1852_United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania
1852 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Election in Pennsylvania
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.
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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.
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| 1852 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
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| 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 | ||
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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 | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
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- "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
- 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.