1852 United States presidential election in Indiana|
|
| Turnout | 80.3% 1.8 pp |
|---|
|
|
County Results
|
Pierce
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
|
Scott
40–50%
50–60%
| |
|
A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 2, 1852, as part of the 1852 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the former U.S. senator from New Hampshire Franklin Pierce and the senior U.S. senator from Alabama William R. King defeated the Whig ticket of the major general Winfield Scott and the U.S. secretary of the navy William A. Graham. The Free Soil ticket of the senior U.S. senator from New Hampshire John P. Hale and the former U.S. representative from Indiana's 4th congressional district George W. Julian finished a distant third. Pierce defeated Scott in the national election with 254 electoral votes.