1852 United States presidential election in Michigan

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1852 United States presidential election in Michigan
Flag of Michigan.svg
  1848 November 2, 1852 1856  
  Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg Winfield Scott by Fredricks, 1862 (cropped).jpg JP-Hale crop.jpg
Nominee Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott John P. Hale
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Home state New Hampshire New Jersey New Hampshire
Running mate William R. King William A. Graham George W. Julian
Electoral vote600
Popular vote41,84233,8607,237
Percentage50.45%40.83%8.73%

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

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Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott and Free Soil candidate John P. Hale. Pierce won Michigan by a margin of 9.62%.

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last and only time Sanilac County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [1] It would also be the last time until 1964 that Allegan County, Hillsdale County and Lapeer County would support a Democratic presidential candidate. [1] This was also the last time Michigan sent a full slate (or even a majority) of Democratic electors to the Electoral College until Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932, although it did send five Grover Cleveland electors in 1892. [2]

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Michigan [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin Pierce 41,842 50.45%
Whig Winfield Scott 33,86040.83%
Free Soil John P. Hale 7,2378.73%
Total votes82,939 100%

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References

  1. 1 2 Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 222–227. ISBN   0786422173.
  2. Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 62
  3. "1852 Presidential General Election Results -Michigan". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  4. "1852 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 2, 2017.