U.S. presidential election of 1872

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._presidential_election_of_1872
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 5, 1872
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. presidential election of 1872
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Horace_Greeley
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:U.S._presidential_election_of_1876
gptkbp:notableFor Horace Greeley died before the electoral votes were counted
Some electoral votes for Greeley were not counted due to his death
Liberal Republican Party formed to oppose Grant
First election after the Civil War with significant African American participation
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:previousEdition U.S. presidential election of 1868
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Horace_Greeley
gptkb:Liberal_Republican_Party
66
2,834,125
gptkbp:totalElectoralVotes 352
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 37
gptkbp:vicePresident Henry Wilson
gptkbp:voterTurnout 71.3%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 286
3,597,132
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._presidential_election_of_1876
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6