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1852 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1852 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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Nominee Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott
Party Democratic Whig
Home state New Hampshire New Jersey
Running mate William R. King William A. Graham
Electoral vote 27 0
Popular vote 198,562 179,104
Percentage 51.20% 46.18%
President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

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The 1852 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over the Whig candidate, Winfield Scott. Pierce won Pennsylvania by a margin of 5.02%. Bradford, Tioga, Potter, Cameron, and McKean counties have only voted Democratic once since this election, in 1964.

Results

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1852 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin Pierce 198,562 51.20% 27
Whig Winfield Scott 179,104 46.18% 0
Free Soil John P. Hale 8,495 2.19% 0
Native American Jacob Broom 1,678 0.43% 0
Totals 387,839 100.0% 27

Results by county

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County Franklin Pierce
Democratic 		Winfield Scott
Whig 		John P. Hale
Free Soil 		Various candidates[2]
Other parties 		Margin[3] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 2,018 42.54% 2,725 57.44% 31 0.65% 0 0.00% -707 -14.90% 4,744
Allegheny 7,226 41.07% 9,165 52.09% 966 5.49% 239 1.36% -1,939 -11.02% 17,596
Armstrong 2,430 51.99% 2,093 44.78% 142 3.04% 9 0.19% 337 7.21% 4,674
Beaver 1,943 46.04% 1,805 42.77% 361 8.55% 111 2.63% 138 3.27% 4,220
Bedford 2,319 50.50% 2,273 49.50% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 46 1.00% 4,592
Berks 9,503 65.91% 4,913 34.08% 2 0.01% 0 0.00% 4,590 31.84% 14,418
Blair 1,931 42.66% 2,590 57.22% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% -659 -14.56% 4,526
Bradford 3,930 50.79% 3,526 45.57% 281 3.63% 0 0.00% 404 5.22% 7,737
Bucks 5,766 53.52% 4,928 45.74% 58 0.54% 22 0.20% 838 7.78% 10,774
Butler 2,533 45.79% 2,833 51.21% 165 2.98% 1 0.02% -300 -5.42% 5,532
Cambria 2,035 57.96% 1,461 41.61% 15 0.43% 0 0.00% 574 16.35% 3,511
Carbon 1,311 63.64% 749 36.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 562 27.28% 2,060
Centre 2,993 60.97% 1,916 39.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,077 21.94% 4,909
Chester 5,520 47.76% 5,700 49.32% 338 2.92% 0 0.00% -180 -1.56% 11,558
Clarion 2,642 67.95% 1,218 31.33% 28 0.72% 0 0.00% 1,424 36.63% 3,888
Clearfield 1,733 62.93% 997 36.20% 24 0.87% 0 0.00% 736 26.72% 2,754
Clinton 1,318 56.91% 996 43.00% 2 0.09% 0 0.00% 322 13.90% 2,316
Columbia 2,102 64.34% 1,165 35.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 937 28.68% 3,267
Crawford 3,427 48.21% 2,775 39.04% 906 12.75% 0 0.00% 652 9.17% 7,108
Cumberland 3,188 52.56% 2,878 47.44% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 310 5.11% 6,066
Dauphin 2,675 41.92% 3,673 57.56% 29 0.45% 4 0.06% -998 -15.64% 6,381
Delaware 1,737 44.34% 2,073 52.92% 107 2.73% 0 0.00% -336 -8.58% 3,917
Elk 423 70.62% 163 27.21% 13 2.17% 0 0.00% 260 43.41% 599
Erie 2,738 37.18% 4,015 54.52% 611 8.30% 0 0.00% -1,277 -17.34% 7,364
Fayette 3,867 55.47% 3,032 43.49% 72 1.03% 0 0.00% 835 11.98% 6,971
Franklin 3,358 46.03% 3,904 53.51% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% -546 -7.48% 7,265
Fulton 831 53.24% 729 46.70% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 102 6.54% 1,561
Greene 2,602 62.10% 1,559 37.21% 29 0.69% 0 0.00% 1,043 24.89% 4,190
