The 1852 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Michigan voted for the Democratic candidate, Franklin Pierce, over Whig candidate Winfield Scott and Free Soil candidate John P. Hale. Pierce won Michigan by a margin of 9.62%.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last and only time Sanilac County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. It would also be the last time until 1964 that Allegan County, Hillsdale County and Lapeer County would support a Democratic presidential candidate. This was also the last time Michigan sent a full slate (or even a majority) of Democratic electors to the Electoral College until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, although it did send five Grover Cleveland electors in 1892.
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