Presidential Election of 1852

The Presidential Election of 1852 was the seventeenth election in U.S. history, and was held on November 2, 1852. It featured the Democratic and Whig parties as the two main factions, with several third parties joining in as well. The Whig party also declined to nominate the incumbent Whig President, Millard Fillmore (who succeeded Zachary Taylor upon his death in 1850), due to his large unpopularity with the Northern members of the party for supporting the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act.
==Presidential Selection (Democratic National Convention)==
Name	Position	Votes (Last 10 ballots)
Franklin Pierce
(b.1804) (48 years)	
Former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
(1837-42)	29, 29, 29, 29, 29, 29, 44, 49, 55, 282
Lewis Cass
(b.1782) (70 years)	
U.S. Senator from Michigan
(1845-48, 1849-57)	107, 107, 101, 101, 101, 96, 78, 75, 72, 2
Stephen A. Douglas
(b.1813) (39 years)	
U.S. Senator from Illinois
(1847-61)	33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 2
William L. Marcy
(b.1786) (66 years)	
Former United States Secretary of War from New York
(1845-49)	85, 85, 91, 91, 91, 97, 98, 95, 89, 0
James Buchanan
(b.1791) (61 years)	
Former United States Secretary of State from Pennsylvania
(1845-49)	27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 28, 28, 28, 0
==Vice Presidential Selection (Democratic National Convention)==
Name	Position 	Votes (1-2 ballots)
William R.D. King
(b.1786) (66 years)	
U.S. Senator from Alabama
(1819-44, 1848-52)	125, 277
Jefferson Davis
(b.1808) (44 years)	
Former U.S. Senator from Mississippi
(1847-51, 1857-61)	2, 11
Solomon W. Downs
(b.1801) (51 years)	
U.S. Senator from Louisiana
(1847-53)	30, 0
John B. Weller
(b.1812) (40 years)	
Former U.S. Representative from Ohio
(1839-45)	28, 0
David Rice Atchison
(b.1807) (45 years)	
U.S. Senator from Missouri
(1843-55)	25, 0
Gideon Johnson Pillow
(b.1806) (46 years)	Major General from Tennessee	25, 0
Robert Strange
(b.1796) (56 years)	
Former U.S. Senator from North Carolina
(1836-40)	23, 0
William Orlando Butler
(b.1791) (61 years)	
Former U.S. Representative from Kentucky
(1839-43)	13, 0
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
(b.1803) (49 years)	
U.S. Senator from Texas
(1846-57)	13, 0
Howell Cobb
(b.1815) (37 years)	
Governor of Georgia
(1851-53)	2, 0
==Presidential Selection (Whig National Convention)==
Name	Position 	Votes (Last 10 ballots)
Winfield Scott
(b.1786) (66 years)	Commanding General of the U.S. Army from New Jersey	133, 133, 134, 135, 139, 139, 142, 142, 148, 149
Millard Fillmore
(b.1800) (52 years)	
Incumbent President of the United States from New York
(1850-53)	
129, 127, 127, 127, 125, 122, 123, 121, 118, 112
Daniel Webster
(b.1782) (70 years)	
Incumbent United States Secretary of State from Massachusetts
(1841-43, 1850-52)	30, 32, 31, 30, 27, 30, 27, 28, 25, 21
John J. Crittenden
(b.1787) (65 years)	
Incumbent United States Attorney General from Kentucky
(1841, 1850-53)	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
Edward Bates
(b.1793) (59 years)	
Member of the Missouri State House of Representatives
(1835-52)	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Rufus Choate
(b.1799) (53 years)	
Former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
(1841-45) 	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
==Vice Presidential Selection (Whig National Convention)==
Name	Position	Votes (1-2 ballots)
William Alexander Graham
(b.1804) (48 years)	
Former United States Secretary of the Navy from North Carolina
(1850-52)	69, 223
Edward Bates
(b.1793) (59 years)	
Member of the Missouri State House of Representatives
(1835-52)	97, 62
James Pearce
(b.1805) (47 years)	
U.S. Senator from Maryland
(1843-62)	42, 4
Willie Person Mangum
(b.1792) (60 years)	
U.S. Senator from North Carolina
(1831-36, 1840-53)	10, 4
James L. Petigru
(b.1789) (63 years)	
Former Attorney General of South Carolina
(1822-30)	8, 1
John Wesley Crockett
(b.1807) (45 years)	
Former U.S. Representative from Tennessee
(1837-41)	19, 0
Edward Stanly
(b.1810) (42 years)	
U.S. Representative from North Carolina
(1837-43, 1849-53)	14, 0
John J. Crittenden
(b.1787) (65 years)	
Incumbent United States Attorney General from Kentucky
(1841, 1850-53)	10, 0
John Bell
(b.1796) (56 years)	
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
(1847-59)	5, 0
James C. Jones
(b.1809) (43 years)	
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
(1851-57)	5, 0
Thomas Brown
(b.1785) (67 years)	
Governor of Florida
(1849-53)	3, 0
Henry Washington Hilliard
(b.1808) (44 years)	
Former U.S. Representative from Alabama
(1845-51)	2, 0
Thomas Pratt
(b.1804) (48 years)	
U.S. Senator from Maryland
(1850-57)	2, 0
Alexander H.H. Stuart
(b.1807) (45 years)	
Incumbent United States Secretary of the Interior from Virginia
(1850-53)	2, 0
George E. Badger
(b.1795) (57 years)	
U.S. Senator form North Carolina
(1846-55)	1, 0
==Candidates==
1. Franklin Pierce
Born 	1804  (48 years)
Position 	Former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire  (1837-42)
State 	New Hampshire
Party 	Democratic
Running Mate	
William R.D. King  (b.1786) (66 years) (Alabama)
U.S. Senator from Alabama  (1819-44, 1848-52)
2. Winfield Scott
Born 	1786  (66 years)
Position 	Commanding General of the U.S. Army from New Jersey
State 	New Jersey
Party 	Whig
Running Mate	
William Alexander Graham  (b.1804) (48 years) (North Carolina)
Former United States Secretary of the Navy  (1850-52)
3. John P. Hale
Born 	1806  (46 years)
Position 	U.S. Senator from New Hampshire  (1847-53, 1855-65)
State 	New Hampshire
Party 	Free Soil
Running Mate	
George Washington Julian  (b.1817) (35 years) (Indiana)
Former U.S. Representative from Indiana  (1849-51, 1861-71)
4. Daniel Webster
Born 	1782  (70 years)
Position 	Former United States Secretary of State from Massachusetts  (1841-43, 1850-52)
State 	Massachusetts
Party 	Union
Running Mate	
Charles J. Jenkins  (b.1805) (47 years) (Georgia)
Former Attorney General of Georgia  (1831-34)
5. Jacob Broom
Born 	1808  (44 years)
Position 	Clerk of the Philadelphia Orphans' Court from Pennsylvania  (1848-52)
State 	Pennsylvania
Party 	Native American
Running Mate	
Reynell Coates  (b.1802) (50 years) (New Jersey)
Physician and Educator
6. George Troup
Born 	1780  (72 years)
Position 	Former U.S. Senator from Georgia  (1816-18, 1829-33)
State 	Georgia
Party 	Southern Rights
Running Mate	
John A. Quitman  (b.1798) (54 years) (Mississippi)
Former Governor of Mississippi  (1835-36, 1850-51)
==Results==
Candidate	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
F. Pierce
W.R.D. King	
1, 607, 510
(50.84%)	254
W. Scott
W.A. Graham	
1, 386, 942
(43.87%)	42
J.P. Hale
G.W. Julian	
155, 210
(4.91%)	0
D. Webster
C.J. Jenkins	
6, 994
(0.22%)	0
J. Broom
R. Coates	
2, 566
(0.08%)	0
G. Troup
J.A. Quitman	
2, 331
(0.07%)	0
149 Electoral Votes needed to win.
==Electoral Votes by State==
State 	Electoral Votes	Winner
Alabama 	9 	F. Pierce
Arkansas 	4 	F. Pierce
California 	4 	F. Pierce
Connecticut 	6 	F. Pierce
Delaware 	3 	F. Pierce
Florida 	3 	F. Pierce
Georgia 	10 	F. Pierce
Illinois 	11 	F. Pierce
Indiana 	13 	F. Pierce
Iowa 	4 	F. Pierce
Kentucky 	12 	W. Scott
Louisiana 	6 	F. Pierce
Maine 	8 	F. Pierce
Maryland 	8 	F. Pierce
Massachusetts 	13 	W. Scott
Michigan 	6 	F. Pierce
Mississippi 	7 	F. Pierce
Missouri 	9 	F. Pierce
New Hampshire 	5 	F. Pierce
New Jersey 	7 	F. Pierce
New York 	35 	F. Pierce
North Carolina	10 	F. Pierce
Ohio 	23 	F. Pierce
Pennsylvania 	27 	F. Pierce
Rhode Island 	4 	F. Pierce
South Carolina	8 	F. Pierce
Tennessee 	12 	W. Scott
Texas 	4 	F. Pierce
Vermont 	5 	W. Scott
Virginia 	15 	F. Pierce
Wisconsin 	5 	F. Pierce