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{{col-2}}Pierce{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}{{col-2}}Scott{{legend|#FED463|50-60%}}{{legend|#FE9929|60-70%}}{{col-end}}| title = President| before_election = Millard Fillmore| before_party = Whig Party (United States)| after_election = Franklin Pierce| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Elections in Maryland sidebar}}The 1852 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.Maryland voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott. Pierce won Maryland by a margin of 6.59%. This was the first presidential election in which Maryland voted Democratic. In addition, in 1851, Baltimore became an independent city, and had its election results calculated separately from Baltimore County for the first time. Also, Howard County voted for President for the first time in its history.

Results

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Results by county {| class"wikitable sortable"|+

! rowspan="2" |County! colspan="2" {{party shading/Democratic}} |Franklin PierceDemocratic! colspan="2" {{party shading/Whig}} |Winfield ScottWhig! colspan="2" {{party shading/Free Soil}} |John P. HaleFree Soil! colspan="2" |Margin! rowspan="2" |TotalVotesCast WEB, County Project (WIP),weblink 2022-11-01, Google Docs, en-US, !{{party shading/Democratic}} |#!{{party shading/Democratic}} |%!{{party shading/Whig}} |#!{{party shading/Whig}} |%!{{party shading/Free Soil}} |#!{{party shading/Free Soil}} |%!#!% Allegany|1620|50.59%|1579|49.31%|3|0.09%|41|1.28%|3202 Anne Arundel|1486|46.67%|1693|53.17%|5|0.16%| -207| -6.50%|3184 Baltimore (City)|10995|51.04%|10474|48.62%|72|0.33%|521|2.42%|21541 Baltimore (County)|2669|51.30%|2527|48.57%|7|0.13%|142|2.73%|5203 Calvert|334|43.73%|431|56.27%|0|0.00%| -96| -12.53%|766 Caroline|580|54.10%|492|45.90%|0|0.00%|88|8.21%|1072 Carroll|1672|48.58%|1763|51.22%|7|0.20%| -91| -2.64%|3442 Cecil|1444|48.92%|1504|50.95%|4|0.14%| -60| -2.03%|2952 Charles|398|34.10%|769|65.90%|0|0.00%| -371| -31.80%|1167 Dorchester|820|37.49%|1367|62.51%|0|0.00%| -547| -25.01%|2187 Frederick|2983|48.42%|3158|51.26%|20|0.32%| -175| -2.84%|6161 Harford|1253|45.17%|1521|54.83%|0|0.00%| -268| -9.66%|2774 Howard|625|52.30%|570|47.70%|0|0.00%| 55| 4.60%|1195 Kent|447|40.82%|645|58.90%|3|0.27%| -198| 18.08%|1095 Montgomery|771|42.15%|1057|57.79%|1|0.05%| -286| -15.64%|1829 Prince George's|733|41.06%|1051|58.88%|1|0.06%| -318| -17.82%|1785 Queen Anne's|612|45.77%|725|54.23%|0|0.00%| -113| -8.45%|1337 St. Mary's|422|34.88%|788|65.12%|0|0.00%| -366| -30.25%|1210 Somerset|1005|41.55%|1413|58.41%|1|0.04%| -408| -16.87%|2419 Talbot|719|50.42%|706|49.51%|1|0.02%|13|0.91%|1426 Washington|2434|47.51%|2688|52.74%|1|0.02%| -254| -4.96%|5123 Worcester|1130|45.55%|1351|54.45%|0|0.00%| -221| -8.91%|2481|Total|40022|53.28%|35077|46.69%|21|0.03%|4945|6.59%|75120

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maryland
• 1852 United States presidential election
• 1852 United States elections

References

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