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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Georgia

Brown (independent) won in Georgia in 1872.

Georgia voted 21.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

Georgia changed party: in 1868 it went Democratic, for Horatio Seymour.

Democrats led in 94 of the 136 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 41. The largest, Chatham, cast 5,617 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.9 points. The closest was Haralson, where 7 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Horace Greeley	Democratic	76,356	55.0%
Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	62,550	45.0%
Brown won	Independent	0	0.0%
Total		138,906

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Chatham	3,282 58.4%	2,335 41.6%	5,617	D+16.9
Bibb	2,776 53.8%	2,388 46.2%	5,164	D+7.5
Richmond	2,763 54.3%	2,327 45.7%	5,090	D+8.6
Fulton	1,802 38.9%	2,834 61.1%	4,636	R+22.3
Houston	996 31.1%	2,209 68.9%	3,205	R+37.8
Coweta	1,304 46.3%	1,511 53.7%	2,815	R+7.4
Muscogee	1,313 52.1%	1,207 47.9%	2,520	D+4.2
Thomas	843 33.9%	1,645 66.1%	2,488	R+32.2
Sumter	912 37.4%	1,529 62.6%	2,441	R+25.3
Decatur	867 37.9%	1,423 62.1%	2,290	R+24.3
Monroe	1,447 63.3%	840 36.7%	2,287	D+26.5
Clarke	1,086 47.7%	1,193 52.3%	2,279	R+4.7
Harris	1,032 46.2%	1,203 53.8%	2,235	R+7.7
Dougherty	943 43.0%	1,252 57.0%	2,195	R+14.1
Burke	1,061 49.4%	1,086 50.6%	2,147	R+1.2
Floyd	1,227 57.7%	901 42.3%	2,128	D+15.3
Troup	1,215 59.4%	831 40.6%	2,046	D+18.8
Spalding	811 40.0%	1,219 60.0%	2,030	R+20.1
Bartow	1,186 63.1%	693 36.9%	1,879	D+26.2
Meriwether	877 47.6%	965 52.4%	1,842	R+4.8
Randolph	920 51.9%	851 48.1%	1,771	D+3.9
Greene	498 28.6%	1,245 71.4%	1,743	R+42.9
Cobb	1,105 65.0%	596 35.0%	1,701	D+29.9
Washington	1,255 74.2%	437 25.8%	1,692	D+48.3
Upson	898 53.5%	781 46.5%	1,679	D+7.0
Stewart	943 57.8%	688 42.2%	1,631	D+15.6
Macon	683 42.6%	919 57.4%	1,602	R+14.7
Brooks	772 52.1%	711 47.9%	1,483	D+4.1
Talbot	794 54.0%	677 46.0%	1,471	D+8.0
Pike	645 44.4%	807 55.6%	1,452	R+11.2
Newton	558 39.1%	870 60.9%	1,428	R+21.8
Terrell	873 64.6%	479 35.4%	1,352	D+29.1
Carroll	859 66.6%	431 33.4%	1,290	D+33.2
Calhoun	549 42.8%	735 57.2%	1,284	R+14.5
Morgan	541 42.2%	742 57.8%	1,283	R+15.7
Baldwin	942 74.2%	328 25.8%	1,270	D+48.3
Henry	663 52.3%	605 47.7%	1,268	D+4.6
Lowndes	614 49.6%	625 50.4%	1,239	R+0.9
Dekalb	749 63.9%	423 36.1%	1,172	D+27.8
Jones	839 72.3%	321 27.7%	1,160	D+44.7
Putnam	547 49.2%	565 50.8%	1,112	R+1.6
Walton	727 66.0%	375 34.0%	1,102	D+31.9
Hancock	633 57.5%	467 42.5%	1,100	D+15.1
Campbell (Ext)	536 49.5%	547 50.5%	1,083	R+1.0
Wilkinson	968 90.2%	105 9.8%	1,073	D+80.4
Taylor	672 64.1%	376 35.9%	1,048	D+28.2
Mitchell	511 49.1%	529 50.9%	1,040	R+1.7
Crawford	526 52.0%	486 48.0%	1,012	D+4.0
Gwinnett	813 80.5%	197 19.5%	1,010	D+61.0
Jackson	677 70.0%	290 30.0%	967	D+40.0
Jefferson	624 65.7%	326 34.3%	950	D+31.4
Pulaski	697 73.5%	251 26.5%	948	D+47.0
Polk	397 43.6%	514 56.4%	911	R+12.8
Whitfield	501 55.9%	396 44.1%	897	D+11.7
Warren	491 55.0%	401 45.0%	892	D+10.1
Heard	540 61.9%	332 38.1%	872	D+23.9
Twiggs	307 35.2%	564 64.8%	871	R+29.5
