See main article: 1872 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1872 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1868 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| Previous Year: | 1868 |
| Next Election: | 1876 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| Next Year: | 1876 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1872 |
| Image1: | Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Horace Greeley |
| Party1: | Liberal Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Benjamin G. Brown |
| Electoral Vote1: | 0 (8 invalidated) |
| Popular Vote1: | 151,434 |
| Percentage1: | 55.46% |
| Nominee2: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Illinois |
| Running Mate2: | Henry Wilson |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 119,196 |
| Percentage2: | 43.65% |
| Image3: | Thomas Andrews Hendricks (cropped 3x4).jpg |
| Nominee3: | Thomas A. Hendricks (Given electoral votes due to death of Greeley) |
| Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State3: | Indiana |
| Electoral Vote3: | 6 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 340px |
The 1872 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Missouri voted for the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, over Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley won Missouri by a margin of 11.81%, but died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing Missouri's fifteen electors to vote for the candidate of their choice.[1]
| Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican | Ulysses S. GrantRepublican | Total Votes Cast | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | % | data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | % | ||||||
| Adair | 961 | 40.24% | 1,427 | 59.76% | 2,388 | ||||||
| Andrew | 1,383 | 46.30% | 1,604 | 53.70% | 2,987 | ||||||
| Atchison | 912 | 47.67% | 1,001 | 52.33% | 1,913 | ||||||
| Audrain | 1,575 | 70.06% | 673 | 29.94% | 2,248 | ||||||
| Barry | 759 | 52.49% | 687 | 47.51% | 1,446 | ||||||
| Barton | 570 | 48.59% | 603 | 51.41% | 1,173 | ||||||
| Bates | 1,746 | 53.81% | 1,499 | 46.19% | 3,245 | ||||||
| Benton | 807 | 46.95% | 912 | 53.05% | 1,719 | ||||||
| Bollinger | 661 | 61.78% | 409 | 38.22% | 1,070 | ||||||
| Boone | 3,199 | 76.31% | 993 | 23.69% | 4,192 | ||||||
| Buchanan | 3,552 | 58.01% | 2,571 | 41.99% | 6,123 | ||||||
| Butler | 404 | 68.24% | 188 | 31.76% | 592 | ||||||
| Caldwell | 875 | 39.68% | 1,330 | 60.32% | 2,205 | ||||||
| Callaway | 2,718 | 79.50% | 701 | 20.50% | 3,419 | ||||||
| Camden | 403 | 41.68% | 564 | 58.32% | 967 | ||||||
| Cape Girardeau | 1,283 | 53.75% | 1,104 | 46.25% | 2,387 | ||||||
| Carroll | 1,699 | 53.44% | 1,480 | 46.56% | 3,179 | ||||||
