The 1852 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Georgia voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Commanding GeneralWinfield Scott, the nominee of the Whig Party, and SenatorDaniel Webster. Having been denied the Whig nomination at the party's 1852 National Convention, Webster was placed on the ballot without permission by a group of former Whigs, known as the Know Nothings, but died of natural causes shortly before the election.[1] Pierce won Georgia by a margin of 38.10%.
Results[]
United States presidential election in Georgia, 1852[2][3]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%
Democratic
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire
William R. King of Alabama
40,516
64.70%
10
100.00%
Whig
Winfield Scott of New Jersey
William A. Graham of North Carolina
16,660
26.60%
0
0.00%
Know Nothing
Daniel Webster of Massachusetts
Charles J. Jenkins of Georgia
5,324
8.50%
0
0.00%
Southern Rights
George M. Troup
N/A
126
0.20%
0
0.00%
Total
62,626
100.00%
10
100.00%
References[]
^Ogg, Frederic Austin (1914). Daniel Webster. p. 407.