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The1848 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forPresident andVice President.
Vermont voted for the Whig candidate,Zachary Taylor, over Free Soil candidate, former presidentMartin Van Buren, and Democratic candidateLewis Cass. Taylor won the state by a margin of 19.4%.
This would be the first presidential election in Vermont where a third-party candidate carried second place. Van Buren did somewhat better in Vermont in this election than he did in1840. Van Buren received 13,887 popular votes with 28.87% of the vote in 1848 compared to 1840, where he only received 35.47% of the popular vote with 18,009 votes when he lost to Whig candidateWilliam Henry Harrison, who received 63.9% of the popular vote with 32,445 votes. Vermont would prove to be Van Buren's strongest state in the election.[1]
While Cass wonWashington County and Van Buren wonLamoille County, this would be the last presidential election in Vermont until1912 where a Democratic candidate would carry at least one county in the state.
| 1848 United States presidential election in Vermont[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Whig | Zachary Taylor ofLouisiana | Millard Fillmore ofNew York | 23,132 | 48.27% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Free Soil | Martin Van Buren ofNew York | Charles Francis Adams, Sr. ofMassachusetts | 13,837 | 28.87% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Democratic | Lewis Cass ofMichigan | William O. Butler ofKentucky | 10,948 | 22.85% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 5 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 47,922 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
| County[3] | Zachary Taylor Whig | Martin Van Buren Free Soil | Lewis Cass Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Addison | 2,558 | 65.39% | 1,035 | 26.46% | 319 | 8.15% | 1,523 | 38.93% | 3,912 |
| Bennington | 1,559 | 46.89% | 616 | 18.53% | 1,150 | 34.59% | 409 | 12.30% | 3,325 |
| Caledonia | 1,367 | 40.05% | 888 | 26.02% | 1,158 | 33.93% | 209 | 6.12% | 3,413 |
| Chittenden | 1,763 | 45.79% | 1,516 | 39.38% | 571 | 14.83% | 247 | 6.42% | 3,850 |
| Essex | 370 | 49.80% | 42 | 5.65% | 331 | 44.55% | 39 | 5.25% | 743 |
| Franklin | 1,466 | 43.62% | 1,204 | 35.82% | 691 | 20.56% | 262 | 7.80% | 3,361 |
| Grand Isle | 311 | 57.06% | 104 | 19.08% | 130 | 23.85% | 181 | 33.21% | 545 |
| Lamoille | 289 | 19.05% | 754 | 49.70% | 474 | 31.25% | 280 | -18.46% | 1,517 |
| Orange | 1,780 | 39.54% | 1,308 | 29.05% | 1,414 | 31.41% | 366 | 8.13% | 4,502 |
| Orleans | 1,056 | 49.03% | 536 | 24.88% | 562 | 26.09% | 494 | 22.93% | 2,154 |
| Rutland | 2,911 | 57.85% | 1,377 | 27.36% | 744 | 14.79% | 1,534 | 30.48% | 5,032 |
| Washington | 1,398 | 33.31% | 1,106 | 26.35% | 1,693 | 40.34% | 295 | -7.03% | 4,197 |
| Windham | 2,648 | 56.35% | 1,443 | 30.71% | 608 | 12.94% | 1,205 | 25.64% | 4,699 |
| Windsor | 3,656 | 54.84% | 1,908 | 28.62% | 1,103 | 16.54% | 1,748 | 26.22% | 6,667 |
| Totals | 23,132 | 48.28% | 13,837 | 28.88% | 10,948 | 22.85% | 9,295 | 19.40% | 47,917 |
State and district results of the1848 United States presidential election | ||
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