United States presidential election in Illinois, 1848

November 7, 1848

President before election

James K. Polk
Democratic

Elected President

Zachary Taylor
Whig

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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 voted for the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, over Whig candidate Zachary Taylor and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. Cass won Illinois by a margin of 2.49%.

Results

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1848^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	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%

↑ "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
↑ "1848 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved 27 December 2013.

State Results of the 1848 U.S. presidential election

Candidates	Zachary Taylor Lewis Cass Martin Van Buren

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