<page_title> 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Running mate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Liberal Republican <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, 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 Massachusetts, 1872 </col_header> <col_header> Running mate </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> </table>
Grant and Wilson defeated the Liberal Republican Horace Greeley of New York and his running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri in 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts.