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1852 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
← 1848 November 2, 1852 1856 →
 
Nominee Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott John P. Hale
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Home state New Hampshire New Jersey New Hampshire
Running mate William R. King William A. Graham George W. Julian
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 33,658 22,240 8,842
Percentage 51.98% 34.35% 13.66%
County Results

Pierce

  30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   80-90%

Scott

  40-50%   50-60%

Hale

  30-40%   40-50%

President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

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The 1852 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Democratic Party candidate Franklin Pierce won the state with 51.98% of the popular vote, winning Wisconsin's five electoral votes.

This would be the final time a Democratic presidential candidate would win Wisconsin until Grover Cleveland won the state in 1892. No Democratic presidential candidate would again win a majority of Wisconsin's popular vote until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.

This was the last election until 1936 in which a Democrat carried Rock County. Additionally, neither Bad Ax (Vernon) County nor Waushara County would vote Democratic again until 1932. Columbia County, Grant County, Green County, Portag County, Racine County, Rock County, St. Croix County would also not vote for a Democrat again until 1912.

Results

General Election Results
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Montgomery M. Cothren 33,658
Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Charles Billinghurst 33,647
Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Philo White 33,633
Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Beriah Brown 33,631
Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Satterlee W. Clark 33,582
Whig Party Winfield Scott Myron B. Orton 22,240
Whig Party Winfield Scott Charles Bracken 22,240
Whig Party Winfield Scott Aaron Schultz 22,211
Whig Party Winfield Scott Hiram Tuttle 22,210
Whig Party Winfield Scott Lucas S. Van Orden 22,016
Free Soil Party John P. Hale C. Latham Sholes 8,842
Free Soil Party John P. Hale Warren Chase 8,822
Free Soil Party John P. Hale Samuel D. Hastings 8,818
Free Soil Party John P. Hale Byron Kilbourn 8,814
Free Soil Party John P. Hale Benjamin B. Spalding 7,925
Free Soil Party John P. Hale Hiram M. Kee 872
Write-in Scattering 8
Votes cast 64,748

Results by county

County Franklin Pierce
Democratic 		Winfield Scott
Whig 		John P. Hale
Free Soil 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Bad Ax 87 55.77% 69 44.23% 0 0.00% 18 11.54% 156
Brown 515 60.80% 326 38.49% 6 0.71% 189 22.31% 847
Calumet 294 60.49% 171 35.19% 21 4.32% 123 25.31% 486
Columbia 1,233 51.92% 1,111 46.78% 31 1.31% 122 5.14% 2,375
Crawfor 173 56.91% 131 43.09% 0 0.00% 42 13.82% 304
Dane 2,138 60.58% 1,104 31.28% 287 8.13% 1,034 29.30% 3,529
Dodge 2,264 58.08% 1,204 30.89% 430 11.03% 1,060 27.19% 3,898
Fond du Lac 1,635 52.52% 1,065 34.21% 408 13.11% 570 18.31% 3,113
Grant 1,379 48.40% 1,341 47.07% 129 4.53% 38 1.33% 2,849
Green 865 50.58% 659 38.54% 186 10.88% 206 12.05% 1,710
Iowa 948 50.67% 895 47.84% 27 1.44% 53 2.83% 1,871
Jefferson 1,693 52.01% 1,203 36.96% 359 11.03% 490 15.05% 3,255
Kenosha 590 34.52% 483 28.26% 636 37.21% -46 -2.69% 1,709
Kewaunee 23 82.14% 5 17.86% 0 0.00% 18 64.29% 28
La Crosse 281 59.41% 182 38.48% 10 2.11% 99 20.93% 473
Lafayette 1,389 61.60% 850 37.69% 16 0.71% 539 23.90% 2,255
Manitowoc 874 80.04% 209 19.14% 9 0.82% 665 60.90% 1,092
Marathon 202 59.06% 140 40.94% 0 0.00% 62 18.13% 342
Marquette 982 50.05% 748 38.12% 232 11.82% 234 11.93% 1,962
Milwaukee 3,639 58.85% 2,017 32.62% 527 8.52% 1,622 26.23% 6,183
Outagamie 412 68.33% 140 23.22% 51 8.46% 272 45.11% 603
Portage 377 58.54% 267 41.46% 0 0.00% 110 17.08% 644
Racine 1,308 44.57% 840 28.62% 787 26.81% 468 15.95% 2,935
Richland 166 47.56% 167 47.85% 16 4.58% -1 -0.29% 349
Rock 1,690 41.01% 1,509 36.62% 920 22.32% 181 4.39% 4,121
Sauk 681 46.68% 622 42.63% 156 10.69% 59 4.04% 1,459
Sheboygan 1,340 60.63% 656 29.68% 214 9.68% 684 30.95% 2,210
St. Croix 166 60.36% 107 38.91% 2 0.73% 59 21.45% 275
Walworth 1,141 32.24% 965 27.27% 1,433 40.49% -292 -8.25% 3,539
Washington 2,350 63.72% 1,156 31.34% 182 4.93% 1,194 32.38% 3,688
Waukesha 1,614 44.37% 949 26.09% 1,075 29.55% 539 14.82% 3,638
Waupaca 86 47.25% 95 52.20% 1 0.55% -9 -4.95% 182
Waushara 174 39.82% 147 33.64% 116 26.54% 27 6.18% 437
Winnebago 949 42.54% 707 31.69% 575 25.77% 242 10.85% 2,231
Total 33,658 51.98% 22,240 34.35% 8,842 13.66% 11,418 17.63% 64,748

Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Free Soil to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. Appears to have replaced Benjamin B. Spalding on some Free Soil ballots
  2. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  3. Based on highest elector on each ticket
  4. Includes 5 Scattering votes
  5. Includes 1 Scattering vote
  6. Includes 2 Scattering votes
  7. Pierce's margin over Hale

References

  1. ^ Wisconsin Historical Society, An Abstract of votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President at a General Election held on the Second day of November, AD 1852
State results of the 1852 U.S. presidential election
Electoral map, 1852 election
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