1852 Presidential General Election Results

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Franklin Pierce William King Democratic 1,605,943 50.83% 254 85.8% Winfield Scott William Graham Whig 1,386,418 43.88% 42 14.2% John Hale George Julian Free Soil 155,799 4.93% 0 0.0% Other (+) - - 11,480 0.36% 0 0.0% Total 3,159,640 296 Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70% Turnout Maps   Data and Statistics: Popular Vote State-Level Data (Table) Popular Vote State-Level Data (Graphs) Electoral Vote State-Level Data Election 1852 Statistics Compare National Data by Year (Table) Compare National Data by Year (Graphs) Compare National Maps by Year National JavaCompare! Data Sources for Popular Vote Election Tools for 1852 Electoral College Calculator for 1852 Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Results for an Individual State: AlabamaArkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Election Notes: Electors from the state of South Carolina were appointed by the state legislature (and not elected in a popular vote).