1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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The 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Republican Party candidate and incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant won Wisconsin with 54.60% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.[1]
Horace Greeley was the last Democrat[a] until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 to win Buffalo County.
Results
[edit]| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Edward C. McFetridge | 104,992 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | F. Fleischer | 104,990 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Frederick Hilgen | 104,990 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Romanzo Bunn | 104,989 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Jerome S. Nickles | 104,989 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | George G. Swain | 104,989 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Henry D. Barron | 104,988 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Ormsby B. Thomas | 104,988 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | William E. Cramer | 104,987 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | George E. Hoskinson | 104,986 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Mons Anderson | 86,477 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Milton Montgomery | 86,477 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Amasa G. Cook | 86,476 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Robert H. Hotchkiss | 86,475 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | George H. King | 86,474 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Wyman Spooner | 86,474 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Matthew Wadleigh | 86,474 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Samuel Rindskopf | 86,472 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Anton Klaus | 86,460 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | John Black | 86,310 | |
| Write-in | Scattering[b] | 834 | ||
| Votes cast[c] | 192,303 | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[2][3] | Ulysses S. Grant Republican |
Horace Greeley Liberal Republican |
Charles O'Conor[d] Straight-Out Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[e] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 885 | 79.09% | 233 | 20.82% | 1 | 0.09% | 652 | 58.27% | 1,119 |
| Ashland | 86 | 66.67% | 43 | 33.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 33.33% | 129 |
| Barron | 120 | 75.95% | 38 | 24.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 82 | 51.90% | 158 |
| Bayfield | 89 | 67.94% | 42 | 32.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 35.88% | 131 |
| Brown | 2,694 | 54.98% | 2,185 | 44.59% | 21 | 0.43% | 509 | 10.39% | 4,900 |
| Buffalo | 842 | 48.59% | 861 | 49.68% | 30 | 1.73% | -19 | -1.10% | 1,733 |
| Burnett | 160 | 95.81% | 7 | 4.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 91.62% | 167 |
| Calumet | 757 | 36.48% | 1,313 | 63.28% | 5 | 0.24% | -556 | -26.80% | 2,075 |
| Chippewa | 1,025 | 57.75% | 750 | 42.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 275 | 15.49% | 1,775 |
| Clark | 801 | 86.97% | 118 | 12.81% | 2 | 0.22% | 683 | 74.16 | 921 |
| Columbia | 3,070 | 62.45% | 1,835 | 37.33% | 11 | 0.22% | 1,235 | 25.12% | 4,916 |
| Crawford | 1,162 | 49.94% | 1,151 | 49.46% | 14 | 0.60% | 11 | 0.47% | 2,327 |
| Dane | 5,142 | 51.77% | 4,788 | 48.20% | 3 | 0.03% | 354 | 3.56% | 9,933 |
| Dodge | 3,051 | 35.17% | 5,622 | 64.80% | 3 | 0.03% | -2,571 | -29.63% | 8,676 |
| Door | 873 | 80.31% | 214 | 19.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 659 | 60.63% | 1,087 |
| Douglas | 72 | 42.86% | 96 | 57.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -24 | -14.29% | 168 |
| Dunn | 1,390 | 73.54% | 498 | 26.35% | 2 | 0.11% | 892 | 47.20% | 1,890 |
| Eau Claire | 1,615 | 66.43% | 816 | 33.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 799 | 32.87% | 2,431 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,292 | 49.10% | 4,430 | 50.68% | 19 | 0.22% | 138 | 1.58% | 8,741 |
| Grant | 4,307 | 64.84% | 2,318 | 34.89% | 17 | 0.26% | 1,989 | 29.94% | 6,643 |
| Green | 2,450 | 65.70% | 1,246 | 33.41% | 33 | 0.88% | 1,204 | 32.29% | 3,729 |
| Green Lake | 1,541 | 59.57% | 1,045 | 40.39% | 1 | 0.04% | 496 | 19.17% | 2,587 |
