Ulysses S. Grant Republican Ulysses S. Grant Republican The 1872 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election.

Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley.

Grant won Delaware by a narrow margin of 4.24%, making him the first Republican to win the state in a presidential election.

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