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The1852 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
New York voted for theDemocratic candidate,Franklin Pierce, over theWhig Party candidate,Winfield Scott. Pierce won the state by a margin of 5.21%. AbolitionistFree Soil party candidateJohn P. Hale took 4.85% of the vote.William Goodell of theLiberty Party, another smaller abolitionist party, also took a tiny portion of the vote. So didDaniel Webster, running as a Whig nominated against his will by a group of southern Whigs unsatisfied with Scott. Despite dying nine days before the election, he received 0.08% of the vote, mostly inNew York City. This was one of the few northern states where he received votes.[2]
This was the last time a Democrat won the state outside of New York City proper until1912 and the last until1964, whenLyndon Johnson swept every New York county, that they received a majority. It was thus the last time until 1964 that many New York Counties voted for a Democrat, namelyAllegany,Broome,Chenango,Delaware,Jefferson,Madison,Onondaga,Oswego,St. Lawrence,Tioga,Warren, andWayne counties.
This was the last election in which the Whigs and not theRepublican Party provided the main opposition to the Democrats. After the birth of the Republican Party, upstate New York remained a Republican bastion up until the 1990s.[3]
| 1852 United States presidential election in New York[4][5][6][a] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Franklin Pierce ofNew Hampshire | William R. King ofAlabama | 262,456 | 50.16% | 35 | 100.00% | ||
| Whig | Winfield Scott ofNew Jersey | William Alexander Graham ofNorth Carolina | 234,906 | 44.89% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Free Soil | John P. Hale ofNew Hampshire | George W. Julian ofIndiana | 25,433 | 4.86% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Union | Daniel Webster ofMassachusetts | Charles J. Jenkins ofGeorgia | 413 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Liberty | William Goodell ofNew York | S. M. Bell ofVirginia | 72 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 523,280 | 100.00% | 35 | 100.00% | ||||
| County[4][5][6] | Franklin Pierce Democratic | Winfield Scott Whig | John Parker Hale Free Soil | Daniel Webster Union | William Goodell Liberty | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 8,363 | 53.11% | 7,244 | 46.00% | 133 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,119 | 7.11% | 15,748 |
| Allegany | 4,006 | 47.95% | 3,670 | 43.93% | 678 | 8.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 336 | 4.02% | 8,354 |
| Broome | 3,064 | 50.35% | 2,674 | 43.94% | 347 | 5.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 390 | 6.41% | 6,085 |
| Cattaraugus | 3,493 | 44.85% | 3,688 | 47.35% | 607 | 7.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -195 | -2.50% | 7,788 |
| Cayuga | 4,852 | 45.72% | 4,838 | 45.59% | 916 | 8.63% | 1 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.06% | 14 | 0.13% | 10,613 |
| Chautauqua | 3,703 | 35.19% | 5,612 | 53.33% | 1,209 | 11.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,909 | -18.14% | 10,524 |
| Chemung | 3,189 | 54.48% | 2,326 | 39.73% | 339 | 5.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 863 | 14.74% | 5,854 |
| Chenango | 4,482 | 51.71% | 3,880 | 44.77% | 303 | 3.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.02% | 602 | 6.95% | 8,667 |
| Clinton | 2,812 | 52.63% | 2,286 | 42.78% | 245 | 4.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 526 | 9.84% | 5,343 |
| Columbia | 4,456 | 51.78% | 4,142 | 48.13% | 7 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 314 | 3.65% | 8,605 |
| Cortland | 2,064 | 40.90% | 2,328 | 46.13% | 655 | 12.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -264 | -5.23% | 5,047 |
| Delaware | 4,051 | 52.75% | 3,289 | 42.83% | 339 | 4.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 762 | 9.92% | 7,679 |
| Dutchess | 5,600 | 50.32% | 5,495 | 49.38% | 33 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 105 | 0.94% | 11,128 |
| Erie | 7,032 | 45.18% | 8,023 | 51.55% | 510 | 3.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -991 | -6.37% | 15,565 |
| Essex | 1,973 | 40.27% | 2,756 | 56.24% | 171 | 3.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -783 | -15.98% | 4,900 |
| Franklin | 2,074 | 52.49% | 1,747 | 44.22% | 130 | 3.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 | 8.28% | 3,951 |
| Fulton | 2,070 | 47.52% | 2,171 | 49.84% | 115 | 2.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -101 | -2.32% | 4,356 |
| Genesee | 2,166 | 37.11% | 3,358 | 57.53% | 313 | 5.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,192 | -20.42% | 5,837 |
| Greene | 3,242 | 53.49% | 2,803 | 46.25% | 16 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 439 | 7.24% | 6,061 |
| Hamilton[b][7] | 342 | 73.08% | 126 | 26.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 216 | 46.15% | 468 |
| Herkimer | 4,220 | 56.60% | 2,679 | 35.93% | 555 | 7.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,541 | 20.67% | 7,456 |
