Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1852. Democratic nominee Franklin Pierce defeated Whig nominee General Winfield Scott. 1848 · 1856 · John P. Hale · Tennessee

Hayes (Republican) defeated Samuel Tilden (Democrat). Tilden won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College to Hayes after a heavily contested election.

Millard Fillmore, a member of the Whig party, was the 13th President of the United States (1850-1853) and the last President not to be affiliated with ...

In 1850, the electorate was divided principally between Whigs and Democrats. Both parties had strengths in the North as well as the South.

The Democrats nominated a "dark horse" candidate, this time Franklin Pierce. The Whigs again campaigned on the obscurity of the Democratic candidate, and once ...

26 окт. 2024 г. · American presidential election held on November 2, 1852, in which Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig Winfield Scott.

By the 1840s America was quickly becoming a “house divided.” The issue of slavery and its expansion into the western territories had largely separated...

Jump to: Background Suggestions for Teachers Additional Resources In the 1850s, the conflict over slavery brought the United States to the brink of ...

Going into the presidential election of 1860, the issue of slavery had heated the nation to the boiling point. How were the political parties going to ...