Which Happened First?

1872 United States presidential election

1872 United States presidential election
Image: AndyHogan14 · Public domain · source

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1872. Incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican nominee, handily defeated Democratic-endorsed Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. 1860 United States presidential electionNovember 6, 1860
  2. 1864 United States presidential electionNovember 8, 1864
  3. 1868 United States presidential electionNovember 3, 1868
  4. 1872 United States presidential election (this page)November 5, 1872
  5. 1876 United States presidential electionNovember 7, 1876
  6. 1880 United States presidential electionNovember 2, 1880

Related

Play a round with Politics · 19th century