1848 United States presidential election in New York

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1848 United States presidential election in New York ^[1]

November 7, 1848
Turnout	79.6%[2] 12.5 pp
Nominee Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren Lewis Cass Party Whig Free Soil Democratic Home state Louisiana New York Michigan Running mate Millard Fillmore Charles F. Adams William O. Butler Electoral vote 36 0 0 Popular vote 218,603 123,128 114,320 Percentage 47.93% 26.43% 25.07%
County Results Taylor   30–40%   40–50%   50–60% Van Buren   30–40%   40–50%   50–60% Cass   40–50%
President before election James K. Polk Democratic Elected President Zachary Taylor Whig

The 1848 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

New York voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren and Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won New York by a margin of 21.51% over Van Buren. As of 2020, Van Buren's performance remains the best ever by a third-party candidate in New York presidential election history.^[3] With 27% of the popular vote, New York was Van Buren's fourth strongest state after Vermont, Massachusetts and Wisconsin.^[4]

Results

1848 United States presidential election in New York[5]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Whig	Zachary Taylor of Louisiana	Millard Fillmore of New York	218,583	47.94%	36	100.00%
	Free Soil	Martin Van Buren of New York	Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts	120,497	26.43%	0	0.00%
	Democratic	Lewis Cass of Michigan	William O. Butler of Kentucky	114,319	25.07%	0	0.00%
	Liberty	Gerrit Smith of New York	Charles C. Foote of Michigan	2,545	0.56%	0	0.00%
Total				455,944	100.00%	36	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York

References

1. Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press.
2. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
3. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 441 ISBN 0313257957
4. "1848 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
5. "1848 Presidential General Election Results - New York". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2015.