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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Texas

Hendricks (independent) took office in Texas in 1872 although Horace Greeley won more votes, 57.1% to 2.2%.

Texas voted 28.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

Democrats led in 109 of the 136 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 27. The largest, Washington, cast 4,171 votes and went to the Republican by 13.1 points. The closest was Jack, where 1 vote 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
Horace Greeley Democratic 66,546 57.1%
Ulysses S. Grant Republican 47,468 40.7%
Hendricks won Independent 2,580 2.2%
Total116,594

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Washington 1,812 43.4% 2,359 56.6% 4,171 R+13.1
Harris 1,889 46.8% 2,150 53.2% 4,039 R+6.5
Galveston 2,413 65.8% 1,252 34.2% 3,665 D+31.7
Harrison 775 24.6% 2,374 75.4% 3,149 R+50.8
Rusk 1,374 50.7% 1,335 49.3% 2,709 D+1.4
Grimes 1,047 40.9% 1,510 59.1% 2,557 R+18.1
Travis 1,282 50.6% 1,195 47.2% 57 2,534 D+3.4
Smith 1,228 48.5% 1,302 51.5% 2,530 R+2.9
McLennan 1,353 54.8% 1,116 45.2% 2,469 D+9.6
Fayette 1,194 51.1% 1,144 48.9% 2,338 D+2.1
Colorado 1,150 49.5% 1,175 50.5% 2,325 R+1.1
Robertson 1,188 52.3% 1,084 47.7% 2,272 D+4.6
Austin 1,153 54.9% 947 45.1% 2,100 D+9.8
Anderson 1,092 54.5% 910 45.5% 2,002 D+9.1
Bastrop 1,054 52.8% 941 47.2% 1,995 D+5.7
Brazos 1,019 53.8% 874 46.2% 1,893 D+7.7
Marion 778 42.8% 1,041 57.2% 1,819 R+14.5
Walker 774 44.2% 979 55.8% 1,753 R+11.7
Falls 842 49.3% 866 50.7% 1,708 R+1.4
Houston 806 51.6% 757 48.4% 1,563 D+3.1
Navarro 1,123 71.9% 439 28.1% 1,562 D+43.8
Bexar 876 56.2% 682 43.8% 1,558 D+12.5
Red River 761 49.1% 790 50.9% 1,551 R+1.9
Dallas 1,097 73.1% 403 26.9% 1,500 D+46.3
Limestone 1,019 69.6% 445 30.4% 1,464 D+39.2
Freestone 821 57.7% 603 42.3% 1,424 D+15.3
Leon 928 65.7% 485 34.3% 1,413 D+31.4
Upshur 808 57.5% 596 42.4% 2 1,406 D+15.1
Cass 836 62.0% 512 38.0% 1,348 D+24.0
Gonzales 871 64.9% 472 35.1% 1,343 D+29.7
Lamar 887 66.0% 455 33.9% 1 1,343 D+32.2
Cherokee 968 72.2% 372 27.8% 1,340 D+44.5
Guadalupe 721 55.0% 589 45.0% 1,310 D+10.1
Brazoria 244 19.3% 1,019 80.7% 1,263 R+61.4
Fort Bend 216 17.7% 1,006 82.3% 1,222 R+64.6
Nacogdoches 772 64.8% 419 35.2% 1,191 D+29.6
Lavaca 800 69.4% 353 30.6% 1,153 D+38.8
Montgomery 526 45.8% 622 54.2% 1,148 R+8.4
Caldwell 595 55.1% 485 44.9% 1,080 D+10.2
Grayson 711 69.0% 320 31.0% 1,031 D+37.9
Milam 835 82.1% 182 17.9% 1,017 D+64.2
Fannin 619 63.8% 351 36.2% 970 D+27.6
Titus 740 76.5% 227 23.5% 967 D+53.1
Henderson 713 75.7% 229 24.3% 942 D+51.4
Hill 785 83.8% 152 16.2% 937 D+67.6
Burleson 671 72.3% 257 27.7% 928 D+44.6
Johnson 921 99.9% 1 0.1% 922 D+99.8
Panola 893 99.7% 3 0.3% 896 D+99.3
Victoria 476 53.5% 414 46.5% 890 D+7.0
Wood 611 70.7% 253 29.3% 864 D+41.4
Collin 667 79.1% 176 20.9% 843 D+58.2
Wharton 109 13.0% 728 87.0% 837 R+74.0
Kaufman 635 78.2% 177 21.8% 812 D+56.4
Van Zandt 543 68.2% 253 31.8% 796 D+36.4
Hopkins 592 78.6% 161 21.4% 753 D+57.2
San Jacinto 308 41.2% 440 58.8% 748 R+17.6
