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1872 United States presidential election in New Jersey
The
1872 United States presidential election
in
New Jersey
took place on
November 5
,
1872
. All
contemporary
37 states were part of the 1872
United States presidential election
. The state voters
chose
9
electors
to the
Electoral College
, which selected the
president
and
vice president
.
New
Jersey
was won by the
Republican
nominees,
incumbent
President
Ulysses
S.
Grant
of
Illinois
and his
running mate
Senator
Henry Wilson
of
Massachusetts
. Grant and Wilson defeated the
Liberal Republican
and
Democratic
nominees, former
Congressman
Horace Greeley
of
New York
and his running
mate
former Senator and
Governor
Benjamin Gratz Brown
of
Missouri
by a margin of 9.04%.
Results