See main article: 1872 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1868 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Previous Year: | 1868 |
| Next Election: | 1876 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Next Year: | 1876 |
| Turnout: | 62.0%[1] 4.9 pp |
| 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: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 133,455 |
| Percentage1: | 69.20% |
| Nominee2: | Horace Greeley |
| Party2: | Liberal Republican Party (United States) |
| Colour2: | C154C1 |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Benjamin G. Brown |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 59,195 |
| Percentage2: | 30.69% |
| Map Size: | 401px |
| 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 Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Massachusetts 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 38.51%.
With 69.20% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would be Grant's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, South Carolina, Rhode Island and Nebraska.[2]
This is the last election in which Brighton, Charlestown, and West Roxbury voted in, as all three were annexed by the city of Boston in 1873.