1852 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

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Election Name:	1852 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Country:	United States
Flag Year:	1851
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1848 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Previous Year:	1848
Next Election:	1856 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Next Year:	1856
Election Date:	November 2, 1852
Image1:	Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Franklin Pierce
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	New Hampshire
Running Mate1:	William R. King
Electoral Vote1:	5
Popular Vote1:	33,658
Percentage1:	51.98%
Nominee2:	Winfield Scott
Party2:	Whig Party (United States)
Home State2:	New Jersey
Running Mate2:	William A. Graham
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	22,240
Percentage2:	34.35%
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:	8,842
Percentage3:	13.66%
Map Size:	315px
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 Wisconsin was held on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Democratic Party candidate Franklin Pierce won the state with 51.98% of the popular vote, winning Wisconsin's five electoral votes.

This would be the final time a Democratic presidential candidate would win Wisconsin until Grover Cleveland won the state in 1892. No Democratic presidential candidate would again win a majority of Wisconsin's popular vote until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.

This was the last election until 1936 in which a Democrat carried Rock County. Additionally, neither Bad Ax (Vernon) County nor Waushara County would vote Democratic again until 1932. Columbia County, Grant County, Green County, Portag County, Racine County, Rock County, St. Croix County would also not vote for a Democrat again until 1912.

Results

+ General Election Results^[1]	Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Democratic Party	Franklin Pierce	Montgomery M. Cothren	33,658
	Democratic Party	Franklin Pierce	Charles Billinghurst	33,647
	Democratic Party	Franklin Pierce	Philo White	33,633
	Democratic Party	Franklin Pierce	Beriah Brown	33,631
	Democratic Party	Franklin Pierce	Satterlee W. Clark	33,582
	Whig Party	Winfield Scott	Myron B. Orton	22,240
	Whig Party	Winfield Scott	Charles Bracken	22,240
	Whig Party	Winfield Scott	Aaron Schultz	22,211
	Whig Party	Winfield Scott	Hiram Tuttle	22,210
	Whig Party	Winfield Scott	Lucas S. Van Orden	22,016
	Free Soil Party	John P. Hale	C. Latham Sholes	8,842
	Free Soil Party	John P. Hale	Warren Chase	8,822
	Free Soil Party	John P. Hale	Samuel D. Hastings	8,818
	Free Soil Party	John P. Hale	Byron Kilbourn	8,814
	Free Soil Party	John P. Hale	Benjamin B. Spalding	7,925
	Free Soil Party	John P. Hale	Hiram M. Kee	872
	Write-in		Scattering	8
Votes cast				64,748

Results by county

County	Franklin Pierce Democratic		Winfield Scott Whig		John P. Hale Free Soil		Margin		Total votes cast
County		%		%		%		%	Total votes cast
	Bad Ax		87		55.77%		69		44.23%	0	0.00%	18	11.54%	156
	Brown		515		60.80%		326		38.49%	6	0.71%	189	22.31%	847
	Calumet		294		60.49%		171		35.19%	21	4.32%	123	25.31%	486
	Columbia		1,233		51.92%		1,111		46.78%	31	1.31%	122	5.14%	2,375
	Crawfor		173		56.91%		131		43.09%	0	0.00%	42	13.82%	304
	Dane		2,138		60.58%		1,104		31.28%	287	8.13%	1,034	29.30%	3,529
	Dodge		2,264		58.08%		1,204		30.89%	430	11.03%	1,060	27.19%	3,898
	Fond du Lac		1,635		52.52%		1,065		34.21%	408	13.11%	570	18.31%	3,113
	Grant		1,379		48.40%		1,341		47.07%	129	4.53%	38	1.33%	2,849
	Green		865		50.58%		659		38.54%	186	10.88%	206	12.05%	1,710
	Iowa		948		50.67%		895		47.84%	27	1.44%	53	2.83%	1,871
	Jefferson		1,693		52.01%		1,203		36.96%	359	11.03%	490	15.05%	3,255
	Kenosha		590		34.52%		483		28.26%	636	37.21%	-46	-2.69%	1,709
	Kewaunee		23		82.14%		5		17.86%	0	0.00%	18	64.29%	28
	La Crosse		281		59.41%		182		38.48%	10	2.11%	99	20.93%	473
	Lafayette		1,389		61.60%		850		37.69%	16	0.71%	539	23.90%	2,255
	Manitowoc		874		80.04%		209		19.14%	9	0.82%	665	60.90%	1,092
	Marathon		202		59.06%		140		40.94%	0	0.00%	62	18.13%	342
	Marquette		982		50.05%		748		38.12%	232	11.82%	234	11.93%	1,962
	Milwaukee		3,639		58.85%		2,017		32.62%	527	8.52%	1,622	26.23%	6,183
	Outagamie		412		68.33%		140		23.22%	51	8.46%	272	45.11%	603
	Portage		377		58.54%		267		41.46%	0	0.00%	110	17.08%	644
	Racine		1,308		44.57%		840		28.62%	787	26.81%	468	15.95%	2,935
	Richland		166		47.56%		167		47.85%	16	4.58%	-1	-0.29%	349
	Rock		1,690		41.01%		1,509		36.62%	920	22.32%	181	4.39%	4,121
	Sauk		681		46.68%		622		42.63%	156	10.69%	59	4.04%	1,459
	Sheboygan		1,340		60.63%		656		29.68%	214	9.68%	684	30.95%	2,210
	St. Croix		166		60.36%		107		38.91%	2	0.73%	59	21.45%	275
	Walworth		1,141		32.24%		965		27.27%	1,433	40.49%	-292	-8.25%	3,539
	Washington		2,350		63.72%		1,156		31.34%	182	4.93%	1,194	32.38%	3,688
	Waukesha		1,614		44.37%		949		26.09%	1,075	29.55%	539	14.82%	3,638
	Waupaca		86		47.25%		95		52.20%	1	0.55%	-9	-4.95%	182
	Waushara		174		39.82%		147		33.64%	116	26.54%	27	6.18%	437
	Winnebago		949		42.54%		707		31.69%	575	25.77%	242	10.85%	2,231
Total	33,658	51.98%	22,240	34.35%	8,842	13.66%	11,418	17.63%	64,748

Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Free Soil to Democratic

Notes and References

Wisconsin Historical Society, An Abstract of votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President at a General Election held on the Second day of November, AD 1852