.
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Democratic
Liberal Republican
Democratic
Democratic
Liberal Republican
Dem./Liberal Rep.
Democratic
Bourbon Democr.
Prohibition
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47 ^V3
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^V1	Ulysses Grant again garnered an overwhelming majority of the electoral votes.
^V2	Horace Greeley died prior to the casting of electoral votes. Greeley's three votes from Georgia electors were disallowed by Congress. His other 63 electoral votes were scattered among the other four democratic candidates for president.
^V3	Electoral Votes that were pledged to Greeley's running mate B. Gratz Brown for Vice President were scattered over Brown and 7 of the other Vice Presidential candidates.
^V4	Several objections were raised in Congress over the counting of the electoral votes* but none would have any consequence on the election's outcome.
*	Greeley's three votes from Georgia electors were disallowed by Congress because he had deceased prior to the casting of the votes.
*	The electoral votes of Arkansas, and Louisiana were disqualified due to irregularities. Both states had voted for Grant.

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