1852 United States presidential election in Delaware

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1852 United States presidential election in Delaware
Flag of Delaware.svg
  1848 November 2, 1852 1856  
  Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg Winfield Scott by Fredricks, 1862 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott
Party Democratic Whig
Home state New Hampshire New Jersey
Running mate William R. King William A. Graham
Electoral vote30
Popular vote6,3186,293
Percentage49.85%49.66%

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County Results

President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

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

Contents

Delaware voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott. The first Democrat to win Delaware in a presidential election, Pierce carried the state by a very narrow margin of 0.19%, only 25 votes.

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Delaware [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire William Rufus DeVane King of Alabama 6,31849.85%3100.00%
Whig Winfield Scott of New Jersey William Alexander Graham of North Carolina 6,29349.66%00.00%
Free Soil John Parker Hale of New Hampshire George Washington Julian of Indiana 620.49%00.00%
Total12,673100.00%3100.00%

Results by county

1852 United States presidential election in Delaware [2]
CountyFranklin Pierce

Democratic

Winfield Scott

Whig

John Hale

Free Soil

MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Kent1,42247.20%1,59152.80%00.00%-169-5.61%3,013
New Castle3,03851.77%2,76847.17%621.06%2704.60%5,868
Sussex1,85849.00%1,93451.00%00.00%-76-2.00%3,792
Total:6,31849.85%6,29349.66%620.49%250.20%12,673

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References

  1. "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  2. Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press. p. 320.