| Carter | 126 | 80.77% | 30 | 19.23% | 156 | ||||||
| Cass | 2,012 | 58.07% | 1,453 | 41.93% | 3,465 | ||||||
| Cedar | 743 | 49.04% | 772 | 50.96% | 1,515 | ||||||
| Chariton | 2,342 | 63.57% | 1,342 | 38.43% | 3,684 | ||||||
| Christian | 253 | 27.62% | 663 | 72.38% | 916 | ||||||
| Clark | 1,254 | 49.33% | 1,288 | 50.67% | 2,542 | ||||||
| Clay | 2,207 | 70.69% | 528 | 19.31% | 2,735 | ||||||
| Clinton | 1,418 | 59.26% | 975 | 40.74% | 2,393 | ||||||
| Cole | 1,322 | 53.57% | 1,146 | 46.43% | 2,468 | ||||||
| Cooper | 2,179 | 60.34% | 1,432 | 39.66% | 3,611 | ||||||
| Crawford | 677 | 56.37% | 524 | 43.63% | 1,201 | ||||||
| Dade | 701 | 42.15% | 962 | 57.85% | 1,663 | ||||||
| Dallas | 451 | 36.31% | 791 | 63.69% | 1,242 | ||||||
| Daviess | 1,349 | 48.98% | 1,405 | 51.02% | 2,754 | ||||||
| DeKalb | 841 | 45.26% | 1,017 | 54.74% | 1,858 | ||||||
| Dent | 515 | 56.66% | 394 | 43.34% | 909 | ||||||
| Dunklin | 807 | 87.81% | 112 | 12.19% | 919 | ||||||
| Franklin | 1,582 | 47.84% | 1,725 | 52.16% | 3,307 | ||||||
| Gasconade | 276 | 23.92% | 878 | 76.08% | 1,154 | ||||||
| Gentry | 1,181 | 53.44% | 1,029 | 46.56% | 2,210 | ||||||
| Greene | 1,666 | 44.45% | 2,082 | 55.55% | 3,748 | ||||||
| Grundy | 774 | 35.23% | 1,423 | 64.77% | 2,197 | ||||||
| Harrison | 1,115 | 38.92% | 1,750 | 61.08% | 2,865 | ||||||
| Henry | 2,124 | 58.19% | 1,526 | 41.81% | 3,650 | ||||||
| Hickory | 249 | 27.54% | 655 | 72.46% | 904 | ||||||
| Holt | 844 | 38.00% | 1,377 | 62.00% | 2,221 | ||||||
| Howard | 1,972 | 69.31% | 873 | 30.69% | 2,845 | ||||||
| Howell | 356 | 48.17% | 383 | 51.83% | 739 | ||||||
| Iron | 600 | 61.41% | 377 | 38.59% | 977 | ||||||
| Jackson | 4,475 | 61.39% | 2,814 | 38.61% | 7,289 | ||||||
| Jasper | 1,338 | 39.01% | 2,092 | 60.99% | 3,430 | ||||||
| Jefferson | 1,240 | 58.55% | 878 | 41.45% | 2,118 | ||||||
| Johnson | 2,504 | 52.13% | 2,299 | 47.87% | 4,803 | ||||||
| Knox | 1,161 | 57.73% | 850 | 42.27% | 2,011 | ||||||
| Laclede | 825 | 59.74% | 556 | 40.26% | 1,381 | ||||||
| Lafayette | 2,984 | 66.21% | 1,523 | 33.79% | 4,507 | ||||||
| Lawrence | 1,098 | 47.80% | 1,199 | 52.20% | 2,297 | ||||||
| Lewis | 1,703 | 60.56% | 1,109 | 39.44% | 2,812 | ||||||
| Lincoln | 1,537 | 70.44% | 645 | 29.56% | 2,182 | ||||||
| Linn | 1,478 | 46.71% | 1,686 | 53.29% | 3,164 | ||||||
| Livingston | 1,745 | 52.62% | 1,571 | 47.38% | 3,316 | ||||||
| Macon | 2,335 | 57.23% | 1,745 | 42.77% | 4,080 | ||||||
| Madison | 724 | 68.05% | 340 | 31.95% | 1,064 | ||||||
| Maries | 439 | 63.44% | 253 | 36.56% | 692 | ||||||
| Marion | 2,593 | 60.61% | 1,685 | 39.39% | 4,278 | ||||||
| McDonald | 157 | 52.33% | 143 | 47.67% | 300 | ||||||
| Mercer | 527 | 30.50% | 1,201 | 69.50% | 1,728 | ||||||
| Miller | 716 | 45.29% | 865 | 54.71% | 1,581 | ||||||
