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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > presidential campaigns and elections > presidential election of 1852

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presidential election of 1852  

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  • 1852 WAS THE last election in which the Whig Party fielded a presidential candidate. General Winfield Scott's lopsided defeat at the hands of Franklin Pierce ultimately spelled the end of the Whig Party as a competitive opposition party to the Democrats. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Presidential Election of 1852]

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