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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1852 [[United States presidential election]] in Georgia
| country = Georgia (U.S. state)
| flag_year = 1852
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1848 United States presidential election in Georgia
| previous_year = 1848
| next_election = 1856 United States presidential election in Georgia
| next_year = 1856
| election_date = November 2, 1852
| image_size = x160px
| image1 = Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Franklin Pierce]]'''
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state1 = [[New Hampshire]]
| running_mate1 = '''[[William R. King]]'''
| electoral_vote1 = '''10'''
| popular_vote1 = '''40,516'''
| percentage1 = '''64.70%'''
| image2 = Winfield Scott by Fredricks, 1862 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = [[Winfield Scott]]
| party2 = Whig Party (United States)
| home_state2 = [[New Jersey]]
| running_mate2 = [[William Alexander Graham|William A. Graham]]
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 16,660
| percentage2 = 26.60%
| image3 = Daniel Webster crop.jpg
| nominee3 = [[Daniel Webster]]
| party3 = [[Union Party (United States, 1850)|Union]]
| color3 = FFAADD
| home_state3 = [[Massachusetts]]
| running_mate3 = [[Charles J. Jenkins]]
| electoral_vote3 = 0
| popular_vote3 = 5,324
| percentage3 = 8.50%
| map_image = Georgia Presidential Election Results 1852.svg
| map_size = 290px
| map_caption = County Results
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'''Pierce'''
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'''Scott'''
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'''Webster'''
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{{legend|#B368D9|60-70%}}
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| title = President
| before_election = [[Millard Fillmore]]
| before_party = Whig Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Franklin Pierce]]
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsGA}}
The '''1852 United States presidential election in Georgia''' took place on November 2, 1852, as part of the [[1852 United States presidential election]]. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], who voted for [[President of the United States|President]] and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].

[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] voted for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate, [[Franklin Pierce]], over [[Commanding General of the United States Army|Commanding General]] [[Winfield Scott]], the nominee of the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]], and [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Daniel Webster]]. Having been denied the Whig nomination at the party's [[1852 Whig National Convention|1852 National Convention]], Webster was placed on the ballot without permission by one faction of the state's [[Union Party (United States, 1850)|Constitutional Union Party]], but died of natural causes shortly before the election.<ref>Ogg, Frederic Austin (1914). ''Daniel Webster.'' p. 407.</ref> Pierce won Georgia by a margin of 38.10%.

==Results==
{{Election box runningmate begin | title=United States presidential election in Georgia, 1852<ref name=results>{{cite web|title=1852 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1852&fips=13&f=0&off=0&elect=0|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref><ref name=results2>{{cite web|title=1852 Presidential Election|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1852|work=The American Presidency Project|publisher=University of California Santa Barbara|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref>}}
  {{Election box US candidate with party link|
   |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
   |candidate  = '''[[Franklin Pierce]]'''
   |homestate  = [[New Hampshire]]
   |vp_name = '''[[William Rufus DeVane King|William R. King]]'''
   |vp_state = [[Alabama]]
   |votes      = '''40,516'''
   |percentage = '''64.70%'''
   |ev = '''10'''
   |evprct = '''100.00%'''
}}
 {{Election box US candidate with party link|
   |party      = Whig Party (United States)
   |candidate  = [[Winfield Scott]]
   |homestate  = [[New Jersey]]
   |vp_name = [[William Alexander Graham|William A. Graham]]
   |vp_state = [[North Carolina]]
   |votes      = 16,660
   |percentage = 26.60%
   |ev = 0
   |evprct = 0.00%
}}
 {{Election box US candidate with party link
   |party      = Know Nothing
   |candidate  = [[Daniel Webster]]
   |homestate  = [[Massachusetts]]
   |votes      = 5,324
   |percentage = 8.50%
   |vp_name = [[Charles J. Jenkins]]
   |vp_state = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
   |ev = 0
   |evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate
   | party      = Southern Rights
   | candidate  = [[George M. Troup]] <br> of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
   | vp_name    = N/A
   | votes      = 126
   | percentage = 0.20%
   |ev = 0
   |evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election runningmate box total|
  |votes      = '''62,626'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |ev     =  '''10'''
  |evprct = '''100.00%'''
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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{{State Results of the 1852 U.S. presidential election}}

[[Category:1852 United States presidential election by state|Georgia]]
[[Category:United States presidential elections in Georgia (U.S. state)|1852]]
[[Category:1852 Georgia (U.S. state) elections]]


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