Who won Kentucky in the 1852 presidential election?

Scott (Whig) carried Kentucky in 1852, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 1852?

Kentucky cast 12 electoral votes in the 1852 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 1852?

No. Kentucky backed Scott, while Franklin Pierce won the presidency nationally.

Second Party SystemKY · 12 EV

1852

Kentucky: Scott carries 12 EV.

Kentucky cast its 12 electoral votes for Scott (Whig). National winner: Franklin Pierce (Democratic) — Kentucky voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kentucky, 1852

In 1852, Kentucky awarded its 12 electoral votes to Scott of the Whig party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Franklin Pierce (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Kentucky among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Kentucky backed the Whig party, a streak reaching back to 1836. The region divided — Tennessee joined Kentucky for the Whig ticket, while Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Kentucky has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, Franklin Pierce took 254 of the 296 electoral votes, against Winfield Scott's 42. Franklin Pierce led the national popular vote with 50.83% of the ballots cast.

The 1852 national map

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