A presidential election was held in Pennsylvania 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 the state by a margin of 5.02%.
Bradford, McKean, Potter and Tioga counties have only voted Democratic once since this election, in 1964.
Results
| 1852 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Pierce Democratic | Winfield Scott Whig | John P. Hale Free Soil | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 | 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 |
See also
- United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
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