<page_title> 1872 United States presidential election in New York </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Ulysses S. Grant <col_header> United States presidential election in New York, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 53.23% <col_header> United States presidential election in New York, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Horace Greeley <col_header> United States presidential election in New York, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 46.77% <col_header> United States presidential election in New York, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Grant carried the state of New York with 53.23% of the vote, compared to Greeley's 46.77%, a victory margin of 6.46%.