| Party | Nominees | Electoral Vote | Popular Vote | |||||||
| Presidential | Vice Presidential | |||||||||
| Democratic |  |
Franklin Pierce | William R. King | 254 | 85.8% | 1,607,510 | 50.8% | |||
| Whig | Winfield Scott | William Graham | 42 | 14.2% | 1,386,942 | 43.9% | ||||
| Free Soil | John P. Hale | George Washington Julian | 0 | 0% | 155,210 | 4.9% | ||||
| STATE | TOTAL VOTE | Democratic | Whig | Free Soil | ||||||
| FRANKLIN PIERCE | WINFIELD SCOTT | JOHN P. HALE | ||||||||
| Votes | % | EV | Votes | % | EV | Votes | % | EV | ||
| Alabama | 44,147 | 26,881 | 60.9 | 9 | 15,061 | 34.1 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Arkansas | 19,577 | 12,173 | 62.2 | 4 | 7,404 | 37.8 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| California | 76,810 | 40,721 | 53.0 | 4 | 35,972 | 46.8 | 61 | 0.1 | ||
| Connecticut | 66,781 | 33,249 | 49.8 | 6 | 30,359 | 45.5 | 3,161 | 4.7 | ||
| Delaware | 12,673 | 6,318 | 49.9 | 3 | 6,293 | 49.7 | 62 | 0.5 | ||
| Florida | 7,193 | 4,318 | 60.0 | 3 | 2,875 | 40.0 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Georgia | 62,626 | 40,516 | 64.7 | 10 | 16,660 | 26.6 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Illinois | 154,974 | 80,378 | 51.9 | 11 | 64,733 | 41.8 | 9,863 | 6.4 | ||
| Indiana | 183,176 | 95,340 | 52.0 | 13 | 80,907 | 44.2 | 6,929 | 3.8 | ||
| Iowa | 35,364 | 17,763 | 50.2 | 4 | 15,856 | 44.8 | 1,606 | 4.5 | ||
| Kentucky | 111,643 | 53,949 | 48.3 | 57,428 | 51.4 | 12 | 266 | 0.2 | ||
| Louisiana | 35,902 | 18,647 | 51.9 | 6 | 17,255 | 48.1 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Maine | 82,182 | 41,609 | 50.6 | 8 | 32,543 | 39.6 | 8,030 | 9.8 | ||
| Maryland | 75,120 | 40,022 | 53.3 | 8 | 35,077 | 46.7 | 21 | 0.0 | ||
| Massachusetts | 127,103 | 44,569 | 35.1 | 52,683 | 41.4 | 13 | 28,023 | 22.0 | ||
| Michigan | 82,939 | 41,842 | 50.4 | 6 | 33,860 | 40.8 | 7,237 | 8.7 | ||
| Mississippi | 44,454 | 26,896 | 60.5 | 7 | 17,558 | 39.5 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Missouri | 68,801 | 38,817 | 56.4 | 9 | 29,984 | 43.6 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| New Hampshire | 50,535 | 28,503 | 56.4 | 5 | 15,486 | 30.6 | 6,546 | 13.0 | ||
| New jersey | 83,926 | 44,301 | 52.8 | 7 | 38,551 | 45.9 | 336 | 0.4 | ||
| New York | 522,294 | 262,083 | 50.2 | 35 | 234,882 | 45.0 | 25,329 | 4.8 | ||
| North Carolina | 78,891 | 39,788 | 50.4 | 10 | 39,043 | 49.5 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Ohio | 352,903 | 169,193 | 47.9 | 23 | 152,577 | 43.2 | 31,133 | 8.8 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 387,920 | 198,568 | 51.2 | 27 | 179,182 | 46.2 | 8,500 | 2.2 | ||
| Rhode Island | 17,005 | 8,735 | 51.4 | 4 | 7,626 | 44.8 | 644 | 3.8 | ||
| South Carolina | 8 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to Franklin Pierce | |||||||||
| Tennessee | 115,486 | 56,900 | 49.3 | 58,586 | 50.7 | 12 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Texas | 20,223 | 14,857 | 73.5 | 4 | 5,356 | 26.5 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Vermont | 43,838 | 13,044 | 29.8 | 22,173 | 50.6 | 5 | 8,621 | 19.7 | ||
| Virginia | 132,604 | 73,872 | 55.7 | 15 | 58,732 | 44.3 | -- | 0.0 | ||
| Wisconsin | 64,740 | 33,658 | 52.0 | 5 | 22,240 | 34.4 | 8,842 | 13.7 | ||
| Totals | 3,161,830 | 1,607,510 | 50.8 | 254 | 1,386,942 | 43.9 | 42 | 155,210 | 4.9 | 0 |