Huntingdon 2,041 44.82% 2,511 55.13% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -470 -10.32% 4,554
Indiana 1,827 40.66% 2,387 53.13% 279 6.21% 0 0.00% -560 -12.46% 4,493
Jefferson 1,484 56.62% 1,115 42.54% 22 0.84% 0 0.00% 369 14.08% 2,621
Juniata 1,368 56.30% 1,062 43.70% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 306 12.60% 2,430
Lancaster 6,578 36.00% 11,637 63.69% 53 0.29% 3 0.02% -5,059 -27.69% 18,271
Lawrence 1,064 29.87% 1,984 55.70% 514 14.43% 0 0.00% -920 -25.83% 3,562
Lebanon 2,118 40.54% 3,105 59.44% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -987 -18.90% 5,224
Lehigh 3,493 53.84% 2,993 46.13% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 500 7.71% 6,488
Luzerne 5,340 61.53% 3,339 38.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,001 23.06% 8,679
Lycoming 2,790 57.16% 2,085 42.72% 5 0.10% 1 0.02% 705 14.44% 4,881
McKean 597 55.28% 405 37.50% 78 7.22% 0 0.00% 192 17.78% 1,080
Mercer 2,693 47.48% 2,210 38.97% 768 13.54% 0 0.00% 483 8.51% 5,671
Mifflin 1,620 53.78% 1,392 46.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 228 7.56% 3,012
Monroe 2,098 83.39% 418 16.61% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,680 66.78% 2,516
Montgomery 5,767 53.79% 4,791 44.68% 160 1.49% 4 0.04% 976 9.11% 10,722
Montour 1,455 62.69% 866 37.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 589 25.38% 2,321
Northampton 4,403 59.65% 2,978 40.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,425 19.30% 7,381
Northumberland 2,451 60.22% 1,619 39.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 832 20.45% 4,070
Perry 2,159 60.44% 1,413 39.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 746 20.88% 3,572
Philadelphia 26,022 49.69% 24,573 46.92% 626 1.20% 1,148 2.19% 1,449 2.77% 52,369
Pike 834 80.50% 202 19.50% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 632 61.00% 1,036
Potter 661 52.92% 263 21.06% 325 26.02% 0 0.00% 336[a] 26.90% 1,249
Schuylkill 4,758 52.87% 4,128 45.87% 10 0.11% 104 1.16% 630 7.00% 9,000
Somerset 1,203 28.72% 2,986 71.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,783 -42.56% 4,189
Sullivan 426 64.35% 177 26.74% 59 8.91% 0 0.00% 249 37.61% 662
Susquehanna 3,046 57.52% 2,035 38.43% 215 4.06% 0 0.00% 1,011 19.09% 5,296
Tioga 2,614 61.40% 1,564 36.74% 79 1.86% 0 0.00% 1,050 24.66% 4,257
Union 1,994 39.29% 3,081 60.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,087 -21.42% 5,075
Venango 1,899 58.09% 1,164 35.61% 204 6.24% 2 0.06% 735 22.48% 3,269
Warren 1,629 58.79% 1,082 39.05% 60 2.16% 0 0.00% 547 19.74% 2,771
Washington 4,063 49.17% 3,810 46.11% 370 4.48% 20 0.24% 253 3.06% 8,263
Wayne 2,362 65.34% 1,232 34.08% 21 0.58% 0 0.00% 1,130 31.26% 3,615
Westmoreland 5,509 62.37% 3,203 36.27% 120 1.36% 0 0.00% 2,306 26.10% 8,832
Wyoming 1,258 60.36% 807 38.72% 19 0.92% 0 0.00% 451 21.64% 2,084
York 5,585 54.24% 4,700 45.65% 11 0.11% 0 0.00% 885 8.59% 10,296
Totals 198,562 51.20% 179,104 46.18% 8,495 2.19% 1,678 0.43% 19,458 5.02% 387,839

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In this county where Hale ran second ahead of Scott, margin given is Pierce vote minus Hale vote and percentage margin is Pierce percentage minus Hale percentage.

References

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  1. ^ "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (November 18, 1852). "The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, November 18, 1852, Image 2". ISSN 2327-6630. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
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