Presidential election · 1848
1848 electoral map
Zachary Taylor (Whig) won the 1848 presidential election with 163 electoral votes to Lewis Cass's 127. Taylor carried 15 of the 30 states that took part.
Winner
Zachary Taylor
163
Democratic
Lewis Cass
127
146 needed to win · official Electoral College count
DemocraticWhigNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1848
Lewis Cass· Democratic
15 statesElectoral College in 1848
30 states held 290 electoral votes in 1848; a majority was 146. The largest prize was New York with 36 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1848 election article.