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The 1872 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Missouri voted for the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, over Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley won Missouri by a margin of 11.81%, but died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing Missouri's fifteen electors to vote for the candidate of their choice.[1]
1872 United States presidential election in Missouri[2][3][4] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Liberal Republican | Benjamin G. Brown of Missouri | N/A of N/A | – | – | 8 | 53.33% | ||
Democratic | Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana | N/A of N/A | – | – | 6 | 40.00% | ||
Liberal Republican | David Davis of Illinois | N/A of N/A | – | – | 1 | 6.67% | ||
Liberal Republican | Horace Greeley of New York | Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri | 151,434 | 55.46% | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | ||
Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts | 119,196 | 43.65% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Straight-Out Democratic | Charles O'Conor | John Quincy Adams II | 2,429 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 273,059 | 100.00% | 15 | 100.00% |
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