1848 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1848 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee Zachary Taylor Lewis Cass Party Whig Democratic Home state Louisiana Michigan Running mate Millard Fillmore William O. Butler Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 37,702 34,528 Percentage 52.10% 47.72%

County Results Taylor   50–60%   60–70% Cass   50–60%

President before election James K. Polk Democratic Elected President Zachary Taylor Whig

The 1848 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won Maryland by a narrow margin of 4.38%.

Results

1848 United States presidential election in Maryland [1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Whig	Zachary Taylor of Louisiana	Millard Fillmore of New York	37,702	52.10%	8	100.00%
	Democratic	Lewis Cass of Michigan	William O. Butler of Kentucky	34,528	47.72%	0	0.00%
	Free Soil	Martin Van Buren of New York	Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts	129	0.18%	0	0.00%
Total				72,359	100.00%	8	100.00%

Results by county

County	Zachary Taylor Whig		Lewis Cass Democratic		Martin Van Buren Free Soil		Margin		Total Votes Cast [2]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	1579	49.31%	1620	50.59%	3	0.09%	-41	-1.28%	3202
Anne Arundel	1693	53.17%	1486	46.67%	5	0.16%	207	6.50%	3184
Baltimore (City and County)	13001	48.61%	13664	51.09%	79	0.30%	-742	-2.18%	26744
Calvert	431	56.27%	335	43.73%	0	0.00%	96	12.53%	766
Caroline	492	45.90%	580	54.10%	0	0.00%	-88	-8.21%	1072
Carroll	1763	51.22%	1672	48.58%	7	0.20%	91	2.64%	3442
Cecil	1504	50.95%	1444	48.92%	4	0.14%	60	2.03%	2952
Charles	769	65.90%	398	34.10%	0	0.00%	371	31.79%	1167
Dorchester	1367	62.51%	820	37.49%	0	0.00%	547	25.01%	2187
Frederick	3158	51.26%	2983	48.42%	20	0.32%	175	2.84%	6161
Harford	1521	54.83%	1253	45.17%	0	0.00%	268	9.66%	2774
Kent	645	58.90%	447	40.82%	3	0.05%	198	18.08%	1095
Montgomery	1057	57.79%	771	42.15%	1	0.05%	286	15.64%	1829
Prince George's	1051	58.88%	733	41.06%	1	0.06%	318	17.82%	1785
Queen Anne's	725	54.23%	612	45.77%	0	0.00%	113	8.45%	1337
St. Mary's	788	65.12%	422	34.88%	0	0.00%	366	30.25%	1210
Somerset	1413	58.41%	1005	41.5%	1	0.04%	408	16.87%	2419
Talbot	706	49.51%	719	50.42%	1	0.07%	-13	-0.91%	1426
Washington	2688	52.74%	2434	47.51%	1	0.02%	254	49.6%	5123
Worcester	1351	54.45%	1130	45.55%	0	0.00%	221	8.91%	2481
Total	37702	52.10%	34528	47.72%	129	0.18%	3045	4.38%	72359

Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

• Caroline
• Talbot

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maryland
• 1848 United States presidential election
• 1848 United States elections

References

1. "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
2. "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.