1852 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 2, 1852


Nominee	Winfield Scott	Franklin Pierce
Party	Whig	Democratic
Home state	New Jersey	New Hampshire
Running mate	William A. Graham	William R. King
Electoral vote	12	0
Popular vote	58,586	56,900
Percentage	50.73%	49.27%

President before election

Millard Fillmore
Whig

Elected President

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

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

Tennessee voted for the Whig candidate, Winfield Scott, over Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce.

Tennessee was one of the four states to vote for Scott in the 1852 election with the other three being Kentucky, Massachusetts and Vermont.

Despite Scott winning the state by a narrow margin of 1.46%, Tennessee would prove to be Scott's second strongest state in the nation after Kentucky.^[1]

Results

1852 United States presidential election in Tennessee^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Whig	Winfield Scott of New Jersey	William A. Graham of North Carolina	58,586	50.73%	12	100.00%
	Democratic	Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire	William R. King of Alabama	56,900	49.27%	0	0.00%
Total				115,486	100.00%	12	100.00%

References

↑ "1852 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
↑ "1852 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 2, 2017.

State results of the 1852 U.S. presidential election
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