1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

- The vote took place on November 2, 1852. Massachusetts chose 13 electors for the Electoral College.
- The state backed the Whig candidate Winfield Scott over the Democrat Franklin Pierce, by a margin of 6.38 percentage points (Scott 41.45% vs Pierce 35.07%). Free Soil candidate John P. Hale earned 22.05%, his strongest showing in any state.
- Scott carried Massachusetts, one of four states to back him (the others were Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont).
- Daniel Webster had died on October 24, 1852, nine days before the election. This led many Union and Native American state parties to replace his running mate with Jacob Broom and Reynell Coates, though the Webster-Jenkins Union ticket remained on the ballot in Massachusetts and Georgia.
- Massachusetts did not vote for the same presidential winner as its neighbor Rhode Island in this election.