1852 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1852 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1848 November 2, 1852 1856  
  Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg Winfield Scott by Fredricks, 1862 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott
Party Democratic Whig
Home state New Hampshire New Jersey
Running mate William R. King William A. Graham
Electoral vote80
Popular vote40,02235,077
Percentage53.28%46.69%

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County Results

President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

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

Contents

Maryland voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott. Pierce won Maryland by a margin of 6.59%. This was the first presidential election in which Maryland voted Democratic. In addition, in 1851, Baltimore became an independent city, and had its election results calculated separately from Baltimore County for the first time. Also, Howard County voted for president for the first time in its history.

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Maryland [1] [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire William R. King of Alabama 40,02253.28%8100.00%
Whig Winfield Scott of New Jersey William A. Graham of North Carolina 35,07746.69%00.00%
Free Soil John P. Hale of New Hampshire George W. Julian of Indiana 210.03%00.00%
Total75,120100.00%8100.00%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Pierce

Democratic

Winfield Scott

Whig

John P. Hale

Free Soil

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast [3]

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 162050.59%157949.31%30.09%411.28%3202
Anne Arundel 148646.67%169353.17%50.16%-207-6.50%3184
Baltimore (City) 1099551.04%1047448.62%720.33%5212.42%21541
Baltimore (County) 266951.30%252748.57%70.13%1422.73%5203
Calvert 33443.73%43156.27%00.00%-96-12.53%766
Caroline 58054.10%49245.90%00.00%888.21%1072
Carroll 167248.58%176351.22%70.20%-91-2.64%3442
Cecil 144448.92%150450.95%40.14%-60-2.03%2952
Charles 39834.10%76965.90%00.00%-371-31.80%1167
Dorchester 82037.49%136762.51%00.00%-547-25.01%2187
Frederick 298348.42%315851.26%200.32%-175-2.84%6161
Harford 125345.17%152154.83%00.00%-268-9.66%2774
Howard 62552.30%57047.70%00.00%554.60%1195
Kent 44740.82%64558.90%30.27%-19818.08%1095
Montgomery 77142.15%105757.79%10.05%-286-15.64%1829
Prince George's 73341.06%105158.88%10.06%-318-17.82%1785
Queen Anne's 61245.77%72554.23%00.00%-113-8.45%1337
St. Mary's 42234.88%78865.12%00.00%-366-30.25%1210
Somerset 100541.55%141358.41%10.04%-408-16.87%2419
Talbot 71950.42%70649.51%10.02%130.91%1426
Washington 243447.51%268852.74%10.02%-254-4.96%5123
Worcester 113045.55%135154.45%00.00%-221-8.91%2481
Total4002253.28%3507746.69%210.03%49456.59%75120

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References

  1. "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  2. "1852 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  3. "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.