1848 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1848 United States presidential election in Iowa
Flag of Iowa.svg
November 7, 1848 1852  
  Lewis Cass circa 1855.jpg Zachary Taylor cropped.jpg
Nominee Lewis Cass Zachary Taylor
Party Democratic Whig
Home state Michigan Louisiana
Running mate William O. Butler Millard Fillmore
Electoral vote40
Popular vote11,2389,930
Percentage50.46%44.59%

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

Contents

Iowa voted for the Democratic candidate Lewis Cass in the state's first presidential election, over Whig candidate Zachary Taylor and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. Cass won Iowa by a margin of 5.87%.

This is one of just three times (the others being 1988 and 2000) that a losing Democrat carried Iowa. Taylor became the first of currently only six American presidents to have never won Iowa since it’s statehood.

The 1848 election in Iowa began a trend in which the state would vote the same as neighboring Wisconsin, as the two states have voted in lockstep with each other on all but 6 occasions - 1892, 1924, 1940, 1976, 2004, and 2020.

Results

1848 United States presidential election in Iowa [1] [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Lewis Cass of Michigan William O. Butler of Kentucky 11,23850.46%4100.00%
Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana Millard Fillmore of New York 9,93044.59%00.00%
Free Soil Martin Van Buren of New York Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts 1,1034.95%00.00%
Total22,271100.00%4100.00%


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References

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