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The 1852 Whig National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held from June 16 to June 21, in Baltimore, Maryland. It nominated the Whig Party 's candidates for president and vice president in the 1852 election .
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The 1852 United States presidential election in California was held on November 2, ... Whig Party: Winfield Scott J. E. Hale 35,731 Free Soil Party: John Hale
The 1852 United States elections elected the members of the 33rd United States Congress. The election marked the end of the Second Party System, as the Whig Party ceased to function as a national party following this election. Democrats won the presidency and retained control of both houses of Congress.
The 1852 elections proved to be disastrous for the Whig Party, as Scott was defeated by a wide margin and the Whigs lost several congressional and state elections. [118] Scott amassed more votes than Taylor had in most Northern states, but Democrats benefited from a surge of new voters in the North and the collapse of Whig strength in much of ...
The 1852 elections proved to be disastrous for the Whig Party, as Scott was defeated by a wide margin and the Whigs lost several congressional and state elections. [146] Scott won just four states and 44 percent of the popular vote, while Pierce won just under 51 percent of the popular vote and a large majority of the electoral vote. [ 147 ]
This article lists the presidential nominating conventions of the United States Whig Party between 1839 and 1856. Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are in bold
The Whig Party candidate, Winfield Scott, garnered 43.18 percent of the popular vote, and Free Soil Party candidate John P. Hale gained 8.98 percent, [1] a figure exceeded by a third-party candidate in Ohio only six times since. [a] Pierce would become the final Democrat to win Ohio until Woodrow Wilson won it in 1912.