Illinois voted for the
Democratic candidate,
Franklin Pierce, over
Whig candidate
Winfield Scott and
Free Soil candidate
John P. Hale. Pierce won Illinois by a margin of 10.10%. This is the last time that
Lee County voted for the Democratic candidate. DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and McHenry counties would not vote Democratic again until
2008. DeKalb County would not vote Democratic again until 1992.
Results
1852 United States presidential election in Illinois[1][2]