The 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent president and Ohio native Ulysses S. Grant, who won the state with 53.24% of the popular vote. The Democratic and Liberal Republican Party candidate, Horace Greeley, garnered 46.15% of the popular vote.[1]
| County | Ulysses S. Grant[2]
Republican | Horace Greeley[2]
Liberal Republican | Various candidates[2]
Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast |
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
| Adams | 1,877 | 48.63% | 1,972 | 51.09% | 11 | 0.28% | -95 | -2.46% | 3,860 |
| Allen | 2,010 | 44.61% | 2,463 | 54.66% | 33 | 0.73% | -453 | -10.05% | 4,506 |
| Ashland | 2,183 | 47.60% | 2,368 | 51.64% | 35 | 0.76% | -185 | -4.03% | 4,586 |
| Ashtabula | 5,764 | 76.96% | 1,678 | 22.40% | 48 | 0.64% | 4,086 | 54.55% | 7,490 |
| Athens | 3,025 | 67.64% | 1,398 | 31.26% | 49 | 1.10% | 1,627 | 21.48% | 4,472 |
| Auglaize | 1,180 | 31.12% | 2,535 | 66.85% | 77 | 2.03% | -1,355 | -35.73% | 3,792 |
| Belmont | 4,267 | 53.77% | 3,647 | 45.96% | 22 | 0.28% | 620 | 7.81% | 7,936 |
| Brown | 2,593 | 43.64% | 3,337 | 56.16% | 12 | 0.20% | -744 | -12.52% | 5,942 |
| Butler | 2,993 | 37.55% | 4,926 | 61.80% | 52 | 0.65% | -1,933 | -24.25% | 7,971 |
| Carroll | 1,817 | 58.61% | 1,283 | 41.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 534 | 17.23% | 3,100 |
| Champaign | 3,059 | 58.08% | 2,185 | 41.48% | 23 | 0.44% | 874 | 16.59% | 5,267 |
| Clark | 4,095 | 60.80% | 2,612 | 38.78% | 28 | 0.42% | 1,483 | 22.02% | 6,735 |
| Clermont | 3,408 | 48.20% | 3,658 | 51.73% | 5 | 0.07% | -250 | -3.54% | 7,071 |
| Clinton | 3,105 | 62.65% | 1,786 | 36.04% | 65 | 1.31% | 1,319 | 26.61% | 4,956 |
| Columbiana | 4,773 | 61.78% | 2,897 | 37.50% | 56 | 0.72% | 1,876 | 24.28% | 7,726 |
| Coshocton | 2,252 | 45.68% | 2,656 | 53.87% | 22 | 0.45% | -404 | -8.19% | 4,930 |
| Crawford | 2,081 | 36.36% | 3,595 | 62.81% | 48 | 0.84% | -1,514 | -26.45% | 5,724 |
| Cuyahoga | 14,451 | 63.75% | 8,033 | 35.44% | 184 | 0.81% | 6,418 | 28.31% | 22,668 |
| Darke | 3,069 | 52.35% | 2,760 | 47.07% | 34 | 0.58% | 309 | 5.27% | 5,863 |
| Defiance | 1,093 | 38.31% | 1,720 | 60.29% | 40 | 1.40% | -627 | -21.98% | 2,853 |
| Delaware | 2,713 | 54.72% | 2,013 | 40.60% | 232 | 4.68% | 700 | 14.12% | 4,958 |
| Erie | 2,905 | 55.75% | 2,287 | 43.89% | 19 | 0.36% | 618 | 11.86% | 5,211 |
| Fairfield | 2,540 | 39.40% | 3,888 | 60.31% | 19 | 0.29% | -1,348 | -20.91% | 6,447 |
| Fayette | 2,140 | 57.88% | 1,545 | 41.79% | 12 | 0.32% | 595 | 16.09% | 3,697 |
| Franklin | 5,796 | 43.92% | 7,345 | 55.66% | 56 | 0.42% | -1,549 | -11.74% | 13,197 |
| Fulton | 2,210 | 71.57% | 826 | 26.75% | 52 | 1.68% | 1,384 | 44.82% | 3,088 |
