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Election 1872 Results

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1872 Indiana governor election

Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) beat Thomas Mcclelland Browne (Republican) in Indiana in 1872, 50.1% to 49.8%, a margin of 0.3 points and 1,148 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1868 it went Republican, for Conrad Baker.

Democrats led in 50 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Marion, cast 17,915 votes and went to the Republican by 5.4 points. The closest was White, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Thomas Andrews Hendricks won	Democratic	189,424	50.1%
Thomas Mcclelland Browne	Republican	188,276	49.8%
All other candidates		209	0.1%
Total		377,909

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	8,476 47.3%	9,435 52.7%	4	17,915	R+5.4
Allen	6,376 65.0%	3,423 34.9%	14	9,813	D+30.1
Tippecanoe	3,762 47.4%	4,169 52.6%		7,931	R+5.1
Vigo	3,826 48.8%	4,010 51.2%		7,836	R+2.3
Wayne	3,060 39.5%	4,694 60.5%		7,754	R+21.1
Vanderburgh	3,660 47.3%	4,070 52.7%		7,730	R+5.3
La Porte	3,173 51.4%	2,998 48.6%	3	6,174	D+2.8
St. Joseph	2,796 45.9%	3,295 54.1%		6,091	R+8.2
Elkhart	2,903 49.3%	2,989 50.7%		5,892	R+1.5
Boone	2,800 48.5%	2,968 51.5%		5,768	R+2.9
Montgomery	2,913 51.0%	2,795 49.0%		5,708	D+2.1
Cass	2,996 53.6%	2,555 45.7%	39	5,590	D+7.9
Clark	3,065 56.3%	2,375 43.7%		5,440	D+12.7
Jefferson	2,603 48.2%	2,802 51.8%		5,405	R+3.7
Madison	3,003 57.1%	2,253 42.9%		5,256	D+14.3
Dearborn	3,122 60.8%	2,014 39.2%		5,136	D+21.6
Henry	1,730 33.7%	3,399 66.2%	4	5,133	R+32.5
Miami	2,565 50.1%	2,558 49.9%		5,123	D+0.1
Shelby	2,862 56.7%	2,182 43.2%	7	5,051	D+13.5
Randolph	1,619 32.3%	3,395 67.7%		5,014	R+35.4
Kosciusko	2,218 44.6%	2,756 55.4%		4,974	R+10.8
Clay	2,376 48.2%	2,550 51.8%	1	4,927	R+3.5
Wabash	1,898 38.7%	3,008 61.3%		4,906	R+22.6
Knox	2,791 58.3%	1,996 41.7%		4,787	D+16.6
Hamilton	1,681 35.2%	3,085 64.6%	6	4,772	R+29.4
Bartholomew	2,652 55.7%	2,109 44.3%	4	4,765	D+11.4
Putnam	2,678 56.2%	2,075 43.6%	8	4,761	D+12.7
Floyd	2,861 60.4%	1,877 39.6%		4,738	D+20.8
Noble	2,285 49.4%	2,332 50.4%	6	4,623	R+1.0
Hendricks	1,755 38.1%	2,849 61.8%	8	4,612	R+23.7
Spencer	2,245 50.8%	2,177 49.2%		4,422	D+1.5
Decatur	2,122 48.2%	2,284 51.8%	1	4,407	R+3.7
Grant	1,821 41.8%	2,532 58.2%		4,353	R+16.3
Clinton	2,322 53.4%	2,027 46.6%		4,349	D+6.8
Ripley	2,245 52.1%	2,061 47.8%	2	4,308	D+4.3
Delaware	1,557 36.2%	2,743 63.8%	1	4,301	R+27.6
Greene	2,155 50.4%	2,122 49.6%	1	4,278	D+0.8
Franklin	2,819 66.0%	1,449 34.0%		4,268	D+32.1
