United States presidential election in Texas, 1872
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The 1872 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 5, 1872. Texas voters chose 8 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the President and Vice President.
Texas voted for the Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley, who received 57% of the vote. Greeley died before Congress could certify the results, leaving Texas electors (and the electors of five other states) free to vote for whoever they chose. All 8 electors voted for Thomas A. Hendricks.
Results
United States presidential election in Texas, 1872[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Thomas A. Hendricks | – | – | 8 | |
Liberal Republican | Horace Greeley | 66,546 | 57.07% | 0 | |
Republican | Ulysses S. Grant | 47,468 | 40.71% | 0 | |
Straight-Out Democrat | Charles O'Conor | 2,580 | 2.21% | 0 | |
Total | 116,594 | 100.0% | 8 |
References
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