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1852 United States presidential election in Illinois
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1852 United States presidential election
1852 United States presidential election in Illinois presidential no 1848 United States presidential election in Illinois 1848 1856 United States presidential election in Illinois 1856 November 2, 1852 x160px Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) New Hampshire William R. King 11 80,378 51.87% Winfield Scott 1849 (cropped 3x4) REST.png Winfield Scott Whig Party (United States) New Jersey William Alexander Graham 0 64,733 41.77% JP-Hale crop.jpg John P. Hale Free Soil Party New Hampshire George W. Julian 0 9,863 6.36% File:1852 United States presidential election in Illinois results map by county.svg 350px County results
Pierce
#b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389E3 60–70%
#1666CB 70–80%
#0645B4 80–90%
Scott
#FEF4B4 30–40%#FEE391 40–50%#FED463 50–60%#FE9929 60–70% President Millard Fillmore Whig Party (United States) Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States)
The 1852 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Illinois voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott and Free Soil candidate John P. Hale. Pierce won Illinois by a margin of 10.10%. This is the last time that Lee County voted for the Democratic candidate. DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and McHenry counties would not vote Democratic again until 2008. DeKalb County would not vote Democratic again until 1992.
Results
1852 United States presidential election in Illinois1852 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1852&fips=17&f=0&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 2 December 20171852 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1852 The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara 2 December 2017
Democratic Party (United States)
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
William R. King
Alabama
80,378
51.87%
11
100.00%
Whig Party (United States)
Winfield Scott
New Jersey
William Alexander Graham
North Carolina
64,733
41.77%
0
0.00%
Free Soil Party
John P. Hale
New Hampshire
George W. Julian
Indiana
9,863
6.36%
0
0.00%
154,974
100.00%
11
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Illinois
References
Illinois
1852
Category:1852 Illinois elections