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{{Main|United States presidential election, 1872}}▼
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{{Infobox Election▼
{{Main|1872 election_name = [[United States presidential election]] in Virginia, 1872}}
▲{{Infobox Electionelection
| election_name = 1872 [[United States presidential elections in Virginia|United States presidential election in Virginia]]
| country = Virginia
| flag_year = 1861
| type = presidential
| >
| previous_election = 1860 United States presidential election in Virginia, 1860
| previous_year = 1860
| next_election = 1876 United States presidential election in Virginia, 1876
| next_year = 1876
| election_date = November 5, 1872
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = [[Image:UlyssesGrant.png|142px]]jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Ulysses S. Grant]]'''
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
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| popular_vote1 = '''93,463'''
| percentage1 = '''50.47%'''
| image2 = [[Image:HoraceGreeleyHorace Greeley restored (cropped).png|140px]]jpg
| nominee2 = [[Horace Greeley]]
| party2 = Liberal Republican Party (United States)
| home_state2 = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| running_mate2 = [[Benjamin Gratz Brown|Benjamin G. Brown]]
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 91,647
| percentage2 = 49.49%
| map_image = Virginia Presidential Election Results 1872.svg
| map_size = 435px
| map_caption = County Results
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'''Grant'''
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'''Greeley'''
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| title = President
| before_election = [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
| before_party = DemocraticRepublican Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsVA}}
The '''1872 United States presidential election in Virginia''' took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the [[United States presidential election, 1872|1872 United States presidential election]]. Voters chose eleven11 representatives, or electors to the [[United States Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]], who voted for [[President of the United States|Presidentpresident]] and [[Vice President of the United States|Vicevice Presidentpresident]].
 
'''[[Virginia]]''' voted for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate, incumbent [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]] over the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Liberal Republican Party (United States)|Liberal Republican]] candidate, former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Horace Greeley]]. This was the first presidential election that Virginia participated in after the events of the [[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]], and also the first election where [[West Virginia]] wasn't a part of the state. It was also the first presidential election in which the state voted for a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate and would not occur again until [[1928 United States presidential election in Virginia|1928]]. The election was still very close in this state and Grant won Virginia by a margin of almost 10.98%.
 
==Results==
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! colspan="6" | United States presidential election in Virginia, 1872<ref name=results>{{cite web|title=1872 Presidential General Election Results -– Virginia|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=51&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|accessdateaccess-date=12 April 2013}}</ref>
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! colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate
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| style="width: 130px" | [[Bourbon Democrat]]
| [[Charles O'Conor (American politician)|Charles O'Conor]]
| align="right" | 85
| align="right" | 0.05%
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{{State Results of the 1872 U.S. presidential election}}
[[Category:United States presidential election, 1872|Virginia]]
 
▲{{Main|[[Category:1872 United States presidential election, 1872}}by state|Virginia]]
[[Category:United States presidential elections in Virginia|1872]]
[[Category:1872 Virginia elections]]
 
 
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