The 1872 United States presidential election in California was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As was standard at the time, voters chose electors directly rather than simply voting for their party's candidate.
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California voted for the Republican incumbent, Ulysses S. Grant, over the Liberal Republican nominee, New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley.
Results
editParty | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | C. Spreckles | 51,181 | |
Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. E. Hale | 51,162 | |
Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. O. Goodwin | 51,157 | |
Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. F. Miller | 51,151 | |
Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | J. B. Felton | 51,149 | |
Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | T. H. Rose | 51,140 | |
Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | J. C. Shorb | 39,060 | |
Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Jo Hamilton | 39,006 | |
Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | John Yule | 38,972 | |
Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | F. M. Pixley | 38,962 | |
Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Peter Donahue | 38,954 | |
Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | F. H. Rosenbaum | 38,931 | |
Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | J. Mora Moss | 920 | |
Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | Z. Montgomery | 915 | |
Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | A. J. King | 905 | |
Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | W. J. Graves | 903 | |
Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | John Nugent | 883 | |
Straight-Out Democratic Party | Charles O'Conor | M. R. C. Pullen | 880 | |
Write-in | Scattering | 226 | ||
Votes cast[a] | 91,387 |
Results by county
editCounty | Ulysses S. Grant Republican |
Horace Greeley Liberal Republican |
Charles O'Conor Straight-Out Democratic |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[b] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alameda | 2,564 | 67.21% | 1,228 | 32.19% | 23 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,336 | 35.02% | 3,815 |
Alpine | 89 | 64.49% | 38 | 27.54% | 11 | 7.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 51 | 36.96% | 138 |
Amador | 994 | 55.81% | 766 | 43.01% | 13 | 0.73% | 8 | 0.45% | 228 | 12.80% | 1,781 |
Butte | 1,204 | 56.95% | 816 | 38.60% | 90 | 4.26% | 4 | 0.19% | 388 | 18.35% | 2,114 |
Calaveras | 908 | 54.18% | 751 | 44.81% | 17 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 157 | 9.37% | 1,676 |
Colusa | 490 | 49.54% | 499 | 50.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −9 | −0.91% | 989 |
Contra Costa | 958 | 67.51% | 461 | 32.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 | 35.02% | 1,419 |
Del Norte | 169 | 54.87% | 139 | 45.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 30 | 9.74% | 308 |
El Dorado | 1,309 | 52.30% | 1,093 | 43.67% | 101 | 4.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 216 | 8.63% | 2,503 |
Fresno | 111 | 31.90% | 237 | 68.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −126 | −36.21% | 348 |
Humboldt[c][2] | 993 | 70.18% | 403 | 28.48% | 19 | 1.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 | 41.70% | 1,415 |
Inyo | 206 | 53.93% | 176 | 46.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 30 | 7.85% | 382 |
Kern | 175 | 38.04% | 285 | 61.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −110 | −23.91% | 460 |
Klamath | 83 | 40.49% | 122 | 59.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −39 | −19.02% | 205 |
Lake | 202 | 36.14% | 355 | 63.51% | 2 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | −153 | −7.37% | 559 |
Lassen | 182 | 66.67% | 91 | 33.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 91 | 33.33% | 273 |
Los Angeles | 1,312 | 47.23% | 1,229 | 44.24% | 236 | 8.50% | 1 | 0.04% | 83 | 2.99% | 2,778 |
Marin | 600 | 66.52% | 301 | 33.37% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 299 | 33.15% | 902 |
Mariposa | 399 | 52.29% | 364 | 47.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 35 | 4.59% | 763 |
Mendocino | 662 | 45.28% | 725 | 49.59% | 69 | 4.72% | 6 | 0.41% | −63 | −4.31% | 1,462 |
