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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Pennsylvania

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in Pennsylvania in 1872, 62.2% to 37.8%, a margin of 24.5 points and 137,548 votes.

Pennsylvania voted 12.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1868, when Ulysses S. Grant also won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 66 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 92,199 votes and went to the Republican by 49.2 points. The closest was Juniata, where 41 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 349,589 62.2%
Horace Greeley Democratic 212,041 37.8%
Total561,630

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Philadelphia 23,407 25.4% 68,792 74.6% 92,199 R+49.2
Allegheny 9,055 25.9% 25,846 74.1% 34,901 R+48.1
Luzerne 10,904 45.7% 12,966 54.3% 23,870 R+8.6
Lancaster 5,717 28.6% 14,288 71.4% 20,005 R+42.8
Berks 10,201 56.9% 7,741 43.1% 17,942 D+13.7
Schuylkill 6,983 44.6% 8,657 55.4% 15,640 R+10.7
Montgomery 5,113 38.8% 8,080 61.2% 13,193 R+22.5
York 6,753 51.7% 6,299 48.3% 13,052 D+3.5
Chester 3,802 29.1% 9,249 70.9% 13,051 R+41.7
Bucks 5,445 44.1% 6,913 55.9% 12,358 R+11.9
Crawford 4,887 41.3% 6,938 58.7% 11,825 R+17.3
Erie 3,787 33.5% 7,502 66.5% 11,289 R+32.9
Bradford 3,563 32.3% 7,452 67.7% 11,015 R+35.3
Northampton 6,155 56.0% 4,841 44.0% 10,996 D+11.9
Lehigh 5,622 51.3% 5,342 48.7% 10,964 D+2.6
Dauphin 3,331 32.4% 6,954 67.6% 10,285 R+35.2
Westmoreland 4,719 46.6% 5,412 53.4% 10,131 R+6.8
Mercer 3,411 38.2% 5,517 61.8% 8,928 R+23.6
Washington 3,223 38.6% 5,134 61.4% 8,357 R+22.9
Lycoming 3,837 46.5% 4,423 53.5% 8,260 R+7.1
Venango 2,986 38.4% 4,780 61.6% 7,766 R+23.1
Northumberland 3,356 44.0% 4,271 56.0% 7,627 R+12.0
Tioga 1,777 23.7% 5,730 76.3% 7,507 R+52.7
Cumberland 3,557 47.7% 3,895 52.3% 7,452 R+4.5
Franklin 3,146 42.2% 4,301 57.8% 7,447 R+15.5
Susquehanna 2,907 39.1% 4,536 60.9% 7,443 R+21.9
Butler 2,534 38.7% 4,015 61.3% 6,549 R+22.6
Fayette 2,663 40.7% 3,881 59.3% 6,544 R+18.6
Blair 2,183 33.9% 4,251 66.1% 6,434 R+32.1
Armstrong 2,078 32.6% 4,297 67.4% 6,375 R+34.8
Lebanon 2,076 33.2% 4,171 66.8% 6,247 R+33.5
Centre 2,695 46.2% 3,142 53.8% 5,837 R+7.7
Indiana 1,266 22.4% 4,386 77.6% 5,652 R+55.2
Delaware 1,166 21.6% 4,231 78.4% 5,397 R+56.8
Cambria 2,547 47.3% 2,841 52.7% 5,388 R+5.5
Adams 2,580 48.5% 2,735 51.5% 5,315 R+2.9
Beaver 1,798 33.8% 3,517 66.2% 5,315 R+32.3
Bedford 2,165 42.7% 2,901 57.3% 5,066 R+14.5
Columbia 3,001 59.9% 2,009 40.1% 5,010 D+19.8
Huntingdon 1,805 36.8% 3,099 63.2% 4,904 R+26.4
Somerset 1,383 28.4% 3,495 71.6% 4,878 R+43.3
Clarion 2,304 47.4% 2,558 52.6% 4,862 R+5.2
Greene 2,829 60.4% 1,852 39.6% 4,681 D+20.9
Warren 1,538 33.2% 3,090 66.8% 4,628 R+33.5
Wayne 2,152 46.6% 2,463 53.4% 4,615 R+6.7
Carbon 1,946 44.2% 2,452 55.8% 4,398 R+11.5
Lawrence 945 21.6% 3,429 78.4% 4,374 R+56.8
Perry 1,744 40.5% 2,563 59.5% 4,307 R+19.0
Clearfield 2,329 54.2% 1,970 45.8% 4,299 D+8.4
Clinton 1,758 46.7% 2,003 53.3% 3,761 R+6.5
Jefferson 1,156 33.9% 2,253 66.1% 3,409 R+32.2
Monroe 2,205 73.7% 787 26.3% 2,992 D+47.4
Wyoming 1,399 47.4% 1,552 52.6% 2,951 R+5.2
Union 916 31.4% 1,997 68.6% 2,913 R+37.1
Mifflin 1,127 40.1% 1,685 59.9% 2,812 R+19.8
Snyder 915 33.7% 1,803 66.3% 2,718 R+32.7
Montour 1,333 49.1% 1,384 50.9% 2,717 R+1.9
Juniata 1,265 49.2% 1,306 50.8% 2,571 R+1.6
Potter 554 27.5% 1,463 72.5% 2,017 R+45.1
McKean 618 37.3% 1,040 62.7% 1,658 R+25.5
Fulton 808 52.3% 737 47.7% 1,545 D+4.6
Elk 753 52.6% 679 47.4% 1,432 D+5.2
Pike 797 70.2% 339 29.8% 1,136 D+40.3
Sullivan 571 56.5% 440 43.5% 1,011 D+13.0
Cameron 340 38.0% 554 62.0% 894 R+23.9
Forest 155 30.1% 360 69.9% 515 R+39.8

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.

Pennsylvania in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.7
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+1.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.7
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.4
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+10.3
2004 John Kerry (D) D+2.5
2000 Al Gore (D) D+4.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+9.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+9.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+2.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+30.2
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+5.9
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+6.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+16.0
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+5.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+31.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+46.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+38.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+14.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+23.4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.9
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+24.7
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+8.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+9.5
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+24.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.4