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Apresidential election was held inPennsylvania on November 7, 1848, as part of the1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose 26 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forPresident andVice President.
Pennsylvania voted for theWhig candidate,Zachary Taylor, over theDemocratic candidate,Lewis Cass. Taylor won Pennsylvania by a margin of 3.62%. Pennsylvania proved to be decisive as Cass would have won the Electoral College if he had carried the state.
| 1848 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Whig | Zachary Taylor | 185,313 | 50.28% | 26 | |
| Democratic | Lewis Cass | 171,976 | 46.66% | 0 | |
| Free Soil | Martin Van Buren | 11,263 | 3.06% | 0 | |
| Totals | 368,552 | 100.0% | 26 | ||
| County[2] | Zachary Taylor Whig | Lewis Cass Democratic | Martin Van Buren Free Soil | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,576 | 59.04% | 1,762 | 40.39% | 25 | 0.57% | 814 | 18.65% | 4,363 |
| Allegheny | 10,112 | 57.84% | 6,591 | 37.70% | 779 | 4.46% | 3,521 | 20.14% | 17,482 |
| Armstrong | 2,030 | 47.24% | 2,126 | 49.48% | 141 | 3.28% | -96 | -2.24% | 4,297 |
| Beaver | 2,655 | 48.38% | 2,303 | 41.96% | 530 | 9.66% | 352 | 6.42% | 5,488 |
| Bedford | 2,836 | 50.17% | 2,816 | 49.81% | 1 | 0.02% | 20 | 0.36% | 5,653 |
| Berks | 5,082 | 34.77% | 9,484 | 64.88% | 51 | 0.35% | -4,402 | -30.11% | 14,617 |
| Blair | 2,476 | 63.24% | 1,435 | 36.65% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,041 | 26.59% | 3,915 |
| Bradford | 3,272 | 47.15% | 1,889 | 27.22% | 1,779 | 25.63% | 1,383 | 19.93% | 6,940 |
| Bucks | 5,140 | 48.19% | 5,364 | 50.29% | 163 | 1.53% | -224 | -2.10% | 10,667 |
| Butler | 2,505 | 50.86% | 2,247 | 45.62% | 173 | 3.51% | 258 | 5.24% | 4,925 |
| Cambria | 1,233 | 46.86% | 1,386 | 52.68% | 12 | 0.46% | -153 | -5.82% | 2,631 |
| Carbon | 839 | 41.51% | 1,181 | 58.44% | 1 | 0.05% | -342 | -16.93% | 2,021 |
| Centre | 1,856 | 41.51% | 2,611 | 58.40% | 4 | 0.09% | -755 | -16.89% | 4,471 |
| Chester | 5,949 | 50.30% | 5,370 | 45.41% | 507 | 4.29% | 579 | 4.89% | 11,826 |
| Clarion | 1,372 | 36.95% | 2,306 | 62.11% | 35 | 0.94% | -934 | -25.16% | 3,713 |
| Clearfield | 761 | 38.99% | 1,168 | 59.84% | 23 | 1.18% | -407 | -20.85% | 1,952 |
| Clinton | 911 | 48.48% | 967 | 51.46% | 1 | 0.05% | -56 | -2.98% | 1,879 |
| Columbia | 2,263 | 39.79% | 3,396 | 59.70% | 29 | 0.51% | -1,133 | -19.91% | 5,688 |
| Crawford | 2,204 | 39.53% | 2,748 | 49.28% | 624 | 11.19% | -544 | -9.75% | 5,576 |
| Cumberland | 3,242 | 50.30% | 3,178 | 49.31% | 25 | 0.39% | 64 | 0.99% | 6,445 |
| Dauphin | 3,705 | 61.85% | 2,251 | 37.58% | 34 | 0.57% | 1,454 | 24.27% | 5,990 |
| Delaware | 2,194 | 57.36% | 1,547 | 40.44% | 84 | 2.20% | 647 | 16.92% | 3,825 |
| Elk | 134 | 34.18% | 242 | 61.73% | 16 | 4.08% | -108 | -27.55% | 392 |
| Erie | 3,418 | 58.97% | 2,022 | 34.89% | 356 | 6.14% | 1,396 | 24.08% | 5,796 |
| Fayette | 3,045 | 46.42% | 3,441 | 52.46% | 73 | 1.11% | -396 | -6.04% | 6,559 |
| Franklin | 4,006 | 55.57% | 3,199 | 44.38% | 4 | 0.06% | 807 | 11.17% | 7,209 |
| Greene | 1,476 | 37.78% | 2,379 | 60.89% | 52 | 1.33% | -903 | -23.11% | 3,907 |
