1848 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

none June 2025 September 2023 1848 United States presidential election 1848 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts presidential no 1844 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1844 1852 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1852 64.6%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 0.8 pp November 7, 1848 x160px Zachary Taylor cropped.jpg Zachary Taylor Whig Party (United States) Louisiana Millard Fillmore 12 61,072 45.32% 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 38,333 28.45% Lewis Cass circa 1855.jpg Lewis Cass Democratic Party (United States) Michigan William O. Butler 0 35,281 26.18% 1848 United States presidential election in Massachusetts results map by county.svg 401px County results Taylor #fec44f 40–50% #fe9929 50–60% #ec7014 60–70% Van Buren #b5d9ac 40–50% President James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Zachary Taylor Whig Party (United States) The 1848 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Massachusetts voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass and Free Soil candidate former president Martin Van Buren. Taylor won the state by a margin of 19.1%. With 28.45% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would prove to be Van Buren's second strongest state in the country after neighboring Vermont.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 Because no candidate received 50% of the vote, the choice of electors formally reverted to the state legislature, in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts state law of the time. Ultimately this did not change the outcome since the Whigs controlled the legislature, which duly confirmed the choice of electors pledged to the clear plurality winner. Even if the Massachusetts legislature had chosen someone else, Taylor would have still had enough electoral votes (151, five more than a bare majority) to win the presidency. Results 1848 United States presidential election in Massachusetts1848 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1848&fips=25&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Whig Party (United States) Zachary Taylor Louisiana Millard Fillmore New York 61,072 45.32% 12 100.00% Free Soil Party Martin Van Buren New York Charles Francis Adams Sr. Massachusetts 38,333 28.45% 0 0.00% Democratic Party (United States) Lewis Cass Michigan William O. Butler Kentucky 35,281 26.18% 0 0.00% N/A Others Others 62 0.05% 0 0.00% 134,748 100.00% 12 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts References Massachusetts 1848 Category:1848 Massachusetts elections