Pierce–Scott presidential election

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The Pierce–Scott presidential election was the 1852 U.S. presidential contest in which Democrat Franklin Pierce defeated Whig candidate Winfield Scott, marking the effective collapse of the Whig Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
candidate Franklin Pierce ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
candidateParty Franklin Pierce – Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Franklin Pierce

Winfield Scott – Whig Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Winfield Scott
context Second Party System in United States politics ⓘ
linked to: Second Party System
country United States ⓘ
electoralSystem Electoral College ⓘ
electoralVoteLoser Winfield Scott ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Franklin Pierce ⓘ
elects President of the United States and Vice President of the United States ⓘ
followedBy 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
follows 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ
hasEndTime 1852 ⓘ
hasStartTime 1852 ⓘ
historicalSignificance last presidential victory for a candidate born in the 19th century’s first decade ⓘ
marked the end of the Whig Party as a major national party ⓘ
ledTo realignment toward the emergence of the Republican Party ⓘ
loser Winfield Scott ⓘ
notableFor effective collapse of the Whig Party ⓘ
landslide victory of Franklin Pierce ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
partyOfLoser Whig Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party
partyOfWinner Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
pointInTime 1852 ⓘ
popularVoteLoser Winfield Scott ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Franklin Pierce ⓘ
precededByEvent Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
relatedTo sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
resultedIn Democratic control of the presidency ⓘ
runningMateOfLoser William A. Graham ⓘ
runningMateOfWinner William R. King ⓘ
linked to: William Rufus King
tookPlaceIn Antebellum period in the United States ⓘ
typeOfElection indirect presidential election ⓘ
winner Franklin Pierce ⓘ

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1852 United States presidential election → alsoKnownAs → Pierce–Scott presidential election ⓘ