Presidential election · 1852
1852 electoral map
Franklin Pierce (Democratic) won the 1852 presidential election with 254 electoral votes to Winfield Scott's 42. Pierce carried 27 of the 31 states that took part.
Winner
Franklin Pierce
254
Whig
Winfield Scott
42
149 needed to win · official Electoral College count
DemocraticWhigNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1852
Franklin Pierce· Democratic
27 statesWinfield Scott· Whig
4 statesElectoral College in 1852
31 states held 296 electoral votes in 1852; a majority was 149. The largest prize was New York with 35 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1852 election article.