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{{col-3}}Pierce{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}{{legend|#4389E3|60-70%}}{{legend|#0645B4|80-90%}}{{col-3}}Scott{{legend|#D79346|50-60%}}{{legend|#71471B|90-100%}}{{col-3}}Unknown/No Vote{{legend|#818181}}{{col-end}}President of the United States>President| before_election = Millard Fillmore| before_party = Whig Party (United States)| after_election = Franklin Pierce| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)}}{{ElectionsCA}}The 1852 United States presidential election in California was held on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Votes chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted in its first ever presidential election, having become the 31st state on September 9, 1850. The state was won by the Democratic nominee, New Hampshire Senator Franklin Pierce, who defeated the Whig nominee, United States Army general Winfield Scott.Pierce won the state by a margin of 6.19%.

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! colspan="6" | 1852 United States presidential election in CaliforniaWEB,weblink 1852 Presidential General Election Results – California, 2008-08-25, Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas, ! colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party! style="width: 17em" |Candidate! style="width: 5em" |Votes! style="width: 7em" |Percentage! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes! style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" | Democratic| Franklin Pierce 40,721 53.02% 4! style="background-color:#F0C862; width: 3px" | Whig| Winfield Scott 35,972 46.83% 0! style="background-color:#CCCC66; width: 3px" | Free Soil PartyJohn P. Hale>John Hale 61 0.08% 0! style="background-color:#FFFFFF; width: 3px" | No partyWrite-in candidate>Write-ins 56 0.07% 0bgcolor="#EEEEEE" Total votes 76,810 100.00% 4

References

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