Merced | 263 | 40.90% | 380 | 59.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −117 | −18.20% | 643 |
Mono | 88 | 63.77% | 50 | 36.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 38 | 27.54% | 138 |
Monterey | 1,154 | 53.62% | 976 | 45.35% | 22 | 1.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 8.27% | 2,152 |
Napa | 900 | 61.18% | 552 | 37.53% | 19 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 348 | 23.66% | 1,471 |
Nevada | 2,039 | 58.51% | 1,437 | 41.23% | 9 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 602 | 17.27% | 3,485 |
Placer | 1,416 | 62.24% | 838 | 36.84% | 11 | 0.48% | 10 | 0.44% | 578 | 25.41% | 2,275 |
Plumas | 512 | 64.65% | 280 | 35.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 | 29.29% | 792 |
Sacramento | 3,390 | 69.70% | 1,469 | 30.20% | 5 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,921 | 39.49% | 4,864 |
San Bernardino[d][2] | 318 | 53.74% | 189 | 30.05% | 102 | 16.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 149 | 23.69% | 629 |
San Diego[e][2] | 513 | 57.45% | 360 | 40.31% | 20 | 2.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 17.13% | 893 |
San Francisco | 11,811 | 51.02% | 11,185 | 48.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 154 | 0.67% | 626 | 2.70% | 23,150 |
San Joaquin | 1,784 | 57.40% | 1,312 | 42.21% | 12 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 472 | 15.19% | 3,108 |
San Luis Obispo | 461 | 55.01% | 321 | 38.31% | 56 | 6.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 140 | 16.71% | 838 |
San Mateo | 648 | 68.14% | 303 | 31.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 345 | 36.28% | 951 |
Santa Barbara[f][2] | 692 | 58.94% | 482 | 41.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 210 | 17.89% | 1,174 |
Santa Clara | 2,218 | 56.96% | 1,670 | 42.89% | 6 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 548 | 14.07% | 3,894 |
Santa Cruz | 1,029 | 66.99% | 470 | 30.60% | 37 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 559 | 36.39% | 1,536 |
Shasta | 539 | 62.38% | 282 | 32.64% | 43 | 4.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 257 | 29.75% | 864 |
Sierra | 925 | 71.21% | 374 | 28.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 551 | 42.42% | 1,299 |
Siskiyou | 709 | 51.68% | 663 | 48.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 46 | 3.35% | 1,372 |
Solano | 2,412 | 65.61% | 1,257 | 34.19% | 7 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,155 | 31.42% | 3,676 |
Sonoma | 1,703 | 50.24% | 1,601 | 47.23% | 46 | 1.36% | 40 | 1.18% | 102 | 3.01% | 3,390 |
Stanislaus | 464 | 41.06% | 666 | 58.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −202 | −17.88% | 1,130 |
Sutter | 495 | 62.50% | 276 | 34.85% | 19 | 2.40% | 2 | 0.25% | 219 | 27.65% | 792 |
Tehama | 400 | 62.60% | 235 | 36.78% | 4 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 165 | 25.82% | 639 |
Trinity[g][2] | 345 | 52.75% | 307 | 46.94% | 2 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 38 | 5.81% | 654 |
Tulare | 395 | 44.23% | 498 | 55.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | −103 | −11.53% | 893 |
Tuolumne | 810 | 51.20% | 726 | 45.89% | 46 | 2.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 84 | 5.31% | 1,582 |
Yolo | 841 | 53.74% | 711 | 45.43% | 12 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.06% | 130 | 8.31% | 1,565 |
Yuba | 1,158 | 57.53% | 852 | 42.32% | 3 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 306 | 15.20% | 2,013 |
Total[h] | 51,181 | 56.00% | 39,060 | 42.74% | 920 | 1.01% | 226 | 0.25% | 12,121 | 13.26% | 91,387 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
edit- Amador
- Del Norte
- El Dorado
- Los Angeles
- Mariposa
- Monterey
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Santa Clara
- Siskiyou
- Sonoma
- Tehama
- Tuolumne
- Yolo
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican
editNotes
edit- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
- ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
- ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
- ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
- ^ The returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass
- ^ Does not include the votes from Humboldt, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Trinity counties