The 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Republican Party candidate and incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant won Wisconsin with 54.60% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.
Horace Greeley was the last Democrat until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 to win Buffalo County.
Results
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Edward C. McFetridge | 104,992 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | F. Fleischer | 104,990 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Frederick Hilgen | 104,990 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Romanzo Bunn | 104,989 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Jerome S. Nickles | 104,989 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | George G. Swain | 104,989 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Henry D. Barron | 104,988 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Ormsby B. Thomas | 104,988 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | William E. Cramer | 104,987 | |
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | George E. Hoskinson | 104,986 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Mons Anderson | 86,477 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Milton Montgomery | 86,477 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Amasa G. Cook | 86,476 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Robert H. Hotchkiss | 86,475 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | George H. King | 86,474 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Wyman Spooner | 86,474 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Matthew Wadleigh | 86,474 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Samuel Rindskopf | 86,472 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | Anton Klaus | 86,460 | |
| Liberal Republican Party | Horace Greeley | John Black | 86,310 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 834 | ||
| Votes cast | 192,303 | |||
Results by county
| County | Ulysses S. Grant Republican | Horace Greeley Liberal Republican | Charles O'Conor Straight-Out Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 885 | 79.09% | 233 | 20.82% | 1 | 0.09% | 652 | 58.27% | 1,119 |
| Ashland | 86 | 66.67% | 43 | 33.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 33.33% | 129 |
| Barron | 120 | 75.95% | 38 | 24.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 82 | 51.90% | 158 |
| Bayfield | 89 | 67.94% | 42 | 32.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 35.88% | 131 |
| Brown | 2,694 | 54.98% | 2,185 | 44.59% | 21 | 0.43% | 509 | 10.39% | 4,900 |
| Buffalo | 842 | 48.59% | 861 | 49.68% | 30 | 1.73% | -19 | -1.10% | 1,733 |
| Burnett | 160 | 95.81% | 7 | 4.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 91.62% | 167 |
| Calumet | 757 | 36.48% | 1,313 | 63.28% | 5 | 0.24% | -556 | -26.80% | 2,075 |
| Chippewa | 1,025 | 57.75% | 750 | 42.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 275 | 15.49% | 1,775 |
| Clark | 801 | 86.97% | 118 | 12.81% | 2 | 0.22% | 683 | 74.16 | 921 |
| Columbia | 3,070 | 62.45% | 1,835 | 37.33% | 11 | 0.22% | 1,235 | 25.12% | 4,916 |
| Crawford | 1,162 | 49.94% | 1,151 | 49.46% | 14 | 0.60% | 11 | 0.47% | 2,327 |
| Dane | 5,142 | 51.77% | 4,788 | 48.20% | 3 | 0.03% | 354 | 3.56% | 9,933 |
| Dodge | 3,051 | 35.17% | 5,622 | 64.80% | 3 | 0.03% | -2,571 | -29.63% | 8,676 |
| Door | 873 | 80.31% | 214 | 19.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 659 | 60.63% | 1,087 |
| Douglas | 72 | 42.86% | 96 | 57.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -24 | -14.29% | 168 |
| Dunn | 1,390 | 73.54% | 498 | 26.35% | 2 | 0.11% | 892 | 47.20% | 1,890 |
| Eau Claire | 1,615 | 66.43% | 816 | 33.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 799 | 32.87% | 2,431 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,292 | 49.10% | 4,430 | 50.68% | 19 | 0.22% | 138 | 1.58% | 8,741 |
