<page_title> 1872 United States presidential election in Rhode Island </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois <col_header> United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> Count </col_header> </cell> <cell> Henry Wilson of Indiana <col_header> United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Running mate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> 71.94% <col_header> United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Popular vote </col_header> </cell> <cell> Liberal Republican <col_header> United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Horace Greeley of New York <col_header> United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <col_header> Count </col_header> </cell> <cell> Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri <col_header> United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Running mate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> 28.06% <col_header> United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Popular vote </col_header> </cell> </table>
Grant and Wilson defeated the Liberal Republican Horace Greeley of New York and running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri by a margin of 43.88%.