1848 United States House of Representatives election in Florida

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1848 United States House of Representatives election in Florida
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  1846 October 2, 1848 1850  
  Edward Carrington Cabell.jpg 2 Duval.jpg
Nominee Edward Carrington Cabell William Pope Duval
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote4,3823,805
Percentage53.52%46.48%

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County results
Cabell:     50–59%     60–69%     70–79%
Duval:     50–59%     60–69%     70–79%     80–89%
     Tie

Representative before election

Edward Carrington Cabell
Whig

Elected Representative

Edward Carrington Cabell
Whig

The 1848 United States House of Representatives election in Florida was held on Monday, October 2, 1848, to elect the single United States Representative from the state of Florida, one from the state's single at-large congressional district, to represent Florida in the 31st Congress. The election coincided with the elections of other offices, including the presidential election, the senatorial election, the gubernatorial election, and various state and local elections. [1]

Contents

The winning candidate would serve a two-year term in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1849, to March 4, 1851.

Candidates

Whig

Nominee

Democratic

Nominee

Campaign

Cabell, despite being a Whig in the deeply Democratic supporting South, and despite running against a popular former governor in Duval, had the blessing of running alongside two other popular Whigs in the state of Florida: Zachary Taylor for president and Thomas Brown for governor, both of whom served as generals during the Second Seminole War and were seen as war heroes in the state. Despite winning by an extremely small margin in 1846, the coattail effect expanded Cabell's margin in this election. [2]

General election

Results

Florida's At-large congressional district election, 1848 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward Carrington Cabell (inc.) 4,382 53.52% +2.64%
Democratic William Pope Duval 3,80546.48%-2.64%
Majority5777.05%+5.30%
Turnout 8,187100.00%
Whig hold

Results by County

County [4] Edward Carrington Cabell
Whig
William Pope Duval
Democratic
Total
votes
 %# %#
Alachua 47.0%14953.0%168317
Benton 43.44%5356.56%69122
Calhoun 51.64%6348.36%59122
Columbia 50.43%29549.57%290585
Dade 50.0%350.0%36
Duval 54.28%27945.72%235514
Escambia 56.55%20343.45%156359
Franklin 42.02%10057.98%138238
Gadsden 57.16%43542.84%326761
Hamilton 51.04%14748.96%141288
Hillsborough 33.62%7766.38%152229
Holmes 77.71%12922.29%37166
Jackson 68.07%40531.93%190595
Jefferson 48.13%21951.87%236455
Leon 56.13%39443.87%308702
Levy 70.37%3829.63%1654
Madison 57.06%29942.94%225524
Marion 50.71%21549.29%209424
Monroe 29.79%5670.21%132188
Nassau 53.61%8946.39%77166
Orange 32.76%1967.24%3958
Santa Rosa 67.97%17432.03%82256
St. Johns 43.0%12957.0%171300
St. Lucie 15.0%385.0%1720
Wakulla 57.21%12742.79%95222
Walton 64.08%12735.92%102284
Washington 43.10%10056.90%132232
Totals53.52%4,38246.48%3,8058,187


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