| Iowa | 2,078 | 51.03% | 1,978 | 48.58% | 16 | 0.39% | 100 | 2.46% | 4,072 |
| Jackson | 956 | 72.75% | 358 | 27.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 598 | 45.51% | 1,314 |
| Jefferson | 2,579 | 41.49% | 3,559 | 57.26% | 78 | 1.25% | -980 | -15.77% | 6,216 |
| Juneau | 1,421 | 57.09% | 1,068 | 42.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 353 | 14.18% | 2,489 |
| Kenosha | 1,408 | 53.68% | 1,215 | 46.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 193 | 7.36% | 2,623 |
| Kewaunee | 503 | 33.20% | 1,012 | 66.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -509 | -33.60% | 1,515 |
| La Crosse | 2,178 | 52.33% | 1,965 | 47.21% | 19 | 0.46% | 213 | 5.12% | 4,162 |
| Lafayette | 2,081 | 50.89% | 1,909 | 46.69% | 99 | 0.42% | 172 | 4.21% | 4,089 |
| Manitowoc | 2,289 | 46.09% | 2,677 | 53.91% | 0 | 0.00% | -388 | -7.81% | 4,966 |
| Marathon | 491 | 34.10% | 911 | 63.26% | 38 | 2.64% | -420 | -29.17% | 1,440 |
| Marquette | 643 | 41.40% | 910 | 58.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -267 | -17.19% | 1,553 |
| Milwaukee | 5,835 | 40.65% | 8,512 | 59.30% | 7 | 0.05% | -2,677 | -18.65% | 14,354 |
| Monroe | 2,117 | 59.53% | 1,425 | 40.07% | 14 | 0.39% | 692 | 19.46% | 3,556 |
| Oconto | 1,077 | 71.90% | 396 | 26.44% | 25 | 1.67% | 681 | 45.46% | 1,498 |
| Outagamie | 1,535 | 43.73% | 1,970 | 56.13% | 5 | 0.14% | -435 | -12.39% | 3,510 |
| Ozaukee | 574 | 25.30% | 1,594 | 70.25% | 101 | 4.45% | -1,020 | -44.95% | 2,269 |
| Pepin | 644 | 69.92% | 272 | 29.53% | 5 | 0.54% | 372 | 40.39% | 921 |
| Pierce | 1,460 | 68.38% | 634 | 29.70% | 41 | 1.92% | 826 | 38.69% | 2,135 |
| Polk | 659 | 77.62% | 189 | 22.26% | 1 | 0.12% | 470 | 55.36% | 849 |
| Portage | 1,536 | 65.81% | 798 | 34.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 738 | 31.62% | 2,334 |
| Racine | 2,880 | 57.82% | 2,100 | 42.16% | 1 | 0.02% | 780 | 15.66% | 4,981 |
| Richland | 1,675 | 61.42% | 999 | 36.63% | 53 | 1.94% | 676 | 24.79% | 2,727 |
| Rock | 5,138 | 74.47% | 1,740 | 25.22% | 21 | 0.30% | 3,398 | 49.25% | 6,899 |
| Sauk | 2,702 | 66.58% | 1,354 | 33.37% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,348 | 33.22% | 4,058 |
| Shawano | 416 | 47.27% | 464 | 52.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -48 | -5.45% | 880 |
| Sheboygan | 2,687 | 47.67% | 2,948 | 52.30% | 2 | 0.04% | -261 | -4.63% | 5,637 |
| St. Croix | 1,373 | 53.57% | 1,190 | 46.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 183 | 7.14% | 2,563 |
| Trempealeau | 1,457 | 77.71% | 417 | 22.24% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,040 | 55.47% | 1,875 |
| Vernon | 2,445 | 81.66% | 542 | 18.10% | 7 | 0.23% | 1,903 | 63.56% | 2,994 |
| Walworth | 3,512 | 69.82% | 1,499 | 29.80% | 19 | 0.38% | 2,013 | 40.02% | 5,030 |
| Washington | 947 | 25.78% | 2,727 | 74.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,780 | -48.45% | 3,674 |
| Waukesha | 2,671 | 49.47% | 2,720 | 50.38% | 8 | 0.15% | -49 | -0.91% | 5,399 |
| Waupaca | 2,050 | 68.42% | 945 | 31.54% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,105 | 36.88% | 2,996 |
| Waushara | 1,708 | 80.38% | 389 | 18.31% | 28 | 1.32% | 1,319 | 62.07% | 2,125 |
| Winnebago | 4,280 | 59.04% | 2,969 | 40.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,311 | 18.09% | 7,249 |
| Wood | 563 | 50.45% | 473 | 42.38% | 80 | 7.17% | 90 | 8.06% | 1,116 |
| Total | 104,992 | 54.60% | 86,477 | 44.97% | 834 | 0.43% | 18,515 | 9.63% | 192,303 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Liberal Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Greeley was on the Liberal Republican ticket in Wisconsin
- ^ Based on reporting in newspapers at the time, it appears that these votes were intended for Straight-Out Democratic Party electors. However, the canvass does not list any names for O'Conor electors. All of these votes are simply listed as "Scattering" in a single column.
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Listed as "Scattering" on the official canvass
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
References
[edit]- ^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and on the Proposition to amend the Constitution, at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the fifth day of November, A.D. 1872
- ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State. "Appendix "N"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 1873. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. 146–151.
