Joseph A. Wright
Electoral history
Table:
Indiana gubernatorial election, 1852[14][22]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Democratic

Joseph A. Wright (incumbent)

95,576

55.4

Whig

Nicholas McCarty

73,641

42.7

Free Soil

James H. Cravens

3,308

1.9

Using the table called Joseph A. Wright, section Electoral history, write a short sentence answer to the question: How many votes did each candidates obtain and who won the election? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Wright won with 95,576 votes to McCarty's 73,641, and Craven's 3,308.