1852 United States presidential election in Maryland
November 2, 1852
 
Nominee Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott
Party Democratic Whig
Home state New Hampshire New Jersey
Running mate William R. King William A. Graham
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 40,022 35,077
Percentage 53.28% 46.69%
President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

 Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

The 1852 United States presidential election in Maryland 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.

Maryland voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott. Pierce won Maryland by a margin of 6.59%. This was the first presidential election in which Maryland voted Democratic. In addition, in 1851, Baltimore became an independent city, and had its election results calculated separately from Baltimore County for the first time.

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Maryland[1][2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire William R. King of Alabama 40,022 53.28% 8 100.00%
Whig Winfield Scott of New Jersey William A. Graham of North Carolina 35,077 46.69% 0 0.00%
Free Soil John P. Hale of New Hampshire George W. Julian of Indiana 21 0.03% 0 0.00%
Total 75,120 100.00% 8 100.00%

Results by county

County Franklin Pierce

Democratic

 Winfield Scott

Whig

 John P. Hale

Free Soil

 Margin Total

Votes

Cast [3]

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 1620 50.59% 1579 49.31% 3 0.09% 41 1.28% 3202
Anne Arundel 1486 46.67% 1693 53.17% 5 0.16% -207 -6.50% 3184
Baltimore (City) 10995 51.04% 10474 48.62% 72 0.33% 521 2.42% 21541
Baltimore (County) 2669 51.30% 2527 48.57% 7 0.13% 142 2.73% 5203
Calvert 334 43.73% 431 56.27% 0 0.00% -96 -12.53% 766
Caroline 580 54.10% 492 45.90% 0 0.00% 88 8.21% 1072
Carroll 1672 48.58% 1763 51.22% 7 0.20% -91 -2.64% 3442
Cecil 1444 48.92% 1504 50.95% 4 0.14% -60 -2.03% 2952
Charles 398 34.10% 769 65.90% 0 0.00% -371 -31.79% 1167
Dorchester 820 37.49% 1367 62.51% 0 0.00% -547 -25.01% 2187
Frederick 2983 48.42% 3158 51.26% 20 0.32% -175 -2.84% 6161
Harford 1253 45.17% 1521 54.83% 0 0.00% -268 9.-66% 2774
Kent 447 40.82% 645 58.90% 3 0.27% -198 18.08% 1095
Montgomery 771 42.15% 1057 57.79% 1 0.05% -286 -15.64% 1829
Prince George's 733 41.06% 1051 58.88% 1 0.06% -318 -17.82% 1785
Queen Anne's 612 45.77% 725 54.23% 0 0.00% -113 -8.45% 1337
St. Mary's 422 34.88% 788 65.12% 0 0.00% -366 -30.25% 1210
Somerset 1005 41.55% 1413 58.41% 1 0.04% -408 -16.87% 2419
Talbot 719 50.42% 706 49.51% 1 0.02% 13 0.91% 1426
Washington 2434 47.51% 2688 52.74% 1 0.02% -254 -4.96% 5123
Worcester 1130 45.55% 1351 54.45% 0 0.00% -221 -8.91% 2481
Total 40022 53.28% 35077 46.69% 21 0.03% 4945 6.59% 75120

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1852 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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