Huntington	2,053 48.3%	2,193 51.6%	2	4,248	R+3.3
Gibson	2,148 51.1%	2,053 48.9%		4,201	D+2.3
Marshall	2,326 55.7%	1,852 44.3%		4,178	D+11.3
Rush	1,975 47.5%	2,184 52.5%		4,159	R+5.0
Fountain	2,161 52.8%	1,932 47.2%		4,093	D+5.6
Jackson	2,423 59.5%	1,646 40.5%		4,069	D+19.1
Johnson	2,251 56.6%	1,729 43.4%		3,980	D+13.1
Morgan	1,826 45.9%	2,138 53.8%	12	3,976	R+7.8
Posey	2,250 56.6%	1,726 43.4%		3,976	D+13.2
Parke	1,610 41.1%	2,309 58.9%		3,919	R+17.8
Carroll	1,967 50.7%	1,907 49.1%	6	3,880	D+1.5
Harrison	2,178 56.2%	1,692 43.6%	7	3,877	D+12.5
Sullivan	2,547 65.7%	1,330 34.3%		3,877	D+31.4
Daviess	1,952 50.8%	1,891 49.2%		3,843	D+1.6
Howard	1,432 37.4%	2,396 62.6%	1	3,829	R+25.2
De Kalb	1,918 50.2%	1,886 49.4%	13	3,817	D+0.8
Warrick	2,020 54.1%	1,711 45.9%		3,731	D+8.3
Washington	2,064 56.0%	1,624 44.0%	1	3,689	D+11.9
Lawrence	1,680 47.1%	1,889 52.9%		3,569	R+5.9
Hancock	2,016 57.7%	1,475 42.3%		3,491	D+15.5
Jennings	1,585 46.1%	1,849 53.8%	2	3,436	R+7.7
Jay	1,626 48.2%	1,737 51.5%	7	3,370	R+3.3
Whitley	1,826 56.1%	1,429 43.9%	2	3,257	D+12.2
Monroe	1,527 47.5%	1,689 52.5%		3,216	R+5.0
Owen	1,761 55.0%	1,438 45.0%		3,199	D+10.1
Wells	1,719 57.0%	1,287 42.7%	10	3,016	D+14.3
Pike	1,554 52.1%	1,429 47.9%		2,983	D+4.2
Porter	1,296 43.5%	1,681 56.5%		2,977	R+12.9
Lagrange	1,013 35.3%	1,854 64.6%	1	2,868	R+29.3
Perry	1,472 51.9%	1,362 48.1%		2,834	D+3.9
Steuben	959 34.3%	1,834 65.6%	1	2,794	R+31.3
Tipton	1,509 54.1%	1,279 45.9%		2,788	D+8.2
Switzerland	1,297 46.6%	1,485 53.4%		2,782	R+6.8
Fulton	1,445 52.5%	1,306 47.5%		2,751	D+5.1
Dubois	2,086 78.5%	573 21.5%		2,659	D+56.9
Orange	1,425 53.6%	1,231 46.3%	3	2,659	D+7.3
White	1,290 50.0%	1,288 49.9%	2	2,580	D+0.1
Fayette	1,133 44.7%	1,401 55.3%		2,534	R+10.6
Warren	972 39.0%	1,518 60.8%	5	2,495	R+21.9
Lake	912 37.3%	1,532 62.7%	1	2,445	R+25.4
Crawford	1,217 52.7%	1,092 47.3%	2	2,311	D+5.4
Martin	1,322 58.4%	942 41.6%		2,264	D+16.8
Vermillion	929 41.4%	1,316 58.6%		2,245	R+17.2
Adams	1,511 69.1%	673 30.8%	4	2,188	D+38.3
Union	728 43.6%	940 56.3%	3	1,671	R+12.7
Brown	1,166 71.4%	467 28.6%		1,633	D+42.8
Pulaski	955 59.5%	651 40.5%		1,606	D+18.9
Scott	889 56.3%	688 43.5%	3	1,580	D+12.7
Jasper	561 36.0%	994 63.8%	2	1,557	R+27.8
Blackford	789 53.3%	687 46.4%	5	1,481	D+6.9
Benton	676 45.8%	800 54.2%		1,476	R+8.4
Newton	640 43.8%	819 56.1%	2	1,461	R+12.3
Ohio	574 47.2%	638 52.5%	3	1,215	R+5.3
Starke	472 54.6%	393 45.4%		865	D+9.1

Counties as they stood in 1872; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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