See main article: 1872 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1872 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Flag Year: | 1872 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1868 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Previous Year: | 1868 |
| Next Election: | 1876 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Next Year: | 1876 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1872 |
| Image1: | UlyssesGrant.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Running Mate1: | Henry Wilson |
| Electoral Vote1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 90,272 |
| Percentage1: | 53.19% |
| Nominee2: | Horace Greeley |
| Party2: | Liberal Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Benjamin G. Brown |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 79,444 |
| Percentage2: | 46.81% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1872 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alabama voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Alabama by a margin of 6.38%.
This was the last time that Alabama voted for a Republican until Barry Goldwater won it in the 1964 presidential election. As of 2021, this is also the last time that a Republican won a majority of the vote in heavily black Macon County, home of Tuskegee Institute, which would become one of the most strongly Democratic counties in the nation in the late 20th and 21st centuries.