| Gallia | 2,855 | 64.39% | 1,554 | 35.05% | 25 | 0.56% | 1,301 | 29.34% | 4,434 |
| Geauga | 2,711 | 81.66% | 600 | 18.07% | 9 | 0.27% | 2,111 | 63.58% | 3,320 |
| Greene | 4,069 | 66.63% | 1,961 | 32.11% | 77 | 1.26% | 2,108 | 34.52% | 6,107 |
| Guernsey | 2,629 | 57.78% | 1,901 | 41.78% | 20 | 0.44% | 728 | 16.00% | 4,550 |
| Hamilton | 20,083 | 44.60% | 24,941 | 55.39% | 1 | 0.00% | -4,858 | -10.79% | 45,025 |
| Hancock | 2,311 | 48.52% | 2,449 | 51.42% | 3 | 0.06% | -138 | -2.90% | 4,763 |
| Hardin | 2,238 | 53.08% | 1,970 | 46.73% | 8 | 0.19% | 268 | 6.36% | 4,216 |
| Harrison | 2,303 | 57.36% | 1,695 | 42.22% | 17 | 0.42% | 608 | 15.14% | 4,015 |
| Henry | 1,160 | 42.76% | 1,510 | 55.66% | 43 | 1.58% | -350 | -12.90% | 2,713 |
| Highland | 3,171 | 51.91% | 2,933 | 48.01% | 5 | 0.08% | 238 | 3.90% | 6,109 |
| Hocking | 1,350 | 41.69% | 1,860 | 57.44% | 28 | 0.86% | -510 | -15.75% | 3,238 |
| Holmes | 1,089 | 30.08% | 2,530 | 69.89% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,441 | -39.81% | 3,620 |
| Huron | 3,812 | 62.82% | 2,182 | 35.96% | 74 | 1.22% | 1,630 | 26.86% | 6,065 |
| Jackson | 2,258 | 58.83% | 1,555 | 40.52% | 25 | 0.65% | 703 | 18.32% | 3,838 |
| Jefferson | 3,776 | 63.78% | 2,102 | 35.51% | 42 | 0.71% | 1,674 | 28.28% | 5,920 |
| Knox | 2,773 | 49.44% | 2,730 | 48.67% | 106 | 1.89% | 43 | 0.77% | 5,609 |
| Lake | 2,751 | 73.56% | 979 | 26.18% | 10 | 0.27% | 1,772 | 47.38% | 3,740 |
| Lawrence | 3,624 | 68.17% | 1,637 | 30.79% | 55 | 1.03% | 1,987 | 37.38% | 5,316 |
| Licking | 3,493 | 43.01% | 4,562 | 56.17% | 67 | 0.82% | -1,069 | -13.16% | 8,122 |
| Logan | 2,795 | 58.74% | 1,955 | 41.09% | 8 | 0.17% | 840 | 17.65% | 4,758 |
| Lorain | 4,432 | 67.71% | 2,097 | 32.03% | 17 | 0.26% | 2,335 | 35.67% | 6,546 |
| Lucas | 5,253 | 62.66% | 3,083 | 36.77% | 48 | 0.57% | 2,170 | 25.88% | 8,384 |
| Madison | 1,934 | 54.25% | 1,625 | 45.58% | 6 | 0.17% | 309 | 8.67% | 3,565 |
| Mahoning | 3,757 | 59.13% | 2,518 | 39.63% | 79 | 1.24% | 1,239 | 19.50% | 6,354 |
| Marion | 1,340 | 41.42% | 1,842 | 56.94% | 53 | 1.64% | -502 | -15.52% | 3,235 |
| Medina | 2,794 | 61.80% | 1,695 | 37.49% | 32 | 0.71% | 1,099 | 24.31% | 4,521 |
| Meigs | 3,501 | 65.81% | 1,812 | 34.06% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,689 | 31.75% | 5,320 |
| Mercer | 1,026 | 32.65% | 2,090 | 66.52% | 26 | 0.83% | -1,064 | -33.86% | 3,142 |
| Miami | 3,753 | 56.03% | 2,910 | 43.45% | 35 | 0.52% | 843 | 12.59% | 6,698 |
| Monroe | 1,307 | 30.74% | 2,878 | 67.69% | 67 | 1.58% | -1,571 | -36.95% | 4,252 |
| Montgomery | 6,998 | 49.17% | 7,183 | 50.47% | 50 | 0.35% | -185 | -1.30% | 14,231 |
