1848 Presidential Election
November 7, 1848 · Jacksonian Democracy · 290 electoral votes, 146 to win
Taylor, a Mexican War hero with no stated politics, won for the Whigs while Van Buren's Free Soil run took 10% and split the New York Democrats, previewing the coming sectional crisis.
Elected
Zachary Taylor
Whig
Electoral vote
163 of 290
Popular vote
47.3%
1,361,393 votes
Turnout
72.8%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Taylor | Whig | Millard Fillmore | 163 | 1,361,393 | 47.30% | 15 | |
| Lewis Cass | Democratic | William Orlando Butler | 127 | 1,223,460 | 42.50% | 15 | |
| Martin Van Buren | Free Soil | Charles Francis Adams Sr. | — | 291,501 | 10.10% | — | |
| Gerrit Smith | Liberty | Charles C. Foote | — | 2,545 | 0.09% | — |
2,878,899 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
| Alabama | Lewis Cass | 50.6% | 9 | Zachary Taylor · 49.4% |
| Arkansas | Lewis Cass | 55.1% | 3 | Zachary Taylor · 44.9% |
| Connecticut | Zachary Taylor | 48.6% | 6 | Lewis Cass · 43.4% |
| Delaware | Zachary Taylor | 51.8% | 3 | Lewis Cass · 47.5% |
| Florida | Zachary Taylor | 57.2% | 3 | Lewis Cass · 42.8% |
| Georgia | Zachary Taylor | 51.5% | 10 | Lewis Cass · 48.5% |
| Illinois | Lewis Cass | 44.9% | 9 | Zachary Taylor · 42.4% |
| Indiana | Lewis Cass | 49.0% | 12 | Zachary Taylor · 45.7% |
| Iowa | Lewis Cass | 50.5% | 4 | Zachary Taylor · 44.6% |
| Kentucky | Zachary Taylor | 57.5% | 12 | Lewis Cass · 42.5% |
| Louisiana | Zachary Taylor | 54.6% | 6 | Lewis Cass · 45.4% |
| Maine | Lewis Cass | 45.9% | 9 | Zachary Taylor · 40.3% |
| Maryland | Zachary Taylor | 52.1% | 8 | Lewis Cass · 47.7% |
| Massachusetts | Zachary Taylor | 45.3% | 12 | Lewis Cass · 26.2% |
| Michigan | Lewis Cass | 47.2% | 5 | Zachary Taylor · 36.8% |
| Mississippi | Lewis Cass | 50.6% | 6 | Zachary Taylor · 49.4% |
| Missouri | Lewis Cass | 50.6% | 7 | Zachary Taylor · 44.9% |
| New Hampshire | Lewis Cass | 55.1% | 6 | Zachary Taylor · 29.5% |
| New Jersey | Zachary Taylor | 51.5% | 7 | Lewis Cass · 47.5% |
| New York | Zachary Taylor | 47.9% | 36 | Lewis Cass · 25.1% |
| North Carolina | Zachary Taylor | 55.2% | 11 | Lewis Cass · 44.8% |
| Ohio | Lewis Cass | 47.1% | 23 | Zachary Taylor · 42.2% |
| Pennsylvania | Zachary Taylor | 50.3% | 26 | Lewis Cass · 46.7% |
| Rhode Island | Zachary Taylor | 60.7% | 4 | Lewis Cass · 32.7% |
| South Carolina | Lewis Cass | — | 9 | — |
| Tennessee | Zachary Taylor | 52.5% | 13 | Lewis Cass · 47.5% |
| Texas | Lewis Cass | 68.5% | 4 | Zachary Taylor · 31.1% |
| Vermont | Zachary Taylor | 48.3% | 6 | Lewis Cass · 22.9% |
| Virginia | Lewis Cass | 50.8% | 17 | Zachary Taylor · 49.2% |
| Wisconsin | Lewis Cass | 38.3% | 4 | Zachary Taylor · 35.1% |
The Congress it seated
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1849–1851
Divided government
Senate
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House
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