Greeley dies on November 29, 1872, before the presidential electors meet on December 4 to cast the electoral votes.

The Greeley electors are not able to coordinate their votes before meeting, but their action makes no difference in the face of Grant's electoral college landslide.

Although the Liberal Republican Party does not survive Greeley's death, several of its reforms will materialize in the following decade.

Reform Republicans will accomplish the nomination and then election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, who will bring Reconstruction to an end and remove some of the more offensive of Grant's appointments.

The Liberal Republican call for civil service reform will be passed during the administration of President Chester Arthur.