1848 United States presidential election in Illinois

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1848 United States presidential election in Illinois

November 7, 1848

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 vote 9 0 0 Popular vote 55,952 52,853 15,702 Percentage 44.91% 42.42% 12.60%

County Results Cass   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Taylor   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Van Buren   40-50%   50-60%

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.

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
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Lewis Cass of Michigan	William O. Butler of Kentucky	55,952	44.91%	9	100.00%
	Whig	Zachary Taylor of Louisiana	Millard Fillmore of New York	52,853	42.42%	0	0.00%
	Free Soil	Martin Van Buren of New York	Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts	15,702	12.60%	0	0.00%
	Clay Whig	Henry Clay of Kentucky	–	89	0.07%	0	0.00%
Total				124,596	100.00%	9	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Illinois