1852 Indiana gubernatorial election

1852 Indiana gubernatorial election

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Nominee Joseph A. Wright Nicholas McCarty Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 92,576 73,641 Percentage 54.61% 43.44%

County results Wright:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% McCarty:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election Joseph A. Wright Democratic Elected Governor Joseph A. Wright Democratic

The 1852 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on October 12, 1852. ^[1]

This was the first election held in October, and the first election for a four-year term, since a new state constitution came into effect in 1851.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Joseph A. Wright defeated Whig nominee Nicholas McCarty and Free Soil nominee Andrew L. Robinson with 54.61% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• Nicholas McCarty, Whig, retired businessman ^[2]
• Andrew L. Robinson, Free Soil, former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives ^[3]
• Joseph A. Wright, Democratic, incumbent Governor

Results

1852 Indiana gubernatorial election ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph A. Wright	92,576	54.61%
	Whig	Nicholas McCarty	73,641	43.44%
	Free Soil	Andrew L. Robinson	3,303	1.95%
	Scattering		2	0.00%
Majority			18,935	11.17%
Turnout			169,522
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give the result as Wright 92,959, McCarty 73,647, Robinson 3,304. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} The result given is taken from the Indiana State Senate Journal.

References

1. "The Election". The Evansville daily journal. Evansville, Ind. October 6, 1852. p. 2. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
2. Beeler, Dale (December 1915). "The Election of 1852 in Indiana". Indiana Magazine of History. 11 (4): 301–323. JSTOR   27785701 . Retrieved August 12, 2023.
3. Bigham, Darrel E. (2006). On Jordan's banks: emancipation and its aftermath in the Ohio (PDF). Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 44. ISBN   0-8131-2366-6.
4. "IN Governor, 1852". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
5. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 63. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
6. Pitchell, Robert J., ed. (1960). Indiana Votes: Election Returns for Governor, 1852-1956, and Senator, 1914-1958. Bloomington: Bureau of Government Research, Indiana University. pp. 6–7.
7. Beeler, Dale (March 1916). "The Election of 1852". Indiana Magazine of History. 12 (1): 34–52. JSTOR   27785718 . Retrieved August 12, 2023.
8. Gugin, Linda C.; St. Clair, James E., eds. (2006). The Governors of Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society Press. p. 119. ISBN   0-87195-196-7.
9. Journal of the Indiana State Senate during the Thirty-Seventh Session of the General Assembly, commencing January 6, 1853. Indianapolis: J.P. Chapman, State Printer. 1853. p. 52.
10. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 50. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
11. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
12. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 174. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
13. Holt, Michael F. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. pp. 752, 1126. ISBN   0-19-505544-6.