1848 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1848 United States presidential election 1848 United States presidential election in New York Burnham Walter Dean http://archive.org/details/presidentialball00burn Presidential ballots, 1836-1892 1955 Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press Internet Archive New York 1778 presidential no 1844 United States presidential election in New York 1844 1852 United States presidential election in New York 1852 79.6%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 12.5 pp November 7, 1848 x160px Zachary Taylor cropped.jpg Zachary Taylor Whig Party (United States) Louisiana Millard Fillmore 36 218,603 47.94% Martin Van Buren daguerreotype by Mathew Brady circa 1849 - edit 1 (cropped).jpg Martin Van Buren Free Soil Party New York Charles Francis Adams Sr. 0 120,510 26.43% Lewis Cass circa 1855.jpg Lewis Cass Democratic Party (United States) Michigan William O. Butler 0 114,320 25.07% File:1848 United States presidential election in New York results map by county.svg County results Taylor #f9e1c6 30–40%#e8ba85 40–50%#d79346 50–60% Van Buren #d6efdc 30–40%#a3d5af 40–50%#73bc84 50–60% Cass #b4c7ec 40–50% President James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Zachary Taylor Whig Party (United States) The 1848 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. New York voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren and Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won New York by a margin of 21.51% over Van Buren. As of 2024, Van Buren's performance remains the best ever by a third-party candidate in New York presidential election history.Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 441 0313257957 With 27% of the popular vote, New York was Van Buren's fourth strongest state after Vermont, Massachusetts and Wisconsin.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1848&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1848 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 This was the first of only five elections to date in which New York City has not backed the Democratic candidate.The other four elections in which New York City has voted against the Democratic candidate are 1896, 1908, 1920, and 1924. New York County has only voted against the Democratic candidate three more times since, in 1896, 1920, and 1924. Results 1848 United States presidential election in New YorkOfficial Canvass of the Electoral Vote of the State of New York -- 1848 https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/88209081/ 1 December 2025 New-York Daily Tribune 25 December 1848Official Canvass of the Electoral Vote of the State of New York -- 1848 https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=noj18481226-01.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- 1 December 2025 The Northern Journal 26 December 1848 LowvilleThe Whig Almanac and United States Register for 1849 1849 Greeley & McElrath New York 54 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065248414&view=1up&seq=464 1 December 2025Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket. Whig Party (United States) Zachary Taylor Louisiana Millard Fillmore New York 218,603 47.94% 36 100.00% Free Soil Party Martin Van Buren New York Charles Francis Adams Sr. Massachusetts 120,510 26.43% 0 0.00% Democratic Party (United States) Lewis Cass Michigan William O. Butler Kentucky 114,320 25.07% 0 0.00% Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Gerrit Smith New York Charles C. Foote Michigan 2,545 0.56% 0 0.00% 455,978 100.00% 36 100.00% Results by county County Zachary TaylorWhig Martin Van BurenFree Soil Lewis CassDemocratic Gerrit SmithLiberty MarginTaylor over Van Buren unless otherwise noted Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Albany7,06852.31%2,40717.82%4,00229.62%340.25%3,066"taylorcass" Taylor's margin over