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The1852 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forPresident andVice President.
Maine voted for theDemocratic candidate,Franklin Pierce, over theWhig Party candidate,Winfield Scott. Pierce won the state by a margin of 11.03%.
Pierce would be the last Democratic candidate to win Maine's electoral votes untilWoodrow Wilson won a narrow plurality in Maine in1912 and the last one untilLyndon B. Johnson in1964 to win a majority of the popular vote. This would be the last occasion until1880 that a Democrat carried any county in the state, the last until 1964 that a Democratic presidential candidate wonFranklin County,Oxford County,Penobscot County orPiscataquis County, and the last until 1912 that a Democrat carriedCumberland County,Hancock County,Washington County orYork County.[1]
| 1852 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
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| Democratic | Franklin Pierce ofNew Hampshire | William R. King ofAlabama | 41,609 | 50.63% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Whig | Winfield Scott ofNew Jersey | William Alexander Graham ofNorth Carolina | 32,543 | 39.60% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Free Soil | John P. Hale ofNew Hampshire | George W. Julian ofIndiana | 8,030 | 9.77% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 82,182 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
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