1852 United States presidential election in Maine

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

1852 United States presidential election in Maine

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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 8 0 0 Popular vote 41,609 32,543 8,030 Percentage 50.63% 39.60% 9.77%

County Results Pierce   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Scott   40-50%   50-60%

President before election Millard Fillmore Whig Elected President Franklin Pierce Democratic

Maine voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over the Whig Party candidate, Winfield Scott. Pierce won the state by a margin of 11.03%.

Pierce would be the last Democratic candidate to win Maine until Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and the last one until Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to win a majority of the popular vote. This would be the last occasion until 1880 that a Democrat carried any county in the state, the last until 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate won Franklin County, Oxford County, Penobscot County or Piscataquis County, and the last until 1912 that a Democrat carried Cumberland County, Hancock County, Washington County or York County.^[1]

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Maine[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire	William Rufus DeVane King of Alabama	41,609	50.63%	8	100.00%
	Whig	Winfield Scott of New Jersey	William Alexander Graham of North Carolina	32,543	39.60%	0	0.00%
	Free Soil	John Parker Hale of New Hampshire	George Washington Julian of Indiana	8,030	9.77%	0	0.00%
Total				82,182	100.00%	8	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maine

References

1. Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 218–219. ISBN 0786422173.
2. "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2015.