1848 United States presidential election in Illinois

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1848 United States presidential election in Illinois
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  1844 November 7, 1848 1852  
  Lewis Cass circa 1855.jpg Zachary Taylor cropped.jpg Martin Van Buren daguerreotype by Mathew Brady circa 1849 - edit 1 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Lewis Cass Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Home state Michigan Louisiana New York
Running mate William O. Butler Millard Fillmore Charles F. Adams
Electoral vote900
Popular vote55,95252,85315,702
Percentage44.91%42.42%12.60%

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County Results

President before election

James K. Polk
Democratic

Elected President

Zachary Taylor
Whig

The 1848 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

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Illinois narrowly voted for the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, over Whig candidate Zachary Taylor and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. Cass won Illinois by a tight margin of 2.49%. This was the last time until 2000 that Illinois would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election and the last time until 2004 that they would back a Democrat that lost the popular vote.

Results

1848 United States presidential election in Illinois [1] [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Lewis Cass of Michigan William O. Butler of Kentucky 55,95244.91%9100.00%
Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana Millard Fillmore of New York 52,85342.42%00.00%
Free Soil Martin Van Buren of New York Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts 15,70212.60%00.00%
Clay Whig Henry Clay of Kentucky 890.07%00.00%
Total124,596100.00%9100.00%

See also

References

  1. "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  2. "1848 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 27, 2013.