1848 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1848 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Nominee Zachary Taylor Lewis Cass Party Whig Democratic Home state Louisiana Michigan Running mate Millard Fillmore William Butler Electoral vote 26 0 Popular vote 185,313 171,976 Percentage 50.28% 46.66%

County Results Taylor   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Cass   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

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

The 1848 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose 26 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass. Taylor won Pennsylvania by a margin of 3.62%. Pennsylvania proved to be decisive as Cass would have won the Electoral College if he had carried the state.

Results

1848 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Whig	Zachary Taylor	185,313	50.28%	26
	Democratic	Lewis Cass	171,976	46.66%	0
	Free Soil	Martin Van Buren	11,263	3.06%	0
Totals			368,552	100.0%	26

Results by county

County [2]	Zachary Taylor Whig		Lewis Cass Democratic		Martin Van Buren Free Soil		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	2,576	59.04%	1,762	40.39%	25	0.57%	814	18.65%	4,363
Allegheny	10,112	57.84%	6,591	37.70%	779	4.46%	3,521	20.14%	17,482
Armstrong	2,030	47.24%	2,126	49.48%	141	3.28%	-96	-2.24%	4,297
Beaver	2,655	48.38%	2,303	41.96%	530	9.66%	352	6.42%	5,488
Bedford	2,836	50.17%	2,816	49.81%	1	0.02%	20	0.36%	5,653
Berks	5,082	34.77%	9,484	64.88%	51	0.35%	-4,402	-30.11%	14,617
Blair	2,476	63.24%	1,435	36.65%	4	0.10%	1,041	26.59%	3,915
Bradford	3,272	47.15%	1,889	27.22%	1,779	25.63%	1,383	19.93%	6,940
Bucks	5,140	48.19%	5,364	50.29%	163	1.53%	-224	-2.10%	10,667
Butler	2,505	50.86%	2,247	45.62%	173	3.51%	258	5.24%	4,925
Cambria	1,233	46.86%	1,386	52.68%	12	0.46%	-153	-5.82%	2,631
Carbon	839	41.51%	1,181	58.44%	1	0.05%	-342	-16.93%	2,021
Centre	1,856	41.51%	2,611	58.40%	4	0.09%	-755	-16.89%	4,471
Chester	5,949	50.30%	5,370	45.41%	507	4.29%	579	4.89%	11,826
Clarion	1,372	36.95%	2,306	62.11%	35	0.94%	-934	-25.16%	3,713
Clearfield	761	38.99%	1,168	59.84%	23	1.18%	-407	-20.85%	1,952
Clinton	911	48.48%	967	51.46%	1	0.05%	-56	-2.98%	1,879
Columbia	2,263	39.79%	3,396	59.70%	29	0.51%	-1,133	-19.91%	5,688
Crawford	2,204	39.53%	2,748	49.28%	624	11.19%	-544	-9.75%	5,576
Cumberland	3,242	50.30%	3,178	49.31%	25	0.39%	64	0.99%	6,445
Dauphin	3,705	61.85%	2,251	37.58%	34	0.57%	1,454	24.27%	5,990
Delaware	2,194	57.36%	1,547	40.44%	84	2.20%	647	16.92%	3,825
Elk	134	34.18%	242	61.73%	16	4.08%	-108	-27.55%	392
Erie	3,418	58.97%	2,022	34.89%	356	6.14%	1,396	24.08%	5,796
Fayette	3,045	46.42%	3,441	52.46%	73	1.11%	-396	-6.04%	6,559
Franklin	4,006	55.57%	3,199	44.38%	4	0.06%	807	11.17%	7,209
Greene	1,476	37.78%	2,379	60.89%	52	1.33%	-903	-23.11%	3,907
Huntingdon	2,590	57.09%	1,922	42.36%	25	0.55%	668	14.73%	4,537
Indiana	2,410	57.96%	1,544	37.13%	204	4.91%	866	20.83%	4,158
Jefferson	887	47.23%	972	51.76%	19	1.01%	-85	-4.52%	1,878
Juniata	850	49.79%	856	50.15%	1	0.06%	-6	-0.36%	1,707
Lancaster	11,390	64.59%	6,080	34.48%	163	0.92%	5,310	30.11%	17,633
Lebanon	2,996	61.65%	1,862	38.31%	2	0.04%	1,134	23.34	4,860
Lehigh	2,978	48.19%	3,199	51.76%	3	0.05%	-221	-3.57%	6,180
Luzerne	3,516	45.76%	3,991	51.95%	176	2.29%	-475	-5.19%	7,683
Lycoming	2,036	47.47%	2,244	52.32%	9	0.21%	-208	-4.85%	4,289
McKean	367	45.48%	418	51.80%	22	2.73%	-51	-6.32%	807
Mercer	2,977	41.63%	3,094	43.27%	1,080	15.10%	-117	-1.64%	7,151
Mifflin	1,548	48.99%	1,586	50.19%	26	0.82%	-38	-1.20%	3,160
Monroe	518	22.03%	1,830	77.84%	3	0.13%	-1,312	-55.81%	2,351
Montgomery	5,040	46.16%	5,627	51.54%	3	0.13%	-587	-5.38%	10,918
Northampton	3,191	42.94%	4,203	56.55%	38	0.51%	-1,012	-13.61%	7,432
Northumberland	1,765	43.79%	2,258	56.02%	8	0.20%	-493	-12.23%	4,031
Perry	1,562	40.45%	2,295	59.43%	5	0.13%	-733	-6.94%	3,862
Philadelphia (City)	10,656	65.65%	5,266	32.44%	309	1.90%	5,390	33.21%	16,231
Philadelphia (County)	20,574	55.03%	16,242	43.45%	568	1.52%	4,332	11.58%	37,384
Pike	216	21.22%	799	78.49%	3	0.29%	-583	-57.27%	1,018
Potter	226	23.99%	468	49.68%	248	26.33%	-220 [a]	-23.35% [b]	942
Schuylkill	4,939	56.94%	3,700	42.66%	35	0.40%	1,239	14.28%	8,674
Somerset	3,018	72.44%	1,127	27.05%	21	0.50%	1,891	45.39%	4,166
Sullivan	129	28.60%	303	67.18%	19	4.21%	-174	-38.58%	451
Susquehanna	1,853	39.28%	2,563	54.34%	301	6.38%	-710	-15.06%	4,717
Tioga	1,350	37.02%	1,344	36.85%	953	26.13%	6	0.17%	3,647
Union	3,129	65.05%	1,656	34.43%	25	0.52%	1,473	30.62%	4,810
Venango	1,061	38.40%	1,538	55.66%	164	5.94%	-477	-17.26%	2,763
Warren	948	43.65%	1,088	50.09%	136	6.26%	-140	-6.44%	2,172
Washington	3,898	47.62%	3,820	46.67%	468	5.72%	78	0.95%	8,186
Wayne	997	35.09%	1,642	57.80%	202	7.11%	-645	-22.71%	2,841
Westmoreland	3,124	37.00%	5,197	61.55%	122	1.44%	-2,073	-24.55%	8,443
Wyoming	861	48.10%	892	49.83%	37	2.07%	-31	-1.73%	1,790
York	4,838	48.41%	5,151	51.55%	4	0.04%	-313	-3.14%	9,993
Totals	185,730	50.32%	172,186	46.65%	11,176	3.03%	13,544	3.67%	369,092

Notes

1. Margin in votes is between Cass and Van Buren
2. Margin in percentage is between Cass and Van Buren

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

References

1. "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
2. "Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1848". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved June 16, 2025.