1852 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1852 U.S. Presidential Election?
Franklin Pierce won the 1852 U.S. Presidential Election. Franklin Pierce received 1,601,274 popular votes (50.8%) and 254 electoral votes. The main challenger was Winfield Scott (43.9%).
See the full head-to-head between Pierce and Scott
Pierce +6.9 pts · won by 214,694 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 5.3% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.