- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Presidential electors in 1872
- Date of Original:
- 1872-11-28
- Subject:
- Presidential candidates--United States
Presidents--United States--Elections--1872
Electoral college--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Executive order calling for the Secretary of State to issue a proclamation declaring that the persons listed are elected Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States.
The Democratic presidential candidate, Horace Greeley, died between the popular election and the meeting of presidential electors. Democratic electors were left to exercise their own judgment. Six Georgia electors voted for vice-presidential candidate Benjamin Brown, two voted for Georgian Charles Jones Jenkins, and three cast their votes for the deceased Greeley; their votes were thrown out. The Republican candidate, the incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, won 55.6% of the popular vote and thus won the election. - Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/2701
- Rights Holder:
- Users may download the images for personal or educational use
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Electoral College Vote Lists, Elections Division, Secretary of State, RG 02-02-025-08, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
