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Seventeenth American presidential election of 1852

Date

Candidates

Final tickets

Campaining & major issues

On July 9, 1850, President Taylor died. His vice president, Millard Fillmore, took over. He passed the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act. Because of this, he was popular with the South and unpopular with the North. The Whig party was beginning to split over the expanding issue of slavery. However, with the election itself, there weren't that many issues. The campaining was based more on each candidate's personalities. At first, Winfield Scott was popular because he was a general in the Mexican-American war, until it was figured out that Franklin Pierce was a brigadier general in the war. The Democrats adopted a slogan, "The Whigs we Polked in fourty-four, we'll Pierce in fifty-two", poking fun at the names of Pierce and James Polk.

Electoral college & turn-out

The electoral college had increased to 296 votes; 149 needed to win. 3,161,830 people voted in this election.

Results

NOTE: Daniel Webster recieved votes even though he had died a few days before the election.

First place (winner): Franklin Pierce & William R. King

Second place: Winfield Scott & William Graham

Third place: John P. Hale & George Washington Julian

Fourth place: Daniel Webster & Charles J. Jenkins

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