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Election 1872 Results

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1872 North Carolina governor election

Tod R. Caldwell (Republican) beat Augustus S. Merrimon (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1872, 50.5% to 49.5%, a margin of 1.0 point and 1,899 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1868, when William W. Holden won.

Democrats led in 54 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 38. The largest, Wake, cast 7,112 votes and went to the Republican by 8.1 points. The closest was Brunswick, where 3 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tod R. Caldwell won Republican 98,630 50.5%
Augustus S. Merrimon Democratic 96,731 49.5%
Total195,361

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 3,269 46.0% 3,843 54.0% 7,112 R+8.1
New Hanover 2,261 38.5% 3,614 61.5% 5,875 R+23.0
Halifax 1,673 31.5% 3,640 68.5% 5,313 R+37.0
Edgecombe 1,474 29.9% 3,452 70.1% 4,926 R+40.2
Mecklenburg 2,511 52.6% 2,261 47.4% 4,772 D+5.2
Granville 1,976 42.7% 2,655 57.3% 4,631 R+14.7
Craven 1,146 29.7% 2,708 70.3% 3,854 R+40.5
Cumberland 1,890 50.1% 1,883 49.9% 3,773 D+0.2
Wayne 1,749 47.3% 1,949 52.7% 3,698 R+5.4
Guilford 1,849 50.2% 1,831 49.8% 3,680 D+0.5
Pitt 1,782 50.1% 1,775 49.9% 3,557 D+0.2
Warren 1,107 31.7% 2,380 68.3% 3,487 R+36.5
Chatham 1,774 51.3% 1,683 48.7% 3,457 D+2.6
Orange 1,945 59.6% 1,321 40.4% 3,266 D+19.1
Robeson 1,631 50.7% 1,583 49.3% 3,214 D+1.5
Sampson 1,697 53.7% 1,464 46.3% 3,161 D+7.4
Northampton 1,095 35.5% 1,990 64.5% 3,085 R+29.0
Franklin 1,475 48.6% 1,560 51.4% 3,035 R+2.8
Rockingham 1,653 56.0% 1,301 44.0% 2,954 D+11.9
Davidson 1,384 47.7% 1,516 52.3% 2,900 R+4.6
Beaufort 1,331 46.0% 1,565 54.0% 2,896 R+8.1
Caswell 1,415 49.3% 1,456 50.7% 2,871 R+1.4
Johnston 1,481 51.9% 1,374 48.1% 2,855 D+3.7
Duplin 1,750 62.8% 1,035 37.2% 2,785 D+25.7
Rowan 1,655 59.7% 1,118 40.3% 2,773 D+19.4
Randolph 1,364 49.5% 1,389 50.5% 2,753 R+0.9
Iredell 1,738 63.6% 994 36.4% 2,732 D+27.2
Bladen 1,208 45.5% 1,448 54.5% 2,656 R+9.0
Buncombe 1,538 58.0% 1,114 42.0% 2,652 D+16.0
Nash 1,284 49.8% 1,293 50.2% 2,577 R+0.3
Wilson 1,319 53.4% 1,152 46.6% 2,471 D+6.8
Bertie 949 38.5% 1,514 61.5% 2,463 R+22.9
Wilkes 1,034 44.4% 1,294 55.6% 2,328 R+11.2
Richmond 1,016 43.8% 1,304 56.2% 2,320 R+12.4
Alamance 1,270 55.6% 1,015 44.4% 2,285 D+11.2
Lenoir 944 42.6% 1,270 57.4% 2,214 R+14.7
Anson 1,191 53.9% 1,019 46.1% 2,210 D+7.8
Forsyth 1,033 48.1% 1,115 51.9% 2,148 R+3.8
Martin 1,035 49.7% 1,048 50.3% 2,083 R+0.6
Cabarrus 1,161 58.9% 811 41.1% 1,972 D+17.7
Moore 1,055 54.5% 881 45.5% 1,936 D+9.0
Person 1,101 57.3% 819 42.7% 1,920 D+14.7
Hertford 874 47.1% 983 52.9% 1,857 R+5.9
Surry 989 54.1% 838 45.9% 1,827 D+8.3
Carteret 1,062 59.0% 739 41.0% 1,801 D+17.9
Rutherford 727 41.8% 1,013 58.2% 1,740 R+16.4
Columbus 1,045 60.1% 693 39.9% 1,738 D+20.3
Stokes 905 52.2% 830 47.8% 1,735 D+4.3
Greene 783 45.3% 947 54.7% 1,730 R+9.5
Pasquotank 657 38.4% 1,053 61.6% 1,710 R+23.2
Catawba 1,261 74.9% 422 25.1% 1,683 D+49.9
Union 1,022 61.8% 631 38.2% 1,653 D+23.7
Cleveland 1,099 66.8% 547 33.2% 1,646 D+33.5
Yadkin 759 46.7% 866 53.3% 1,625 R+6.6
Gaston 927 57.4% 688 42.6% 1,615 D+14.8
Lincoln 903 56.1% 706 43.9% 1,609 D+12.2
Perquimans 642 41.4% 910 58.6% 1,552 R+17.3
Burke 852 55.5% 683 44.5% 1,535 D+11.0
Ashe 752 49.7% 761 50.3% 1,513 R+0.6
Harnett 795 53.4% 695 46.6% 1,490 D+6.7
Davie 826 55.5% 662 44.5% 1,488 D+11.0
Hyde 816 57.2% 610 42.8% 1,426 D+14.4
Brunswick 711 50.1% 708 49.9% 1,419 D+0.2
Washington 492 34.9% 917 65.1% 1,409 R+30.2
Onslow 892 64.5% 492 35.5% 1,384 D+28.9
Chowan 576 43.7% 742 56.3% 1,318 R+12.6
Madison 635 49.8% 641 50.2% 1,276 R+0.5
Gates 754 59.6% 512 40.4% 1,266 D+19.1
McDowell 706 57.6% 519 42.4% 1,225 D+15.3
Henderson 505 41.4% 716 58.6% 1,221 R+17.3
Jones 559 46.7% 639 53.3% 1,198 R+6.7
Haywood 749 64.1% 420 35.9% 1,169 D+28.1
Caldwell 829 71.4% 332 28.6% 1,161 D+42.8
Montgomery 475 42.1% 653 57.9% 1,128 R+15.8
Camden 562 50.4% 554 49.6% 1,116 D+0.7
Currituck 763 68.6% 349 31.4% 1,112 D+37.2
Stanly 646 63.8% 366 36.2% 1,012 D+27.7
Alexander 545 58.4% 389 41.6% 934 D+16.7
Cherokee 486 52.9% 433 47.1% 919 D+5.8
Yancey 503 56.8% 382 43.2% 885 D+13.7
Mitchell 195 23.7% 628 76.3% 823 R+52.6
Pamlico 446 55.5% 358 44.5% 804 D+10.9
Watauga 435 55.2% 353 44.8% 788 D+10.4
Macon 655 83.4% 130 16.6% 785 D+66.9
Tyrrell 391 53.0% 347 47.0% 738 D+6.0
Jackson 554 76.9% 166 23.1% 720 D+53.9
Transylvania 379 65.1% 203 34.9% 582 D+30.2
Polk 224 39.6% 342 60.4% 566 R+20.8
Alleghany 339 64.8% 184 35.2% 523 D+29.6
Dare 232 46.2% 270 53.8% 502 R+7.6
Clay 252 64.0% 142 36.0% 394 D+27.9
Swain 332 92.0% 29 8.0% 361 D+83.9

