1848 United States presidential election in Vermont

Summary

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

1848 United States presidential election in Vermont

← 1844 November 7, 1848 1852 →
 
Nominee Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren Lewis Cass
Party Whig Free Soil Democratic
Home state Louisiana New York Michigan
Running mate Millard Fillmore Charles F. Adams William O. Butler
Electoral vote 6 0 0
Popular vote 23,132 13,837 10,948
Percentage 48.27% 28.87% 22.85%

County Results

President before election

James K. Polk
Democratic

Elected President

Zachary Taylor
Whig

Vermont voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Free Soil candidate, former president Martin Van Buren, and Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won the state by a margin of 19.4%.

This would be the first presidential election in Vermont where a third-party candidate carried second place. Van Buren did somewhat better in Vermont in this election than he did in 1840. Van Buren received 13,887 popular votes with 28.87% of the vote in 1848 compared to 1840, where he only received 35.47% of the popular vote with 18,009 votes when he lost to Whig candidate William Henry Harrison, who received 63.9% of the popular vote with 32,445 votes. Vermont would prove to be Van Buren's strongest state in the election.[1]

While Cass won Washington County and Van Buren won Lamoille County, this would be the last presidential election in Vermont until 1912 where a Democratic candidate would carry at least one county in the state.

Results edit

1848 United States presidential election in Vermont[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana Millard Fillmore of New York 23,132 48.27% 6 100.00%
Free Soil Martin Van Buren of New York Charles Francis Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts 13,837 28.87% 0 0.00%
Democratic Lewis Cass of Michigan William O. Butler of Kentucky 10,948 22.85% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 5 0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 47,922 100.00% 6 100.00%

Results by county edit

County[3] Zachary Taylor
Whig
Martin Van Buren
Free Soil
Lewis Cass
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Addison 2,558 65.39% 1,035 26.46% 319 8.15% 1,523 38.93% 3,912
Bennington 1,559 46.89% 616 18.53% 1,150 34.59% 409 12.30% 3,325
Caledonia 1,367 40.05% 888 26.02% 1,158 33.93% 209 6.12% 3,413
Chittenden 1,763 45.79% 1,516 39.38% 571 14.83% 247 6.42% 3,850
Essex 370 49.80% 42 5.65% 331 44.55% 39 5.25% 743
Franklin 1,466 43.62% 1,204 35.82% 691 20.56% 262 7.80% 3,361
Grand Isle 311 57.06% 104 19.08% 130 23.85% 181 33.21% 545
Lamoille 289 19.05% 754 49.70% 474 31.25% 280 -18.46% 1,517
Orange 1,780 39.54% 1,308 29.05% 1,414 31.41% 366 8.13% 4,502
Orleans 1,056 49.03% 536 24.88% 562 26.09% 494 22.93% 2,154
Rutland 2,911 57.85% 1,377 27.36% 744 14.79% 1,534 30.48% 5,032
Washington 1,398 33.31% 1,106 26.35% 1,693 40.34% 295 -7.03% 4,197
Windham 2,648 56.35% 1,443 30.71% 608 12.94% 1,205 25.64% 4,699
Windsor 3,656 54.84% 1,908 28.62% 1,103 16.54% 1,748 26.22% 6,667
Totals 23,132 48.28% 13,837 28.88% 10,948 22.85% 9,295 19.40% 47,917

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1848 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont". Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Election archive". vermont.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.