1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky
  1848 November 2, 1852 1856  
  Winfield Scott by Fredricks, 1862 (cropped).jpg Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg
Nominee Winfield Scott Franklin Pierce
Party Whig Democratic
Home state New Jersey New Hampshire
Running mate William A. Graham William R. King
Electoral vote120
Popular vote57,42853,949
Percentage51.44%48.32%

Kentucky Presidential Election Results 1852.svg
County Results

President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

The 1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Kentucky voted for the Whig candidate, Winfield Scott, over Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce. Scott won Kentucky by a margin of 3.12%.

Kentucky was one of the four states to vote for Scott in the 1852 election with the other three being Massachusetts, Tennessee and Vermont.

With 51.44% of the popular vote, Kentucky would prove to be Scott's strongest victory in the nation. [1]

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky [2] [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Whig Winfield Scott of New Jersey William A. Graham of North Carolina 57,42851.44%12100.00%
Democratic Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire William R. King of Alabama 53,94948.32%00.00%
Free Soil John P. Hale of New Hampshire George W. Julian of Indiana 2660.24%00.00%
Total111,643100.00%12100.00%

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References

  1. "1852 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Kentucky". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  3. "1852 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 2, 2017.