| Jefferson | 6,279 | 49.42% | 5,656 | 44.52% | 757 | 5.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.10% | 623 | 4.90% | 12,705 |
| Kings | 10,624 | 55.01% | 8,491 | 43.96% | 66 | 0.34% | 133 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,133 | 11.04% | 19,314 |
| Lewis | 2,535 | 55.53% | 1,727 | 37.83% | 303 | 6.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 808 | 17.70% | 4,565 |
| Livingston | 3,055 | 40.95% | 4,096 | 54.91% | 308 | 4.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,041 | -13.95% | 7,460 |
| Madison | 3,435 | 40.81% | 3,379 | 40.14% | 1,584 | 18.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 0.24% | 56 | 0.67% | 8,418 |
| Monroe | 6,314 | 43.37% | 7,467 | 51.29% | 775 | 5.32% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,153 | -7.92% | 14,557 |
| Montgomery | 3,371 | 52.57% | 3,000 | 46.79% | 40 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 371 | 5.79% | 6,412 |
| New York | 34,280 | 59.27% | 23,122 | 39.98% | 200 | 0.35% | 235 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,158 | 19.29% | 57,837 |
| Niagara | 2,863 | 39.05% | 3,413 | 46.55% | 1,056 | 14.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -550 | -7.50% | 7,332 |
| Oneida | 8,634 | 49.31% | 7,831 | 44.72% | 1,046 | 5.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 803 | 4.59% | 17,511 |
| Onondaga | 6,415 | 45.11% | 6,097 | 42.87% | 1,701 | 11.96% | 7 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 318 | 2.24% | 14,221 |
| Ontario | 3,347 | 40.33% | 4,402 | 53.04% | 547 | 6.59% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.04% | -1,055 | -12.71% | 8,300 |
| Orange | 5,171 | 54.96% | 4,221 | 44.86% | 16 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 950 | 10.10% | 9,409 |
| Orleans | 2,267 | 41.54% | 2,586 | 47.38% | 605 | 11.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -319 | -5.84% | 5,458 |
| Oswego | 4,973 | 43.22% | 4,375 | 38.03% | 2,148 | 18.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.08% | 598 | 5.20% | 11,505 |
| Otsego | 5,486 | 51.88% | 4,454 | 42.12% | 634 | 6.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,032 | 9.76% | 10,574 |
| Putnam | 1,521 | 64.81% | 826 | 35.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 695 | 29.61% | 2,347 |
| Queens | 2,903 | 56.60% | 2,209 | 43.07% | 12 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 694 | 13.53% | 5,129 |
| Rensselaer | 6,564 | 50.60% | 6,184 | 47.67% | 218 | 1.68% | 7 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 380 | 2.93% | 12,973 |
| Richmond | 1,324 | 52.90% | 1,147 | 45.83% | 30 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 177 | 7.07% | 2,503 |
| Rockland | 1,788 | 70.92% | 733 | 29.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,055 | 41.85% | 2,521 |
| Saratoga | 4,292 | 48.43% | 4,498 | 50.76% | 71 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -206 | -2.32% | 8,862 |
| Schenectady | 1,898 | 53.42% | 1,654 | 46.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 244 | 6.87% | 3,553 |
| Schoharie | 3,846 | 56.38% | 2,958 | 43.36% | 18 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 888 | 13.02% | 6,822 |
| Seneca | 2,515 | 50.97% | 2,213 | 44.85% | 200 | 4.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.10% | 302 | 6.12% | 4,934 |
| St. Lawrence | 5,584 | 48.39% | 4,570 | 39.60% | 1,385 | 12.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,014 | 8.79% | 11,539 |
| Steuben | 6,880 | 55.21% | 5,236 | 42.02% | 345 | 2.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,644 | 13.19% | 12,461 |
| Suffolk | 3,307 | 63.28% | 1,917 | 36.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,390 | 26.60% | 5,226 |
| Sullivan | 2,681 | 56.04% | 2,059 | 43.04% | 44 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 622 | 13.00% | 4,784 |
| Tioga | 2,815 | 53.66% | 2,234 | 42.58% | 197 | 3.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 581 | 11.08% | 5,246 |
| Tompkins | 3,472 | 44.83% | 3,410 | 44.03% | 862 | 11.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 0.80% | 7,744 |
| Ulster | 5,919 | 53.32% | 5,156 | 46.45% | 26 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 763 | 6.87% | 11,101 |
| Warren | 1,713 | 56.99% | 1,174 | 39.06% | 119 | 3.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 539 | 17.93% | 3,006 |
| Washington | 3,174 | 40.40% | 4,231 | 53.85% | 452 | 5.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,057 | -13.45% | 7,857 |
| Wayne | 4,050 | 44.83% | 4,033 | 44.64% | 941 | 10.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.11% | 17 | 0.19% | 9,034 |
| Westchester | 5,283 | 56.34% | 4,033 | 43.01% | 55 | 0.59% | 6 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,250 | 13.33% | 9,377 |
| Wyoming | 2,471 | 39.84% | 3,005 | 48.44% | 727 | 11.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -534 | -8.61% | 6,203 |
| Yates | 2,153 | 48.37% | 1,974 | 44.35% | 324 | 7.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 4.02% | 4,451 |
| Totals | 262,456 | 50.16% | 234,906 | 44.89% | 25,433 | 4.86% | 413 | 0.08% | 72 | 0.01% | 27,550 | 5.26% | 523,280 |
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