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1872 United States presidential election
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1872_United_States_presidential_election
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date
November 5, 1872
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1872 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent
gptkb:Republican_Party_(United_States)
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:mainCandidate
gptkb:Horace_Greeley
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:mapType
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Grant, blue denotes those won by Greeley.
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:1876_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableEvent
Horace Greeley died before the electoral votes were counted
Electoral votes for Greeley were split among several candidates
gptkbp:party
gptkb:Democratic_Party_(United_States)
gptkb:Republican_Party_(United_States)
gptkb:Liberal_Republican_Party_(United_States)
gptkbp:previousEdition
gptkb:1868_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:runnerUp
66
2,834,125
gptkbp:totalElectoralVotes
352
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries
37
gptkbp:type
presidential
gptkbp:vicePresident
Henry Wilson
gptkbp:voterTurnout
71.3%
gptkbp:votesForWinner
286
3,597,132
gptkbp:winner
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Liberal_Republican_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6