Why did the Democrats nominate Horace Greeley?

Why did the Democrats nominate Horace Greeley?

After Greeley and Gratz Brown were nominated by the Liberal Republicans, the Democrats also nominated the Greeley-Brown ticket as its own nominees for the 1872 U.S. presidential election due to their belief that they could not win the U.S. presidency without the support of anti-Grant Liberal Republicans.

What happened in the election of 1872?

The 1872 United States presidential election was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1872. Despite a split in the Republican Party, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democratic-endorsed Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley.

In what ways did Greeley break with the radical Republicans?

He broke with the Radicals and with Republican President Ulysses Grant because of corruption, and Greeley’s view that Reconstruction era policies were no longer needed. Greeley was the new Liberal Republican Party’s presidential nominee in 1872.

Who did Ulysses S Grant run against for president?

1868 United States presidential election

Nominee	Ulysses S. Grant	Horatio Seymour
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Illinois	New York
Running mate	Schuyler Colfax	Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Electoral vote	214	80

Why did Grant run for president?

He came to believe that the federal government had to preserve the sacrifices of the war by protecting African Americans from racist Southern governments and preventing former Confederates from retaking power. The Radicals began to court Grant with the idea of running him for President.

What did Horace Greeley believe?

Greeley urged a number of educational reforms, especially free common-school education for all; he championed producers’ cooperatives but opposed woman suffrage. He also pushed for Western expansion but did not coin, as commonly claimed, the famous phrase “Go West, young man.” (See Researcher’s Note.)