1852 United States presidential election in Delaware
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The 1852 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
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November 2, 1852
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 County results
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Delaware voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott. The first Democrat to win Delaware in a presidential election, Pierce carried the state by a very narrow margin of 0.197%, only 25 votes.
Results
| 1852 United States presidential election in Delaware[1][a] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire | William R. King of Alabama | 6,318 | 49.85% | 3 | 100.00% | ||
| Whig | Winfield Scott of New Jersey | William Alexander Graham of North Carolina | 6,293 | 49.66% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Free Soil | John P. Hale of New Hampshire | George W. Julian of Indiana | 62 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 12,673 | 100.00% | 3 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County[1] | Franklin Pierce Democratic |
Winfield Scott Whig |
John P. Hale Free Soil |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Kent | 1,422 | 47.20% | 1,591 | 52.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -169 | -5.61% | 3,013 |
| New Castle | 3,038 | 51.77% | 2,768 | 47.17% | 62 | 1.06% | 270 | 4.60% | 5,868 |
| Sussex | 1,858 | 49.00% | 1,934 | 51.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -76 | -2.00% | 3,792 |
| Totals | 6,318 | 49.85% | 6,293 | 49.66% | 62 | 0.49% | 25 | 0.197% | 12,673 |
Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Whig
Notes
- These are the results as given by the 1853 Whig Almanac and cited by subsequent third party sources. Newspapers in 1852 gave the results as 6,319 for Pierce and 6,294 for Scott, which results in the same margin of victory for Pierce.