Oglethorpe	445 51.6%	417 48.4%	862	D+3.2
Gordon	667 77.5%	194 22.5%	861	D+54.9
Baker	626 75.6%	202 24.4%	828	D+51.2
Hall	645 79.0%	171 21.0%	816	D+58.1
Liberty	204 25.4%	599 74.6%	803	R+49.2
Early	437 54.6%	364 45.4%	801	D+9.1
Glynn	240 30.0%	561 70.0%	801	R+40.1
Screven	553 73.0%	205 27.0%	758	D+45.9
Walker	432 57.1%	324 42.9%	756	D+14.3
Wilkes	592 80.7%	142 19.3%	734	D+61.3
Clay	301 41.1%	431 58.9%	732	R+17.8
Lee	269 38.3%	433 61.7%	702	R+23.4
Chattahoochee	388 55.4%	312 44.6%	700	D+10.9
Cherokee	578 83.6%	113 16.4%	691	D+67.3
Butts	312 46.7%	356 53.3%	668	R+6.6
McIntosh	118 17.8%	544 82.2%	662	R+64.4
Fayette	272 41.5%	383 58.5%	655	R+16.9
Webster	346 54.2%	292 45.8%	638	D+8.5
Clayton	282 44.5%	352 55.5%	634	R+11.0
Rockdale	348 54.9%	286 45.1%	634	D+9.8
Laurens	629 100.0%	0 0.0%	629	D+100.0
Marion	405 64.5%	223 35.5%	628	D+29.0
Hart	323 53.4%	282 46.6%	605	D+6.8
Chattooga	403 67.1%	198 32.9%	601	D+34.1
Camden	174 29.6%	414 70.4%	588	R+40.8
Quitman	317 55.6%	253 44.4%	570	D+11.2
Pickens	217 38.3%	349 61.7%	566	R+23.3
Bulloch	563 100.0%	0 0.0%	563	D+100.0
Gilmer	214 41.6%	300 58.4%	514	R+16.7
Schley	262 51.8%	244 48.2%	506	D+3.6
Elbert	361 73.5%	130 26.5%	491	D+47.0
Murray	370 75.4%	121 24.6%	491	D+50.7
Franklin	481 99.4%	3 0.6%	484	D+98.8
Bryan	200 42.4%	272 57.6%	472	R+15.3
Effingham	263 56.0%	207 44.0%	470	D+11.9
Fannin	151 32.3%	316 67.7%	467	R+35.3
Berrien	452 99.1%	4 0.9%	456	D+98.2
Jasper	416 92.2%	35 7.8%	451	D+84.5
Douglas	241 56.7%	184 43.3%	425	D+13.4
Forsyth	285 67.2%	139 32.8%	424	D+34.4
Paulding	247 58.4%	176 41.6%	423	D+16.8
Union	258 61.4%	162 38.6%	420	D+22.9
Dooly	300 75.6%	97 24.4%	397	D+51.1
Tattnall	346 87.2%	51 12.8%	397	D+74.3
White	334 84.8%	60 15.2%	394	D+69.5
Dawson	178 46.1%	208 53.9%	386	R+7.8
Catoosa	217 57.1%	163 42.9%	380	D+14.2
Worth	251 67.1%	123 32.9%	374	D+34.2
Johnson	347 100.0%	0 0.0%	347	D+100.0
Emanuel	333 100.0%	0 0.0%	333	D+100.0
McDuffie	322 98.2%	6 1.8%	328	D+96.3
Columbia	304 94.4%	18 5.6%	322	D+88.8
Clinch	291 91.8%	26 8.2%	317	D+83.6
Glascock	296 94.9%	16 5.1%	312	D+89.7
Pierce	163 52.2%	149 47.8%	312	D+4.5
Banks	244 78.7%	66 21.3%	310	D+57.4
Towns	175 56.8%	133 43.2%	308	D+13.6
Lumpkin	176 60.9%	113 39.1%	289	D+21.8
Lincoln	286 100.0%	0 0.0%	286	D+100.0
Taliaferro	104 37.3%	175 62.7%	279	R+25.4
Dade	269 100.0%	0 0.0%	269	D+100.0
Madison	186 70.7%	77 29.3%	263	D+41.4
Miller	178 70.1%	76 29.9%	254	D+40.2
Ware	130 52.8%	116 47.2%	246	D+5.7
Milton (Ext)	209 85.3%	36 14.7%	245	D+70.6
Haralson	114 48.5%	121 51.5%	235	R+3.0
Habersham	187 81.7%	42 18.3%	229	D+63.3
Telfair	228 100.0%	0 0.0%	228	D+100.0
Charlton	52 26.0%	148 74.0%	200	R+48.0
Wayne	138 70.1%	59 29.9%	197	D+40.1
Montgomery	195 100.0%	0 0.0%	195	D+100.0
Wilcox	145 75.1%	48 24.9%	193	D+50.3
Rabun	177 96.7%	6 3.3%	183	D+93.4
Dodge	147 94.2%	9 5.8%	156	D+88.5
Appling	138 93.9%	9 6.1%	147	D+87.8
Irwin	119 87.5%	17 12.5%	136	D+75.0
Echols	75 62.5%	45 37.5%	120	D+25.0
Colquitt	50 50.0%	50 50.0%	100	level
Coffee	55 83.3%	11 16.7%	66	D+66.7

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

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