See main article: 1852 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1848 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Previous Year: | 1848 |
| Next Election: | 1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts |
| Next Year: | 1856 |
| Turnout: | 57.8%[1] 6.8 pp |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1852 |
| Image1: | Winfield Scott by Fredricks, 1862 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Winfield Scott |
| Party1: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New Jersey |
| Running Mate1: | William A. Graham |
| Electoral Vote1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 52,683 |
| Percentage1: | 41.45% |
| Nominee2: | Franklin Pierce |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New Hampshire |
| Running Mate2: | William R. King |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 44,569 |
| Percentage2: | 35.07% |
| Image3: | JP-Hale crop.jpg |
| Nominee3: | John P. Hale |
| Party3: | Free Soil Party |
| Home State3: | New Hampshire |
| Running Mate3: | George W. Julian |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 28,023 |
| Percentage3: | 22.05% |
| Map Size: | 401px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Millard Fillmore |
| Before Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Franklin Pierce |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Massachusetts voted for the Whig Party candidate, Winfield Scott, over the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce. Scott won the state by a narrow margin of 6.38%.
Massachusetts was one of the four states to vote for Scott. The other three were Kentucky, Tennessee and Vermont. Free Soil Party candidate John P. Hale won 22.05% of the vote in the state, making Massachusetts his strongest state.[2]
Daniel Webster died 9 days before the election of a cerebral hemorrhage on October 24, 1852. This caused many Union and Native American state parties to remove him and his running mate Charles Jones Jenkins from their slates of electors and was replaced by Jacob Broom and Reynell Coates. The Webster-Jenkins Union ticket, however, remained on the ballot in both Massachusetts and Georgia. As of 2020, this election marks only the first of three times (after 1972 and 1980) that Massachusetts has not voted for the same candidate as neighboring Rhode Island.
| 1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Whig | Winfield Scott | 52,683 | 41.45% | 13 | ||
| Democratic | Franklin Pierce | 44,569 | 35.07% | 0 | ||
| Free Soil | John P. Hale | 28,023 | 22.05% | 0 | ||
| Whig | Daniel Webster | 1,670 | 1.31% | 0 | ||
| Native American | Jacob Broom | 158 | 0.12% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 127,103 | 100% | 13 | |||