The election of 1852 was characterized by voter apathy and lackluster campaigns. None of the presidential candidates has much of a platform to make a desisive victory and Franklin Pierce won due to a multi-candidate platform by most every political party of the time.
The election of 1852 led to the presidency of Franklin Pierce, who served from 1853 to 1857. It also solidified the dominance of the Democratic Party during this time period. However, it did not address the growing sectional tensions over issues such as slavery, which continued to escalate in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
There were presidential and congressional election in every state in the US in 1852.
The election of 1852.
Franklin Pierce was elected President in 1852 . The national election was held on November 2, 1852.
Franklin Pierce won the 1852 presidential election defeating Winfield Scott. Connecticut cast its 4 electoral votes for Franklin Pierce in the 1852 election.
In the election of 1852 the Whig Party began to be destroyed. The party was divided on whether or not to allow slavery in the new territories.
Franklin Pierce.
Franklin Pierce won the 1852 presidential election defeating Winfield Scott. In the 1852 presidential election Franklin Pierce received 254 electoral votes and Winfield Scott received 42 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Pierce 1,607,510 and Scott 1,386,942.
Zachary Taylor died in office (in 1850), so he had no position on the 1852 election.
Whig party
November 2, 1852 was the date of the presidential election that made Pierce the next president.
Nov. 2, 1852 was election day in the US and Pierce was elected as president of the US on that day.
Barrack Obama is in the lead for the election nationally by 7 points.