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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the former U.S. senator from New Hampshire Franklin Pierce and the senior U.S. senator from Alabama William R. King defeated the Whig ticket of the major general Winfield Scott and the U.S. secretary of the navy William A. Graham. The Free Soil ticket of the senior U.S. senator from New Hampshire John P. Hale and the former U.S. representative from Indiana's 4th congressional district George W. Julian finished a distant third.[2] Pierce defeated Scott in the national election with 254 electoral votes.[3]
General election
Statistics
This was the last time Porter County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate until Bill Clinton won a plurality in 1996.[4]
Summary
Indiana chose 13 electors in a statewide general election. Nineteenth-century presidential elections used a form of block voting that allowed voters to modify the electoral list nominated by a political party before submitting their ballots. Because voters elected each member of the Electoral College individually, electors nominated by the same party often received differing numbers of votes as a consequence of voter rolloff, split-ticket voting, or electoral fusion.[5] This table reflects the statewide popular vote as calculated by Michael J. Dubin.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin Pierce William R. King |
94,890 | 51.93 |  3.11 | |
| Whig | Winfield Scott William Alexander Graham |
80,901 | 44.28 |  1.59 | |
| Free Soil | John P. Hale George W. Julian |
6,928 | 3.79 | 1.51 | |
| Total votes | 182,719 | 100.00 | |||
Maps
Result for the Free Soil electors by county
See also
References
- ↑ Madison 1986, p. 330.
- ↑ Dubin 2002, pp. 115–16.
- ↑ "1852 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
- ↑ Menendez 2005, p. 117.
- ↑ Lampi n.d.; Ratcliffe 2014, p. 57.
- ↑ Dubin 2002, pp. 15–16.
Bibliography
- "1852 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
- Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-6422-7.
- Lampi, Philip J. (n.d.). "Electoral College". A New Nation Votes. American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
- Madison, James H. (1986). The Indiana Way: A State History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company.
- Ratcliffe, Donald J. (Spring 2014). "Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824". Journal of the Early Republic. 34 (1): 45–77. JSTOR 24486931.