| Huntingdon | 2,590 | 57.09% | 1,922 | 42.36% | 25 | 0.55% | 668 | 14.73% | 4,537 |
| Indiana | 2,410 | 57.96% | 1,544 | 37.13% | 204 | 4.91% | 866 | 20.83% | 4,158 |
| Jefferson | 887 | 47.23% | 972 | 51.76% | 19 | 1.01% | -85 | -4.52% | 1,878 |
| Juniata | 850 | 49.79% | 856 | 50.15% | 1 | 0.06% | -6 | -0.36% | 1,707 |
| Lancaster | 11,390 | 64.59% | 6,080 | 34.48% | 163 | 0.92% | 5,310 | 30.11% | 17,633 |
| Lebanon | 2,996 | 61.65% | 1,862 | 38.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,134 | 23.34 | 4,860 |
| Lehigh | 2,978 | 48.19% | 3,199 | 51.76% | 3 | 0.05% | -221 | -3.57% | 6,180 |
| Luzerne | 3,516 | 45.76% | 3,991 | 51.95% | 176 | 2.29% | -475 | -5.19% | 7,683 |
| Lycoming | 2,036 | 47.47% | 2,244 | 52.32% | 9 | 0.21% | -208 | -4.85% | 4,289 |
| McKean | 367 | 45.48% | 418 | 51.80% | 22 | 2.73% | -51 | -6.32% | 807 |
| Mercer | 2,977 | 41.63% | 3,094 | 43.27% | 1,080 | 15.10% | -117 | -1.64% | 7,151 |
| Mifflin | 1,548 | 48.99% | 1,586 | 50.19% | 26 | 0.82% | -38 | -1.20% | 3,160 |
| Monroe | 518 | 22.03% | 1,830 | 77.84% | 3 | 0.13% | -1,312 | -55.81% | 2,351 |
| Montgomery | 5,040 | 46.16% | 5,627 | 51.54% | 3 | 0.13% | -587 | -5.38% | 10,918 |
| Northampton | 3,191 | 42.94% | 4,203 | 56.55% | 38 | 0.51% | -1,012 | -13.61% | 7,432 |
| Northumberland | 1,765 | 43.79% | 2,258 | 56.02% | 8 | 0.20% | -493 | -12.23% | 4,031 |
| Perry | 1,562 | 40.45% | 2,295 | 59.43% | 5 | 0.13% | -733 | -6.94% | 3,862 |
| Philadelphia (City) | 10,656 | 65.65% | 5,266 | 32.44% | 309 | 1.90% | 5,390 | 33.21% | 16,231 |
| Philadelphia (County) | 20,574 | 55.03% | 16,242 | 43.45% | 568 | 1.52% | 4,332 | 11.58% | 37,384 |
| Pike | 216 | 21.22% | 799 | 78.49% | 3 | 0.29% | -583 | -57.27% | 1,018 |
| Potter | 226 | 23.99% | 468 | 49.68% | 248 | 26.33% | -220[a] | -23.35%[b] | 942 |
| Schuylkill | 4,939 | 56.94% | 3,700 | 42.66% | 35 | 0.40% | 1,239 | 14.28% | 8,674 |
| Somerset | 3,018 | 72.44% | 1,127 | 27.05% | 21 | 0.50% | 1,891 | 45.39% | 4,166 |
| Sullivan | 129 | 28.60% | 303 | 67.18% | 19 | 4.21% | -174 | -38.58% | 451 |
| Susquehanna | 1,853 | 39.28% | 2,563 | 54.34% | 301 | 6.38% | -710 | -15.06% | 4,717 |
| Tioga | 1,350 | 37.02% | 1,344 | 36.85% | 953 | 26.13% | 6 | 0.17% | 3,647 |
| Union | 3,129 | 65.05% | 1,656 | 34.43% | 25 | 0.52% | 1,473 | 30.62% | 4,810 |
| Venango | 1,061 | 38.40% | 1,538 | 55.66% | 164 | 5.94% | -477 | -17.26% | 2,763 |
| Warren | 948 | 43.65% | 1,088 | 50.09% | 136 | 6.26% | -140 | -6.44% | 2,172 |
| Washington | 3,898 | 47.62% | 3,820 | 46.67% | 468 | 5.72% | 78 | 0.95% | 8,186 |
| Wayne | 997 | 35.09% | 1,642 | 57.80% | 202 | 7.11% | -645 | -22.71% | 2,841 |
| Westmoreland | 3,124 | 37.00% | 5,197 | 61.55% | 122 | 1.44% | -2,073 | -24.55% | 8,443 |
| Wyoming | 861 | 48.10% | 892 | 49.83% | 37 | 2.07% | -31 | -1.73% | 1,790 |
| York | 4,838 | 48.41% | 5,151 | 51.55% | 4 | 0.04% | -313 | -3.14% | 9,993 |
| Totals | 185,730 | 50.32% | 172,186 | 46.65% | 11,176 | 3.03% | 13,544 | 3.67% | 369,092 |
State and district results of the1848 United States presidential election | ||
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