1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Turnout	57.8% 6.8 pp
Scott 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%	Pierce 50-60%
President before election; Millard Fillmore; Whig	Elected President ; Franklin Pierce; Democratic

The 1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Massachusetts voted for the Whig Party candidate, Winfield Scott, over the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce. Scott won the state by a narrow margin of 6.38%.

Massachusetts was one of the four states to vote for Scott. The other three were Kentucky, Tennessee and Vermont. Free Soil Party candidate John P. Hale won 22.05% of the vote in the state, making Massachusetts his strongest state.^[2]

Daniel Webster died 9 days before the election of a cerebral hemorrhage on October 24, 1852. This caused many Union and Native American state parties to remove him and his running mate Charles Jones Jenkins from their slates of electors and was replaced by Jacob Broom and Reynell Coates. The Webster-Jenkins Union ticket, however, remained on the ballot in both Massachusetts and Georgia. As of 2020, this election marks only the first of three times (after 1972 and 1980) that Massachusetts has not voted for the same candidate as neighboring Rhode Island.

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Whig	Winfield Scott	52,683	41.45%	13
	Democratic	Franklin Pierce	44,569	35.07%	0
	Free Soil	John P. Hale	28,023	22.05%	0
	Whig	Daniel Webster	1,670	1.31%	0
	Native American	Jacob Broom	158	0.12%	0
Totals			127,103	100%	13

References

^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
^ "1852 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. David Leip. Retrieved March 17, 2017.

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[1] Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.

[2] "1852 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[3] "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. David Leip. Retrieved March 17, 2017.

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