Shelby 485 66.9% 240 33.1% 725 D+33.8
Ellis 619 89.1% 76 10.9% 695 D+78.1
Tarrant 574 83.3% 115 16.7% 689 D+66.6
Williamson 495 74.4% 170 25.6% 665 D+48.9
Bowie 352 53.3% 309 46.7% 661 D+6.5
San Augustine 270 41.7% 377 58.3% 647 R+16.5
Nueces 373 57.8% 272 42.2% 645 D+15.7
De Witt 386 59.9% 258 40.1% 644 D+19.9
Coryell 559 92.5% 21 3.5% 24 604 D+89.1
Madison 379 63.1% 222 36.9% 601 D+26.1
Hays 407 68.1% 191 31.9% 598 D+36.1
El Paso 474 79.7% 121 20.3% 595 D+59.3
Bell 438 74.0% 154 26.0% 592 D+48.0
Parker 468 80.8% 111 19.2% 579 D+61.7
Goliad 321 56.3% 249 43.7% 570 D+12.6
Hunt 495 87.0% 74 13.0% 569 D+74.0
Comal 381 67.1% 187 32.9% 568 D+34.2
Denton 503 90.0% 56 10.0% 559 D+80.0
Jasper 310 56.3% 241 43.7% 551 D+12.5
Liberty 268 49.4% 274 50.6% 542 R+1.1
Matagorda 135 27.0% 365 73.0% 500 R+46.0
Bosque 445 91.9% 39 8.1% 484 D+83.9
Webb 302 66.8% 150 33.2% 452 D+33.6
Hood 442 100.0% 0 0.0% 442 D+100.0
Trinity 327 74.3% 113 25.7% 440 D+48.6
Angelina 313 72.3% 120 27.7% 433 D+44.6
Cameron 256 61.1% 163 38.9% 419 D+22.2
Cooke 387 92.4% 32 7.6% 419 D+84.7
Wilson 314 77.9% 89 22.1% 403 D+55.8
Gillespie 215 53.9% 184 46.1% 399 D+7.8
Tyler 281 71.0% 115 29.0% 396 D+41.9
Polk 258 65.8% 134 34.2% 392 D+31.6
Calhoun 188 48.6% 199 51.4% 387 R+2.8
Sabine 229 60.4% 150 39.6% 379 D+20.8
Rains 338 93.1% 25 6.9% 363 D+86.2
Jackson 115 36.4% 201 63.6% 316 R+27.2
Delta 229 79.5% 59 20.5% 288 D+59.0
Starr 128 46.2% 149 53.8% 277 R+7.6
Comanche 264 99.6% 1 0.4% 265 D+99.2
Erath 246 93.9% 16 6.1% 262 D+87.8
Burnet 181 72.7% 50 20.1% 18 249 D+52.6
Newton 157 63.6% 90 36.4% 247 D+27.1
Maverick 110 53.9% 94 46.1% 204 D+7.8
Chambers 134 66.0% 69 34.0% 203 D+32.0
Wise 164 80.8% 39 19.2% 203 D+61.6
Kinney 55 27.2% 147 72.8% 202 R+45.5
Jack 100 49.8% 101 50.2% 201 R+0.5
Karnes 173 86.1% 28 13.9% 201 D+72.1
Blanco 160 81.6% 36 18.4% 196 D+63.3
Jefferson 127 66.5% 64 33.5% 191 D+33.0
Atascosa 143 77.3% 42 22.7% 185 D+54.6
Medina 40 21.7% 144 78.3% 184 R+56.5
Refugio 176 95.7% 8 4.3% 184 D+91.3
Kerr 129 70.9% 53 29.1% 182 D+41.8
Aransas 141 79.7% 36 20.3% 177 D+59.3
Lampasas 161 95.3% 8 4.7% 169 D+90.5
Kendall 68 42.0% 94 58.0% 162 R+16.0
Mason 95 60.9% 61 39.1% 156 D+21.8
Montague 124 81.6% 28 18.4% 152 D+63.2
Llano 147 98.7% 2 1.3% 149 D+97.3
San Saba 142 95.9% 6 4.1% 148 D+91.9
Palo Pinto 137 96.5% 5 3.5% 142 D+93.0
Orange 82 59.9% 55 40.1% 137 D+19.7
Hidalgo 79 58.1% 57 41.9% 136 D+16.2
Shackelford 132 99.2% 1 0.8% 133 D+98.5
Bandera 109 83.8% 21 16.2% 130 D+67.7
Live Oak 121 99.2% 1 0.8% 122 D+98.4
Uvalde 95 94.1% 6 5.9% 101 D+88.1
Zapata 38 38.4% 61 61.6% 99 R+23.2
San Patricio 79 90.8% 8 9.2% 87 D+81.6
Bee 83 97.6% 0 0.0% 2 85 D+97.6
Frio 48 85.7% 3 5.4% 5 56 D+80.4
Hardin 34 64.2% 17 32.1% 2 53 D+32.1
Presidio 1 1.9% 51 98.1% 52 R+96.2
Menard 46 92.0% 4 8.0% 50 D+84.0
McMullen 45 100.0% 0 0.0% 45 D+100.0
Pecos 25 61.0% 16 39.0% 41 D+22.0
Coleman 19 100.0% 0 0.0% 19 D+100.0
Brown 8 66.7% 0 0.0% 4 12 D+66.7
McCulloch 9 90.0% 1 10.0% 10 D+80.0

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.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)