1848 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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1848 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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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 vote400
Popular vote14,92413,64210,261
Percentage38.41%35.11%26.41%

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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 Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. It was the first presidential election held in Wisconsin since its admission to the Union on May 29, earlier the same year. Democratic candidate Lewis Cass won the state with 38% of the vote, carrying the state's 4 electoral votes.

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With 26.41% of the popular vote, Wisconsin would prove to be Van Buren's third strongest state after Vermont and Massachusetts. [1]

The 1848 election began a trend in Wisconsin where the state would vote the same as neighboring Iowa, as the two states have voted in lockstep with each other on all but 6 occasions - 1892, 1924, 1940, 1976, 2004, and 2020. This was the last time until 1988 that Wisconsin would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election.

Participating in its first presidential election, Portage County would ultimately be carried by the statewide winner in every election until 1916. Meanwhile, Winnebago County would not vote for the statewide loser again until 1924.

Results

General Election Results [2]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Democratic Party Lewis CassFrancis Huebschman14,924
Democratic Party Lewis CassWilliam Dinwiddie14,910
Democratic Party Lewis CassDavid F. Maples14,886
Democratic Party Lewis CassSamuel P. Nichols14,767
Whig Party Zachary TaylorJames Maxwell13,642
Whig Party Zachary TaylorRufus King13,642
Whig Party Zachary TaylorJacob J. Enos13,634
Whig Party Zachary TaylorHarrison Reed13,632
Free Soil Party Martin Van BurenDavid Giddings10,261
Free Soil Party Martin Van BurenJames D. Reymert10,257
Free Soil Party Martin Van BurenErastus B. Wolcott10,257
Free Soil Party Martin Van BurenEdward A. Tappan10,254
Write-in Scattering32
Votes cast [a] 38,859

Results by county

County [2] Lewis Cass
Democratic
Zachary Taylor
Whig
Martin Van Buren
Free Soil
Scattering
Write-in
MarginTotal votes cast [b]
# %# %# %# %# %
Brown 30955.48%24844.52%00.00%00.00%6110.95%557
Calumet 7951.30%6542.21%106.49%00.00%149.09%154
Columbia 14523.62%30349.35%16627.04%00.00%-137 [c] -22.31%614
Crawfor 21563.99%10932.44%123.57%00.00%10631.55%336
Dane 75739.32%72437.61%44323.01%10.05%331.71%1,925
Dodge 79740.64%52726.87%63732.48%00.00%160 [d] 8.16%1,961
Fond du Lac 48333.87%44631.28%49734.85%00.00%-14-0.98%1,426
Grant 1,14839.03%1,64956.07%1444.90%00.00%-501-17.04%2,941
Green 39133.79%47941.40%28724.81%00.00%-88-7.61%1,157
Iowa 84845.84%88447.78%1186.38%00.00%-36-1.95%1,850
Jefferson 84039.72%71333.71%56226.57%00.00%1276.00%2,115
Lafayette 1,10553.72%92144.77%311.51%00.00%1848.95%2,057
Manitowoc 15951.46%7624.60%7022.65%41.29%8326.86%309
Marquette 17430.96%21438.08%17430.96%00.00%-40-7.12%562
Milwaukee 2,15054.21%1,19030.01%62615.78%00.00%96024.21%3,966
Portage 22551.02%21648.98%00.00%00.00%92.04%441
Racine 64418.50%90425.96%1,93055.43%40.11%-1,026 [e] -29.47%3,482
Rock 49115.65%1,30041.43%1,33842.64%90.29%-38 [e] -1.21%3,138
Sauk [f] [3] 15833.91%14931.97%15934.12%00.00%-1-0.21%466
Sheboygan 44244.69%37237.61%17517.69%00.00%707.08%989
St. Croix 6757.26%3731.62%10.85%1210.26%3025.64%117
Walworth 55019.30%80428.21%1,49452.42%20.07%-690 [e] -24.21%2,850
Washington 1,72071.70%35514.80%32413.51%00.00%1,36556.90%2,399
Waukesha 96334.75%80629.09%1,00236.16%00.00%-39-1.41%2,771
Winnebago 22229.92%30040.43%22029.65%00.00%-78-10.51%742
Total [g] 14,92438.41%13,64235.11%10,26126.41%320.08%1,2823.30%38,859

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Notes

  1. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. Based on highest elector on each ticket
  3. Taylor's margin over Van Buren
  4. Cass's margin over Van Buren
  5. 1 2 3 Van Buren's margin over Taylor
  6. The official canvass at the Historical Society does not list any votes in Sauk County for presidential electors, although there are votes listed for Superintendent and the 2nd Congressional District.
  7. Does not include the votes from Sauk County

References

  1. "1848 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Wisconsin Historical Society, Abstract of votes cast at an Election held in the State of Wisconsin, on Tuesday, the seventh day of November, in the year A.D. 1848
  3. "Official Vote of Wisconsin". Chronicling America. Southport Telegraph. December 8, 1848. Retrieved August 13, 2024.