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1852 United States presidential election
1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1852 presidential no 1848 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1848 1856 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1856 November 2, 1852 x200px Winfield Scott 1849 (cropped 3x4) REST.png Winfield Scott Whig Party (United States) New Jersey William Alexander Graham 12 57,428 51.44% Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) New Hampshire William R. King 0 53,949 48.32% 1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 380px County results
Scott
#FED463 50–60%
#FE9929 60–70%
#EC7014 70–80%
#CC4C02 80–90%
Pierce
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
#0645b4 80–90% President Millard Fillmore Whig Party (United States) Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States)
The 1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Kentucky voted for the Whig candidate, Winfield Scott, over Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce. Scott won Kentucky by a margin of 3.12%.
Kentucky was one of the four states to vote for Scott in the 1852 election with the other three being Massachusetts, Tennessee and Vermont.
With 51.44% of the popular vote, Kentucky would prove to be Scott's strongest victory in the nation.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1852&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1852 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05
Results
1852 United States presidential election in Kentucky1852 Presidential General Election Results - Kentucky https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1852&fips=47&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
Whig Party (United States)
Winfield Scott
New Jersey
William Alexander Graham
North Carolina
57,428
51.44%
12
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
William R. King
Alabama
53,949
48.32%
0
0.00%
Free Soil Party
John P. Hale
New Hampshire
George W. Julian
Indiana
266
0.24%
0
0.00%
111,643
100.00%
12
100.00%
References
Kentucky
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Category:1852 Kentucky elections