Graham , Edward Bates of Missouri , and James Pearce of Maryland all won significant support on the first vice presidential ballot , but Graham clinched the nomination on the second ballot . In the general election , Scott and Graham were defeated by the Democratic candidates , Franklin Pierce and William R. King . The 1852 convention was the last Whig convention to be held independent of other parties , as the 1856 Whig National Convention was held by a rump faction of Whigs and nominated the ticket previously selected by the 1856 American National Convention
1856 American National Convention
1856 American National Convention
1852 Whig National Convention