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Election in Mississippi
The 1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the
1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Mississippi voted for the
Republican candidate,
Ulysses S. Grant, over
Liberal Republican candidate
Horace Greeley. Grant won Mississippi by a margin of 26.96%. The state would not vote Republican again until
1964.
Results
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