1872 United States presidential election in New York Turnout 80.5%[1] 11.2 pp
County Results
Grant
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Greeley
50–60%
The 1872 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election . Voters chose 35 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
New York 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 carried New York State with 53.23% of the vote to Greeley's 46.77%, a victory margin of 6.46%. New York weighed in for this election as slightly more than 5% more Democratic/Liberal Republican than the national average. Dutchess County would not vote Democratic again until 1964 .
Grant dominated much of upstate New York and also won some counties downstate in the New York City area, including Richmond County , Queens County , and Suffolk County . Greeley, however, did win New York City and Kings County . Greeley also won nearby Westchester County and Rockland County , along with a handful of rural upstate counties.