1852 Indiana gubernatorial election
October 12, 1852
 
Nominee Joseph A. Wright Nicholas McCarty
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 92,576 73,641
Percentage 54.61% 43.44%
Governor before election

Joseph A. Wright
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Joseph A. Wright
Democratic

The 1852 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on October 12, 1852.[1]

This was the first election held in October, and the first election for a four-year term, since a new state constitution came into effect in 1851.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Joseph A. Wright defeated Whig nominee Nicholas McCarty and Free Soil nominee Andrew L. Robinson with 54.61% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

1852 Indiana gubernatorial election[4][5][6][7][8][9][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph A. Wright 92,576 54.61%
Whig Nicholas McCarty 73,641 43.44%
Free Soil Andrew L. Robinson 3,303 1.95%
Scattering 2 0.00%
Majority 18,935 11.17%
Turnout 169,522
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the result as Wright 92,959, McCarty 73,647, Robinson 3,304.[10][11][12][13] The result given is taken from the Indiana State Senate Journal.

References

  1. ↑ "The Election". The Evansville daily journal. Evansville, Ind. October 6, 1852. p. 2. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ Beeler, Dale (December 1915). "The Election of 1852 in Indiana". Indiana Magazine of History. 11 (4): 301–323. JSTOR 27785701. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ Bigham, Darrel E. (2006). On Jordan's banks: emancipation and its aftermath in the Ohio (PDF). Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 44. ISBN 0-8131-2366-6.
  4. ↑ "IN Governor, 1852". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  6. ↑ Pitchell, Robert J., ed. (1960). Indiana Votes: Election Returns for Governor, 1852-1956, and Senator, 1914-1958. Bloomington: Bureau of Government Research, Indiana University. pp. 6–7.
  7. ↑ Beeler, Dale (March 1916). "The Election of 1852". Indiana Magazine of History. 12 (1): 34–52. JSTOR 27785718. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ Gugin, Linda C.; St. Clair, James E., eds. (2006). The Governors of Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society Press. p. 119. ISBN 0-87195-196-7.
  9. ↑ Journal of the Indiana State Senate during the Thirty-Seventh Session of the General Assembly, commencing January 6, 1853. Indianapolis: J.P. Chapman, State Printer. 1853. p. 52.
  10. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 50. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  11. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  12. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 174. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  13. ↑ Holt, Michael F. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. pp. 752, 1126. ISBN 0-19-505544-6.


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