1852 United States presidential election in Maine

The 1852 United States presidential election in Maine 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.

1852 United States presidential election in Maine

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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 vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 41,609 32,543 8,030
Percentage 50.63% 39.60% 9.77%

County Results

President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Maine voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over the Whig Party candidate, Winfield Scott. Pierce won the state by a margin of 11.03%.

Pierce would be the last Democratic candidate to win Maine until Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and the last one until Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to win a majority of the popular vote. This would be the last occasion until 1880 that a Democrat carried any county in the state, the last until 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won Franklin County, Oxford County, Penobscot County or Piscataquis County, and the last until 1912 that a Democrat carried Cumberland County, Hancock County, Washington County or York County.[1]

Results

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1852 United States presidential election in Maine[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire William Rufus DeVane King of Alabama 41,609 50.63% 8 100.00%
Whig Winfield Scott of New Jersey William Alexander Graham of North Carolina 32,543 39.60% 0 0.00%
Free Soil John Parker Hale of New Hampshire George Washington Julian of Indiana 8,030 9.77% 0 0.00%
Total 82,182 100.00% 8 100.00%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 218–219. ISBN 0786422173.
  2. ^ "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2015.