1852 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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1852 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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  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 vote500
Popular vote33,65822,2408,842
Percentage51.98%34.35%13.66%

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin was held on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

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Democratic Party candidate Franklin Pierce won the state with 51.98% of the popular vote, winning Wisconsin's five electoral votes.

This would be the final time a Democratic presidential candidate would win Wisconsin until Grover Cleveland won the state in 1892. No Democratic presidential candidate would again win a majority of Wisconsin's popular vote until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.

This was the last election until 1936 in which a Democrat carried Rock County. Additionally, neither Bad Ax (Vernon) County nor Waushara County would vote Democratic again until 1932. Columbia County, Grant County, Green County, Portag County, Racine County, Rock County, St. Croix County would also not vote for a Democrat again until 1912.

Results

General Election Results [1]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Democratic Party Franklin PierceMontgomery M. Cothren33,658
Democratic Party Franklin PierceCharles Billinghurst33,647
Democratic Party Franklin PiercePhilo White33,633
Democratic Party Franklin PierceBeriah Brown33,631
Democratic Party Franklin PierceSatterlee W. Clark33,582
Whig Party Winfield ScottMyron B. Orton22,240
Whig Party Winfield ScottCharles Bracken22,240
Whig Party Winfield ScottAaron Schultz22,211
Whig Party Winfield ScottHiram Tuttle22,210
Whig Party Winfield ScottLucas S. Van Orden22,016
Free Soil Party John P. HaleC. Latham Sholes8,842
Free Soil Party John P. HaleWarren Chase8,822
Free Soil Party John P. HaleSamuel D. Hastings8,818
Free Soil Party John P. HaleByron Kilbourn8,814
Free Soil Party John P. HaleBenjamin B. Spalding7,925
Free Soil Party John P. HaleHiram M. Kee [lower-alpha 1] 872
Write-in Scattering8
Votes cast [lower-alpha 2] 64,748

Results by county

County [1] Franklin Pierce
Democratic
Winfield Scott
Whig
John P. Hale
Free Soil
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 3]
# %# %# %# %
Bad Ax 8755.77%6944.23%00.00%1811.54%156
Brown 51560.80%32638.49%60.71%18922.31%847
Calumet 29460.49%17135.19%214.32%12325.31%486
Columbia 1,23351.92%1,11146.78%311.31%1225.14%2,375
Crawfor 17356.91%13143.09%00.00%4213.82%304
Dane 2,13860.58%1,10431.28%2878.13%1,03429.30%3,529
Dodge 2,26458.08%1,20430.89%43011.03%1,06027.19%3,898
Fond du Lac 1,63552.52%1,06534.21%40813.11%57018.31%3,113 [lower-alpha 4]
Grant 1,37948.40%1,34147.07%1294.53%381.33%2,849
Green 86550.58%65938.54%18610.88%20612.05%1,710
Iowa 94850.67%89547.84%271.44%532.83%1,871 [lower-alpha 5]
Jefferson 1,69352.01%1,20336.96%35911.03%49015.05%3,255
Kenosha 59034.52%48328.26%63637.21%-46-2.69%1,709
Kewaunee 2382.14%517.86%00.00%1864.29%28
La Crosse 28159.41%18238.48%102.11%9920.93%473
Lafayette 1,38961.60%85037.69%160.71%53923.90%2,255
Manitowoc 87480.04%20919.14%90.82%66560.90%1,092
Marathon 20259.06%14040.94%00.00%6218.13%342
Marquette 98250.05%74838.12%23211.82%23411.93%1,962
Milwaukee 3,63958.85%2,01732.62%5278.52%1,62226.23%6,183
Outagamie 41268.33%14023.22%518.46%27245.11%603
Portage 37758.54%26741.46%00.00%11017.08%644
Racine 1,30844.57%84028.62%78726.81%46815.95%2,935
Richland 16647.56%16747.85%164.58%-1-0.29%349
Rock 1,69041.01%1,50936.62%92022.32%1814.39%4,121 [lower-alpha 6]
Sauk 68146.68%62242.63%15610.69%594.04%1,459
Sheboygan 1,34060.63%65629.68%2149.68%68430.95%2,210
St. Croix 16660.36%10738.91%20.73%5921.45%275
Walworth 1,14132.24%96527.27%1,43340.49%-292-8.25%3,539
Washington 2,35063.72%1,15631.34%1824.93%1,19432.38%3,688
Waukesha 1,61444.37%94926.09%1,07529.55%539 [lower-alpha 7] 14.82%3,638
Waupaca 8647.25%9552.20%10.55%-9-4.95%182
Waushara 17439.82%14733.64%11626.54%276.18%437
Winnebago 94942.54%70731.69%57525.77%24210.85%2,231
Total33,65851.98%22,24034.35%8,84213.66%11,41817.63%64,748

Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Free Soil to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. Appears to have replaced Benjamin B. Spalding on some Free Soil ballots
  2. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  3. Based on highest elector on each ticket
  4. Includes 5 Scattering votes
  5. Includes 1 Scattering vote
  6. Includes 2 Scattering votes
  7. Pierce's margin over Hale

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References

  1. 1 2 Wisconsin Historical Society, An Abstract of votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President at a General Election held on the Second day of November, AD 1852