A county result
Athens County, presidential election of 1872
Athens County
67.64%Ulysses S. Grant (R), the most votes4,472Votes counted for president
What this is
Athens County counted 4,472 votes for president across 3 candidates in 1872. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 3,025 | 67.64% |
| Horace Greeley | Liberal Republican | 1,398 | 31.26% |
| Other | Other | 49 | 1.10% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) with 53.24%, a 7.1-point margin over Horace Greeley. The country elected Ulysses S. Grant.
- Against the state
- Athens County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+36.4 against Ohio's R+7.1: 29.3 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 7th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1868
- From 1868 to 1872 the county's lean moved 7.1 points toward the Republicans, from R+29.2 to R+36.4.
- Matched
- Athens County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
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Where this appears
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Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1872-11-05 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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