| Morgan | 2,339 | 58.23% | 1,551 | 38.61% | 127 | 3.16% | 788 | 19.62% | 4,017 |
| Morrow | 2,197 | 55.85% | 1,689 | 42.93% | 48 | 1.22% | 508 | 12.91% | 3,934 |
| Muskingum | 4,558 | 51.28% | 4,304 | 48.42% | 27 | 0.30% | 254 | 2.86% | 8,889 |
| Noble | 2,016 | 54.78% | 1,627 | 44.21% | 37 | 1.01% | 389 | 10.57% | 3,680 |
| Ottawa | 1,122 | 43.66% | 1,439 | 55.99% | 9 | 0.35% | -317 | -12.33% | 2,570 |
| Paulding | 979 | 60.32% | 637 | 39.25% | 7 | 0.43% | 342 | 21.07% | 1,623 |
| Perry | 1,907 | 46.67% | 2,172 | 53.16% | 7 | 0.17% | -265 | -6.49% | 4,086 |
| Pickaway | 2,353 | 46.59% | 2,660 | 52.67% | 37 | 0.73% | -307 | -6.08% | 5,050 |
| Pike | 1,284 | 45.01% | 1,568 | 54.96% | 1 | 0.04% | -284 | -9.95% | 2,853 |
| Portage | 3,478 | 58.03% | 2,438 | 40.68% | 77 | 1.28% | 1,040 | 17.35% | 5,993 |
| Preble | 2,715 | 56.14% | 2,101 | 43.44% | 20 | 0.41% | 614 | 12.70% | 4,836 |
| Putnam | 1,275 | 37.22% | 2,131 | 62.20% | 20 | 0.58% | -856 | -24.99% | 3,426 |
| Richland | 3,369 | 47.05% | 3,772 | 52.67% | 20 | 0.28% | -403 | -5.63% | 7,161 |
| Ross | 3,650 | 49.55% | 3,711 | 50.38% | 5 | 0.07% | -61 | -0.83% | 7,366 |
| Sandusky | 2,380 | 46.26% | 2,729 | 53.04% | 36 | 0.70% | -349 | -6.78% | 5,145 |
| Scioto | 2,888 | 57.53% | 2,091 | 41.65% | 41 | 0.82% | 797 | 15.88% | 5,020 |
| Seneca | 3,128 | 47.12% | 3,462 | 52.15% | 48 | 0.72% | -334 | -5.03% | 6,638 |
| Shelby | 1,717 | 42.44% | 2,311 | 57.12% | 18 | 0.44% | -594 | -14.68% | 4,046 |
| Stark | 5,817 | 52.30% | 5,250 | 47.20% | 55 | 0.49% | 567 | 5.10% | 11,122 |
| Summit | 4,534 | 62.01% | 2,738 | 37.45% | 40 | 0.55% | 1,796 | 24.56% | 7,312 |
| Trumbull | 5,869 | 70.68% | 2,321 | 27.95% | 114 | 1.37% | 3,548 | 42.73% | 8,304 |
| Tuscarawas | 3,178 | 46.96% | 3,586 | 52.99% | 3 | 0.04% | -408 | -6.03% | 6,767 |
| Union | 2,450 | 60.91% | 1,564 | 38.89% | 8 | 0.20% | 886 | 22.03% | 4,022 |
| Van Wert | 1,805 | 51.62% | 1,686 | 48.21% | 6 | 0.17% | 119 | 3.40% | 3,497 |
| Vinton | 1,314 | 49.31% | 1,340 | 50.28% | 11 | 0.41% | -26 | -0.98% | 2,665 |
| Warren | 3,763 | 63.38% | 2,168 | 36.52% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,595 | 26.87% | 5,937 |
| Washington | 4,231 | 53.27% | 3,680 | 46.33% | 32 | 0.40% | 551 | 6.94% | 7,943 |
| Wayne | 3,768 | 51.53% | 3,533 | 48.32% | 11 | 0.15% | 235 | 3.21% | 7,312 |
| Williams | 2,213 | 59.84% | 1,419 | 38.37% | 66 | 1.78% | 794 | 21.47% | 3,698 |
| Wood | 2,994 | 60.95% | 1,896 | 38.60% | 22 | 0.45% | 1,098 | 22.35% | 4,912 |
| Wyandot | 1,816 | 46.13% | 2,095 | 53.21% | 26 | 0.66% | -279 | -7.09% | 3,937 |
| Totals | 281,852 | 53.24% | 244,321 | 46.15% | 3,263 | 0.62% | 37,531 | 7.07% | 529,436 |
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