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.

North Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Josh Stein (D) D+14.8
2020 Roy Cooper (D) D+4.5
2016 Roy Cooper (D) D+0.2
2012 Pat McCrory (R) R+11.4
2008 Bev Perdue (D) D+3.4
2004 Mike Easley (D) D+12.7
2000 Mike Easley (D) D+5.8
1996 Jim Hunt (D) D+13.2
1992 Jim Hunt (D) D+9.5
1988 James G. Martin (R) R+12.1
1984 James G. Martin (R) R+8.8
1980 Jim Hunt (D) D+24.5
1976 Jim Hunt (D) D+31.1
1972 James Holshouser (R) R+2.5
1968 Robert W. Scott (D) D+5.4
1964 Dan K. Moore (D) D+13.2
1960 Terry Sanford (D) D+9.0
1956 Luther H. Hodges (D) D+33.9
1952 William B. Umstead (D) D+35.0
1948 W. Kerr Scott (D) D+47.0
1944 R. Gregg Cherry (D) D+39.2
1940 J. Melville Broughton (D) D+51.4
1936 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+33.8
1932 J. C.B. Ehringhaus (D) D+40.1
1928 O. Max Gardner (D) D+11.1
1924 Angus Wilton McLean (D) D+22.7
1920 Cameron Morrison (D) D+14.5
1916 Thomas W. Bickett (D) D+16.6
1912 Locke Craig (D) D+43.5
1908 William W. Kitchin (D) D+14.7
1904 Robert B. Glenn (D) D+23.6
1900 Charles B. Aycock (D) D+19.3
1896 Daniel L. Russell (R) R+2.6
1892 Elias Carr (D) D+14.5
1888 Daniel G. Fowle (D) D+5.0
1884 Alfred M. Scales (D) D+7.7
1880 Thomas J. Jarvis (D) D+2.6
1876 Zebulon B. Vance (D) D+5.7
1872 Tod R. Caldwell (R) R+1.0
1868 William W. Holden (R) R+55.5
1866 Jonathan Worth (other)
1865 Jonathan Worth (other)