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.
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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. Also, Howard County voted for president for the first time in its history.
Results
edit| 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
edit| 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 | -31.80% | 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 |
| Howard | 625 | 52.30% | 570 | 47.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 55 | 4.60% | 1195 |
| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "1852 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ "1852 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.