Cass22.69%13,511Allegany2,78945.33%2,04033.15%1,28320.85%410.67%74912.17%6,153Broome2,49047.59%77714.85%1,95937.44%60.11%531"taylorcass"10.15%5,232Cattaraugus2,60446.82%1,23622.22%1,67730.15%450.81%927"taylorcass"16.67%5,562Cayuga4,31845.99%3,97942.38%1,03411.01%580.62%3393.61%9,389Chautauqua4,20754.23%1,62820.99%1,91124.64%110.14%2,296"taylorcass"29.60%7,757Chemung1,94340.17%2,16644.78%72815.05%00.00%-223-4.61%4,837Chenango3,58746.57%1,48119.23%2,61633.96%190.25%971"taylorcass"12.61%7,703Clinton1,94141.80%1,22126.30%1,47231.70%90.19%469"taylorcass"10.10%4,643Columbia3,94348.27%2,10025.71%2,12125.96%50.06%1,82222.30%8,169Cortland1,87939.94%1,80338.32%94620.11%771.64%761.62%4,705Delaware2,83243.16%2,90844.32%79012.04%310.47%-76-1.16%6,561Dutchess5,37654.28%1,29513.07%3,22732.58%70.07%2,149"taylorcass"21.70%9,905Erie7,64757.12%2,35717.61%3,36025.10%240.18%4,287"taylorcass"32.02%13,388Essex2,62955.27%1,11923.52%1,00221.06%70.15%1,51031.74%4,757Franklin1,35341.79%91128.13%97430.08%00.00%379"taylorcass"11.70%3,238FultonIncludes Hamilton County1,97649.81%1,60240.38%3809.58%90.23%3749.43%3,967Genesee2,89055.19%1,11121.22%1,18022.54%551.05%1,710"taylorcass"32.66%5,236Greene2,70742.76%1,42522.51%1,55124.50%64810.24%1,156"taylorcass"18.26%6,331Herkimer2,43034.46%3,89355.21%6999.91%290.41%-1,463-20.75%7,051Jefferson4,84141.48%4,34237.20%2,44520.95%430.37%4994.28%11,671Kings7,51156.65%8176.16%4,88136.81%500.38%2,630"taylorcass"19.84%13,259Lewis1,22337.25%1,25838.32%78924.03%130.40%-35-1.07%3,283Livingston3,73055.14%2,10031.04%88913.14%460.68%1,63024.09%6,765Madison2,89839.05%2,73936.91%1,56521.09%2192.95%1592.14%7,421Monroe6,53951.49%4,67136.78%1,44311.36%470.37%1,86814.71%12,700Montgomery2,92450.15%1,60227.48%1,28522.04%190.33%1,32222.68%5,830New York29,07054.53%5,1069.58%18,97535.59%1590.30%10,095"taylorcass"18.94%53,310Niagara2,82845.28%2,08033.31%1,31321.02%240.38%74811.98%6,245Oneida6,03241.50%4,81633.13%3,58524.66%1030.71%1,2168.37%14,536Onondaga5,44243.01%4,94239.06%2,22917.62%390.31%5003.95%12,652Ontario3,84849.15%2,62733.55%1,27216.25%821.05%1,22115.60%7,829Orange4,17247.54%1,43416.34%3,17036.12%00.00%1,002"taylorcass"11.42%8,776Orleans2,40247.16%1,72233.81%91818.02%511.00%68013.35%5,093Oswego3,65539.88%4,25446.42%1,13412.37%1221.33%-599-6.54%9,165Otsego3,92941.00%1,94120.26%3,67438.34%380.40%2552.66%9,582Putnam81636.66%41518.64%99544.70%00.00%-179"casstaylor" Cass's margin over Taylor-8.04%2,226Queens2,44453.67%80017.57%1,31028.77%00.00%1,134"taylorcass"24.90%4,554Rensselaer6,24152.53%2,93024.66%2,68522.60%250.21%3,31127.87%11,881Richmond1,09952.79%1235.91%86041.31%00.00%239"taylorcass"11.48%2,082Rockland91840.93%25511.37%1,06447.44%60.27%-146"casstaylor"-6.51%2,243Saratoga4,43852.71%1,40516.69%2,51529.87%610.72%1,923"taylorcass"22.84%8,419Schenectady1,71653.03%44413.72%1,07033.07%60.19%646"taylorcass"19.96%3,236Schoharie2,72444.85%65410.77%2,67143.97%250.41%53"taylorcass"0.87%6,074Seneca1,76737.88%1,52332.65%1,36029.15%150.32%2445.23%4,665St. Lawrence3,66735.58%6,02358.45%6145.96%10.01%-2,356-22.86%10,305Steuben4,35743.75%3,62336.38%1,97519.83%40.04%7347.37%9,959Suffolk2,18046.92%1,40030.13%1,05122.62%150.32%78016.79%4,646Sullivan1,67246.83%53414.96%1,36338.18%10.03%309"taylorcass"8.66%3,570Tioga1,78241.75%78918.49%1,68339.43%140.33%99"taylorcass"2.32%4,268Tompkins3,00343.32%2,64838.20%1,27018.32%110.16%3555.12%6,932Ulster4,65952.32%2,27725.57%1,96922.11%00.00%2,38226.75%8,905Warren1,27042.95%61820.90%1,01934.46%501.69%251"taylorcass"8.49%2,957Washington4,48657.75%2,02426.06%1,22515.77%330.42%2,46231.69%7,768Wayne3,56744.03%3,69045.54%7979.84%480.59%-123-1.52%8,102Westchester4,11254.21%1,31217.30%2,14628.29%150.20%1,966"taylorcass"25.92%7,585Wyoming2,38144.30%1,63030.33%1,33724.87%270.50%75113.97%5,375Yates1,65141.13%1,48336.95%86221.47%180.45%1684.19%4,014Total218,60347.94%120,51026.43%114,32025.07%2,5450.56%98,09321.51%455,978 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Whig 20em Cayuga Chenango Clinton Columbia Fulton Greene Jefferson Madison Montgomery New York Oneida Onondaga Orange Otsego Queens Richmond Schoharie Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Warren Westchester Yates Counties that flipped from Democratic to Free Soil Chemung Delaware Herkimer Lewis Oswego St. Lawrence Wayne See also United States presidential elections in New York Notes References New York 1848 Category:1848 New York (state) elections Category:Long stubs with short prose