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The 1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the
1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose 10 electors to the
Electoral College, which selected the
president and
vice president.
North Carolina 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.
Grant won the state by a margin of 14.92%. The state would not vote Republican again until 1928.
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