1848, united, states, presidential, election, illinois, main, article, 1848, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 1848, part, 1848, united, states, presidential, election, voters, chose, nine, representatives, electors, electoral, col. Main article 1848 United States presidential election 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 1848 United States presidential election in Illinois 1844 November 7 1848 1852 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 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 Results edit1848 United States presidential election in Illinois 1 2 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 editUnited States presidential elections in IllinoisReferences edit 1848 Presidential General Election Results Illinois U S Election Atlas Retrieved December 27 2013 1848 Presidential Election The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara Retrieved December 27 2013 nbsp nbsp This Illinois elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1848 United States presidential election in Illinois amp oldid 1173558171, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
