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Election in Connecticut
1872 United States presidential election in Connecticut|
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County Results
Grant
50-60%
60-70%
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Greeley
50-60%
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The 1872 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the
1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose six electors to the
Electoral College, which selected the
president and
vice president.
Connecticut was won by the
Republican nominees, incumbent
President
Ulysses S. Grant of
Illinois and his running mate
Senator
Henry Wilson of
Massachusetts. Grant and Wilson defeated the
Liberal Republican and
Democratic nominees, former
Congressman
Horace Greeley of
New York and his running mate former
Senator and
Governor
Benjamin Gratz Brown of
Missouri by a narrow margin of 4.82%.
Results
Results by county
County
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Ulysses Grant
Republican
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Horace Greeley
Liberal Republican
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Margin
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Total votes cast
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#
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%
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#
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%
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#
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%
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#
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Fairfield
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8,401
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49.66%
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8,515
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50.34%
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-114
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-0.68%
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16,916
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Hartford
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10,623
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51.02%
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10,197
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48.98%
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426
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2.04%
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20,820
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Litchfield
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4,565
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50.89%
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4,405
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49.11%
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160
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1.78%
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8,970
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Middlesex
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3,447
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57.01%
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2,599
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42.99%
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848
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14.02%
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6,046
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New Haven
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11,026
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50.19%
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10,941
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49.81%
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85
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17.40%
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21,967
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New London
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6,108
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54.99%
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4,999
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45.01%
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1,109
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9.98%
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11,107
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Tolland
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2,355
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54.38%
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1,976
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45.62%
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379
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8.76%
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4,331
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Windham
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3,789
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64.74%
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2,064
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35.26%
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1,725
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29.48%
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5,853
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Total |
50,314 |
52.41% |
45,695 |
47.59% |
4,619 |
4.82% |
96,009
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See also
References