The 1852 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott and Free Soil candidate John P. Hale. Pierce won Michigan by a margin of 9.62%.
, this is the last and only time Sanilac County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. It would also be the last time until 1964 that Allegan County, Hillsdale County and Lapeer County would support a Democratic presidential candidate. This was also the last time Michigan sent a full slate (or even a majority) of Democratic electors to the Electoral College until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, although it did send five Grover Cleveland electors in 1892.Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 62
Results + General Election ResultsMichigan State Archives, Canvass of the votes given for Electors of President and Vice President at the General Election held in the State of Michigan on the 2nd day of November A.D. 1852Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Franklin Pierce John S. Barry41,842 Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Abraham Edwards41,841 Democratic Party Franklin Pierce William McCauley41,839 Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Daniel J. Campau41,835 Democratic Party Franklin Pierce John Stockton41,800 Democratic Party Franklin Pierce Salmon Sharp41,284 Whig Party Winfield Scott Alexander H. Morrison33,860 Whig Party Winfield Scott John Owen33,859 Whig Party Winfield Scott George A. Coe33,858 Whig Party Winfield Scott Townsend E. Gidley33,849 Whig Party Winfield Scott Daniel S. Bacon33,791 Whig Party Winfield Scott William M. Thompson33,677 Free Soil Party John P. Hale Chester Gurney7,237 Free Soil Party John P. Hale Horace Hallock7,094 Free Soil Party John P. Hale Lyman B. Treadwell6,866 Free Soil Party John P. Hale Dewitt C. Leach6,830 Free Soil Party John P. Hale Nathan M. Thomas6,795 Free Soil Party John P. Hale Robert R. Beecher5,911 Write-in Scattering42Votes cast 82,981
Results by county County Franklin PierceDemocratic Winfield ScottWhig John P. HaleFree Soil Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Allegan58248.46%54745.55%665.50%352.91%1,201Barry65252.71%47838.64%1078.65%17414.07%1,237Berrien1,23453.89%1,01544.32%411.79%2199.56%2,290Branch1,38051.90%1,07740.50%2027.60%30311.40%2,659Calhoun1,82445.06%1,78444.07%44010.87%400.99%4,048Cass98447.61%98847.80%954.60%-4-0.19%2,067Clinton43741.54%46944.58%14613.88%-32-3.04%1,052Eaton78646.84%63737.96%22513.41%1498.88%1,678Genesee1,14542.93%1,22145.78%30111.29%-76-2.85%2,667Hillsdale1,59646.89%1,41741.63%39111.49%1795.26%3,404Ingham92950.35%78642.60%1286.94%1437.75%1,845Ionia86447.34%65936.11%30216.55%20511.23%1,825Jackson1,84045.43%1,72642.62%48411.95%1142.81%4,050Kalamazoo1,25741.32%1,37445.17%41113.51%-117-3.85%3,042Kent1,51952.18%1,22642.12%1665.70%29310.07%2,911Lapeer81951.87%61839.14%1428.99%20112.73%1,579Lenawee2,85748.29%2,41840.87%64010.82%4397.42%5,916Livingston1,41957.15%93137.49%1335.36%48819.65%2,483Mackinac29288.48%3811.52%00.00%25476.97%330Macomb1,63451.01%1,06033.09%50915.89%57417.92%3,203Monroe1,58255.26%1,11238.84%1695.90%47016.42%2,863Montcalm15655.32%12042.55%62.13%3612.77%282Newaygo10472.22%4027.78%00.00%6444.44%144Oakland3,17852.05%2,37638.91%5529.04%80213.13%6,106Ottawa75664.18%36330.81%595.01%39333.36%1,178Saginaw69461.20%36732.36%736.44%32728.84%1,134Sanilac25269.81%10930.19%00.00%14339.61%361Shiawassee58450.56%51944.94%524.50%655.63%1,155St. Clair1,11055.09%85242.28%532.63%25812.80%2,015St. Joseph1,25947.07%1,16443.51%2529.42%953.55%2,675Tuscola6235.23%8045.45%3419.32%-18-10.23%176Van Buren77152.31%61341.59%875.90%15810.72%1,474Washtenaw2,60447.51%2,27441.49%60311.00%3306.02%5,481Wayne4,68055.38%3,40240.26%3684.36%1,27815.12%8,450Total41,84250.42%33,86040.80%7,2378.72%7,9829.62%82,981
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Whig Cass Clinton
See also United States presidential elections in Michigan
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