| Mississippi | 725 | 70.18% | 308 | 29.82% | 1,033 | ||||||
| Moniteau | 1,275 | 56.39% | 986 | 43.61% | 2,261 | ||||||
| Monroe | 2,559 | 84.96% | 453 | 15.04% | 3,012 | ||||||
| Montgomery | 1,284 | 54.73% | 1,062 | 45.27% | 2,346 | ||||||
| Morgan | 895 | 57.67% | 657 | 42.33% | 1,552 | ||||||
| New Madrid | 796 | 76.61% | 243 | 23.39% | 1,039 | ||||||
| Newton | 1,036 | 47.22% | 1,158 | 52.78% | 2,194 | ||||||
| Nodaway | 1,503 | 47.18% | 1,683 | 52.82% | 3,186 | ||||||
| Oregon | 445 | 92.37% | 54 | 7.63% | 499 | ||||||
| Osage | 209 | 21.35% | 770 | 78.65% | 979 | ||||||
| Ozark | 135 | 31.91% | 288 | 68.09% | 423 | ||||||
| Pemiscot | 476 | 97.94% | 10 | 2.06% | 486 | ||||||
| Perry | 621 | 46.14% | 725 | 53.86% | 1,346 | ||||||
| Pettis | 1,965 | 53.98% | 1,675 | 46.02% | 3,640 | ||||||
| Phelps | 906 | 56.55% | 696 | 43.45% | 1,602 | ||||||
| Pike | 2,578 | 59.70% | 1,740 | 40.30% | 4,318 | ||||||
| Platte | 2,148 | 69.65% | 936 | 30.35% | 3,084 | ||||||
| Polk | 998 | 45.99% | 1,172 | 54.01% | 2,170 | ||||||
| Pulaski | 534 | 62.24% | 324 | 37.76% | 858 | ||||||
| Ralls | 1,177 | 75.06% | 391 | 24.94% | 1,568 | ||||||
| Randolph | 2,212 | 71.77% | 870 | 28.23% | 3,082 | ||||||
| Ray | 2,257 | 66.03% | 1,161 | 33.97% | 3,418 | ||||||
| Reynolds | 400 | 76.19% | 125 | 23.81% | 525 | ||||||
| Ripley | 314 | 76.40% | 97 | 23.60% | 411 | ||||||
| Saline | 2,790 | 68.50% | 1,283 | 31.50% | 4,073 | ||||||
| Schuyler | 788 | 49.87% | 792 | 50.13% | 1,580 | ||||||
| Scotland | 1,130 | 56.39% | 874 | 43.61% | 2,004 | ||||||
| Scott | 804 | 64.42% | 444 | 35.58% | 1,248 | ||||||
| Shannon | 242 | 92.37% | 20 | 7.63% | 262 | ||||||
| Shelby | 1,281 | 59.17% | 884 | 40.83% | 2,165 | ||||||
| St. Charles | 1,672 | 51.75% | 1,559 | 48.25% | 3,231 | ||||||
| St. Clair | 1,159 | 53.02% | 1,027 | 46.98% | 2,186 | ||||||
| St. Francois | 1,028 | 69.93% | 442 | 30.07% | 1,470 | ||||||
| St. Louis | 19,399 | 53.74% | 16,701 | 46.26% | 36,100 | ||||||
| Ste. Genevieve | 634 | 62.28% | 384 | 37.72% | 1,018 | ||||||
| Stoddard | 660 | 67.42% | 319 | 32.58% | 979 | ||||||
| Stone | 122 | 25.96% | 348 | 74.04% | 470 | ||||||
| Sullivan | 1,119 | 49.69% | 1,133 | 50.31% | 2,252 | ||||||
| Taney | 201 | 37.22% | 339 | 62.78% | 540 | ||||||
| Texas | 838 | 63.53% | 481 | 36.47% | 1,319 | ||||||
| Vernon | 1,344 | 69.10% | 601 | 30.90% | 1,945 | ||||||
| Warren | 567 | 36.02% | 1,007 | 63.98% | 1,574 | ||||||
| Washington | 878 | 57.80% | 641 | 42.20% | 1,519 | ||||||
| Wayne | 565 | 61.48% | 354 | 38.52% | 919 | ||||||
| Webster | 808 | 51.43% | 763 | 48.57% | 1,571 | ||||||
| Worth | 446 | 45.65% | 531 | 54.35% | 977 | ||||||
| Wright | 484 | 46.67% | 553 | 53.33% | 1,037 | ||||||
| Totals | 151,434 | 55.96% | 119,196 | 44.04% | 270,630 | ||||||