The 1852 Presidential Election.

This election bore and important similarities to the 1844 Election. Once again the incumbnt was a Whig, who had succeeded to the Presidency  with the death of a war hero, in this case it was Millard Fillmore who followed Zachary TaylorThe Whigs passed over the incumbent in favor of  General Winfield Scott. The Democratics nominated a dark horse Franklin Pierce. The Whigs again campaingned on  the Democratics candidates obscurity this stratigy failed. Pierce went on to win by a large Electoral vote  After the 1852 election the Whig party collapsed and they fail to nominate a candidate in the next Presidential race. It was soon replaced by the new Republican party.

In 1852 the Whigs were bitterly divided. supporters of President Fillmore pointed to the Compromise of 1850 that kept the union togeather. Northern Whigs believed the Compromse favored the Slaveholding South The third party in the race was the Free Soilers who opposed Slavery. In this election the Democratics and the Whigs lack clear cut issues, and because of that the turnout was low. Winfield Scott anti Slavery reputation decimated the Southern Whig vote. At the sametime the Whigs pro-Slavery platform undermined the Northern whigs. Pierice won in a landslide.

After the 1852  many Souhern Whigs join the Democratic Party, and many Northern Whigs help form the  Repubican party.

Well we have now reached a point in American history where the weight of Slavery has gotton to heavy for America to carry . 1854 will open the door to Civil War,and the beganning of the end of Slavery.