UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1848 ==================================================================== In South Carolina the legislature cast the state's votes. POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== Lewis Zachary Cass Taylor (Democrat, MI) (Whig, LA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 31,173 50.6 9 30,482 49.4 - ARKANSAS 9,301 55.1 3 7,587 44.9 - CONNECTICUT 27,051 43.4 - 30,318 48.6 6 DELAWARE 5,910 47.5 - 6,440 51.8 3 FLORIDA 3,083 42.8 - 4,120 57.2 3 GEORGIA 44,785 48.5 - 47,532 51.5 10 ILLINOIS 55,952 44.9 9 52,853 42.4 - INDIANA 74,695 49.0 12 69,668 45.7 - IOWA 11,238 50.5 4 9,930 44.6 - KENTUCKY 49,720 42.5 - 67,145 57.5 12 LOUISIANA 15,379 45.4 - 18,487 54.6 6 MAINE 40,195 45.9 9 35,273 40.3 - MARYLAND 34,528 47.7 - 37,702 52.1 8 MASSACHUSETTS 35,281 26.2 - 61,072 45.3 12 MICHIGAN 30,742 47.2 5 23,947 36.8 - MISSISSIPPI 26,545 50.6 6 25,911 49.4 - MISSOURI 40,077 50.6 7 32,671 44.9 - NEW HAMPSHIRE 27,763 55.1 6 14,781 29.5 - NEW JERSEY 36,901 47.5 - 40,015 51.5 7 NEW YORK 114,319 25.1 - 218,583 47.9 36 NTH CAROLINA 35,772 44.8 - 44,054 55.2 11 OHIO 154,782 47.1 23 138,656 42.2 - PENNSYLVANIA 172,186 46.7 - 185,730 50.3 26 RHODE ISLAND 3,613 32.7 - 6,705 60.7 4 STH CAROLINA * - * 9 TENNESSEE 58,142 47.5 - 64,321 52.5 13 TEXAS 11,644 68.5 4 5,281 31.1 - VERMONT 10,943 22.9 - 23,117 48.3 6 VIRGINIA 46,739 50.8 17 45,265 49.2 - WISCONSIN 15,001 38.3 4 13,747 35.1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,223,460 42.5 127 1,361,393 47.3 163 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin van Buren (Free Soil, NY) polled 291,501 votes (10.1%) but won no Electoral College votes. --------------------------------------------------------------------