1848 United States presidential election in Illinois

none June 2025 September 2023 1848 United States presidential election in Illinois Illinois 1818 presidential no 1844 United States presidential election in Illinois 1844 1852 United States presidential election in Illinois 1852 November 7, 1848 x160px Lewis Cass circa 1855.jpg Lewis Cass Democratic Party (United States) Michigan William O. Butler 9 55,952 44.91% Zachary Taylor cropped.jpg Zachary Taylor Whig Party (United States) Louisiana Millard Fillmore 0 52,853 42.42% 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 15,702 12.60% 1848 United States presidential election in Illinois results map by county.svg 200px County results Cass #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% Taylor #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% Van Buren #B5D9AC 40–50% #8AC88B 50–60% President James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Zachary Taylor Whig Party (United States) 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 Illinois1848 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1848&fips=17&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 27 December 20131848 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1848 The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara 27 December 2013 Democratic Party (United States) Lewis Cass Michigan William O. Butler Kentucky 55,952 44.91% 9 100.00% Whig Party (United States) Zachary Taylor Louisiana Millard Fillmore New York 52,853 42.42% 0 0.00% Free Soil Party Martin Van Buren New York Charles Francis Adams Sr. Massachusetts 15,702 12.60% 0 0.00% Clay Whig Henry Clay of Kentucky – 89 0.07% 0 0.00% 124,596 100.00% 9 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Illinois References Illinois 1848 Category:1848 Illinois elections