| Grant | 4,307 | 64.84% | 2,318 | 34.89% | 17 | 0.26% | 1,989 | 29.94% | 6,643 |
| Green | 2,450 | 65.70% | 1,246 | 33.41% | 33 | 0.88% | 1,204 | 32.29% | 3,729 |
| Green Lake | 1,541 | 59.57% | 1,045 | 40.39% | 1 | 0.04% | 496 | 19.17% | 2,587 |
| Iowa | 2,078 | 51.03% | 1,978 | 48.58% | 16 | 0.39% | 100 | 2.46% | 4,072 |
| Jackson | 956 | 72.75% | 358 | 27.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 598 | 45.51% | 1,314 |
| Jefferson | 2,579 | 41.49% | 3,559 | 57.26% | 78 | 1.25% | -980 | -15.77% | 6,216 |
| Juneau | 1,421 | 57.09% | 1,068 | 42.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 353 | 14.18% | 2,489 |
| Kenosha | 1,408 | 53.68% | 1,215 | 46.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 193 | 7.36% | 2,623 |
| Kewaunee | 503 | 33.20% | 1,012 | 66.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -509 | -33.60% | 1,515 |
| La Crosse | 2,178 | 52.33% | 1,965 | 47.21% | 19 | 0.46% | 213 | 5.12% | 4,162 |
| Lafayette | 2,081 | 50.89% | 1,909 | 46.69% | 99 | 0.42% | 172 | 4.21% | 4,089 |
| Manitowoc | 2,289 | 46.09% | 2,677 | 53.91% | 0 | 0.00% | -388 | -7.81% | 4,966 |
| Marathon | 491 | 34.10% | 911 | 63.26% | 38 | 2.64% | -420 | -29.17% | 1,440 |
| Marquette | 643 | 41.40% | 910 | 58.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -267 | -17.19% | 1,553 |
| Milwaukee | 5,835 | 40.65% | 8,512 | 59.30% | 7 | 0.05% | -2,677 | -18.65% | 14,354 |
| Monroe | 2,117 | 59.53% | 1,425 | 40.07% | 14 | 0.39% | 692 | 19.46% | 3,556 |
| Oconto | 1,077 | 71.90% | 396 | 26.44% | 25 | 1.67% | 681 | 45.46% | 1,498 |
| Outagamie | 1,535 | 43.73% | 1,970 | 56.13% | 5 | 0.14% | -435 | -12.39% | 3,510 |
| Ozaukee | 574 | 25.30% | 1,594 | 70.25% | 101 | 4.45% | -1,020 | -44.95% | 2,269 |
| Pepin | 644 | 69.92% | 272 | 29.53% | 5 | 0.54% | 372 | 40.39% | 921 |
| Pierce | 1,460 | 68.38% | 634 | 29.70% | 41 | 1.92% | 826 | 38.69% | 2,135 |
| Polk | 659 | 77.62% | 189 | 22.26% | 1 | 0.12% | 470 | 55.36% | 849 |
| Portage | 1,536 | 65.81% | 798 | 34.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 738 | 31.62% | 2,334 |
| Racine | 2,880 | 57.82% | 2,100 | 42.16% | 1 | 0.02% | 780 | 15.66% | 4,981 |
| Richland | 1,675 | 61.42% | 999 | 36.63% | 53 | 1.94% | 676 | 24.79% | 2,727 |
| Rock | 5,138 | 74.47% | 1,740 | 25.22% | 21 | 0.30% | 3,398 | 49.25% | 6,899 |
| Sauk | 2,702 | 66.58% | 1,354 | 33.37% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,348 | 33.22% | 4,058 |
| Shawano | 416 | 47.27% | 464 | 52.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -48 | -5.45% | 880 |
| Sheboygan | 2,687 | 47.67% | 2,948 | 52.30% | 2 | 0.04% | -261 | -4.63% | 5,637 |
| St. Croix | 1,373 | 53.57% | 1,190 | 46.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 183 | 7.14% | 2,563 |
| Trempealeau | 1,457 | 77.71% | 417 | 22.24% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,040 | 55.47% | 1,875 |
| Vernon | 2,445 | 81.66% | 542 | 18.10% | 7 | 0.23% | 1,903 | 63.56% | 2,994 |
| Walworth | 3,512 | 69.82% | 1,499 | 29.80% | 19 | 0.38% | 2,013 | 40.02% | 5,030 |
| Washington | 947 | 25.78% | 2,727 | 74.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,780 | -48.45% | 3,674 |
| Waukesha | 2,671 | 49.47% | 2,720 | 50.38% | 8 | 0.15% | -49 | -0.91% | 5,399 |
| Waupaca | 2,050 | 68.42% | 945 | 31.54% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,105 | 36.88% | 2,996 |
| Waushara | 1,708 | 80.38% | 389 | 18.31% | 28 | 1.32% | 1,319 | 62.07% | 2,125 |
| Winnebago | 4,280 | 59.04% | 2,969 | 40.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,311 | 18.09% | 7,249 |
| Wood | 563 | 50.45% | 473 | 42.38% | 80 | 7.17% | 90 | 8.06% | 1,116 |
| Total | 104,992 | 54.60% | 86,477 | 44.97% | 834 | 0.43% | 18,515 | 9.63% | 192,303 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Ashland
- Bayfield
- Brown
- Chippewa
- Crawford
- Wood
Counties that flipped from Republican to Liberal Republican
- Buffalo
- Fond du Lac
- Shawano
- Sheboygan
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