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Line 1: − The Democratic party and liberal Republicans were angered with [[Ulysses Grant]]'s seeming lack of skill in politics. To oppose him they nominated [[Horace Greely]] as their candidate. The election was bitter and tiring for both candidates. Unfortunately, Greely died during the campaign and thus didn't receive any of the electoral votes. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Ulysses S. Grant]], by Zachary Kent, Children's Press, 1989. </ref> + − {| class="wikitable"+ − |-+ − ! candidates+ − ! popular vote+ − ! electoral vote+ − |-+ − | Ulysses S. Grant − | 3, 598, 235 − | 286 − |- − | Horace Greely − | 2, 834, 761 − | 0 [3 discounted] − |- − | [[Charles O'Connor]] − | 29, 489 − | 0 − |- − | [[Thomas A. Hendricks]] − | 0 − | 42 − |- − | [[B. Gratz Brown]] − | 0 − | 18 − |- − | [[Charles J. Jenkins]] − | 0 − | 2 − |- − | [[David Davis]] − | 0 − | 1 − |- − | Non-Voters − | 0 − | 17 − |} − − − − ==References== − − − {{DEFAULTSORT:1872, United States presidential election,}} −
United States presidential election, 1872 (view source)
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<ref> [[A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents]], by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, pp. 120-121. </ref>
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