• Source: 1872 North Carolina gubernatorial election

The 1872 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on August 1, 1872. Incumbent Republican Tod Robinson Caldwell, who defeated Thomas Settle and Oliver H. Dockery for the Republican nomination, defeated Democratic nominee Augustus Summerfield Merrimon, who defeated James Madison Leach and Daniel Moreau Barringer for the Democratic nomination, with 50.49% of the vote.
This was the last time a Republican candidate won an outright majority of the vote until the 1972 gubernatorial election.




General election






= Candidates

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Tod Robinson Caldwell, Republican
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon, Democratic




= Results

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References

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• 1872 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 1988 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 1972 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 1980 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• 2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
• 2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election