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The 1952 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]
Maryland was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 55.36% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 43.83% of the popular vote.
Eisenhower became the first ever Republican presidential candidate to carry Queen Anne’s County.[4]
In this election, Maryland voted 0.69% to the right of the nation at-large.[5]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 499,424 | 55.36% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 395,337 | 43.83% | |
| Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 7,313 | 0.81% | |
| Total votes | 902,074 | 100% | ||
Results by county[edit]
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Vincent Hallinan Progressive |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 19,186 | 56.83% | 14,529 | 43.03% | 47 | 0.14% | 4,657 | 13.79% | 33,762 |
| Anne Arundel | 23,273 | 60.77% | 14,739 | 38.48% | 288 | 0.75% | 8,534 | 22.28% | 38,300 |
| Baltimore | 81,898 | 62.59% | 48,476 | 37.04% | 484 | 0.37% | 33,422 | 25.54% | 130,858 |
| Baltimore City | 166,605 | 47.62% | 178,469 | 51.01% | 4,784 | 1.37% | -11,864 | -3.39% | 349,858 |
| Calvert | 2,769 | 55.25% | 2,209 | 44.07% | 34 | 0.68% | 560 | 11.17% | 5,012 |
| Caroline | 4,155 | 60.23% | 2,733 | 39.61% | 11 | 0.16% | 1,422 | 20.61% | 6,899 |
| Carroll | 11,563 | 69.99% | 4,934 | 29.86% | 25 | 0.15% | 6,629 | 40.12% | 16,522 |
| Cecil | 6,482 | 53.58% | 5,590 | 46.21% | 26 | 0.21% | 892 | 7.37% | 12,098 |
| Charles | 4,334 | 56.13% | 3,338 | 43.23% | 49 | 0.63% | 996 | 12.90% | 7,721 |
| Dorchester | 5,524 | 52.61% | 4,823 | 45.94% | 152 | 1.45% | 701 | 6.68% | 10,499 |
| Frederick | 14,562 | 64.86% | 7,851 | 34.97% | 38 | 0.17% | 6,711 | 29.89% | 22,451 |
| Garrett | 4,980 | 68.42% | 2,281 | 31.34% | 18 | 0.25% | 2,699 | 37.08% | 7,279 |
| Harford | 10,770 | 60.99% | 6,809 | 38.56% | 80 | 0.45% | 3,961 | 22.43% | 17,659 |
| Howard | 5,497 | 59.09% | 3,693 | 39.70% | 112 | 1.20% | 1,804 | 19.39% | 9,302 |
| Kent | 3,656 | 59.24% | 2,504 | 40.58% | 11 | 0.18% | 1,152 | 18.67% | 6,171 |
| Montgomery | 47,805 | 62.37% | 28,381 | 37.03% | 467 | 0.61% | 19,424 | 25.34% | 76,653 |
| Prince George's | 38,060 | 56.30% | 29,119 | 43.07% | 423 | 0.63% | 8,941 | 13.23% | 67,602 |
| Queen Anne's | 3,170 | 50.60% | 3,058 | 48.81% | 37 | 0.59% | 112 | 1.79% | 6,265 |
| Somerset | 4,113 | 50.76% | 3,951 | 48.76% | 39 | 0.48% | 162 | 2.00% | 8,103 |
| St. Mary's | 4,270 | 54.11% | 3,588 | 45.57% | 33 | 0.42% | 682 | 8.64% | 7,891 |
| Talbot | 5,357 | 63.81% | 3,019 | 35.96% | 19 | 0.23% | 2,338 | 27.85% | 8,395 |
| Washington | 17,653 | 58.08% | 12,657 | 41.64% | 84 | 0.28% | 4,996 | 16.44% | 30,094 |
| Wicomico | 9,064 | 60.55% | 5,878 | 39.28% | 26 | 0.17% | 3,185 | 21.27% | 14,695 |
| Worcester | 4,681 | 63.13% | 2,708 | 36.52% | 26 | 0.35% | 1,973 | 26.61% | 7,415 |
| Totals | 499,424 | 55.36% | 395,337 | 43.83% | 7,313 | 0.78% | 104,087 | 11.54% | 902,074 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]
See also[edit]
- United States presidential elections in Maryland
- 1952 United States presidential election
- 1952 United States elections
References[edit]
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
- ^ a b "1952 Presidential Election Results Maryland".
- ^ "Maryland - Google Drive". docs.google.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 210 ISBN 0405077114
