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The1848 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1848, as part of the1848 United States presidential election. It was the first presidential election held inWisconsin since its admission to the Union on May 29, earlier the same year.Democratic candidate Lewis Cass won the state with 38% of the vote, carrying the state's 4 electoral votes.
With 26.41% of the popular vote, Wisconsin would prove to be Van Buren's third strongest state afterVermont andMassachusetts.[1]
The 1848 election began a trend in Wisconsin where the state would vote the same as neighboringIowa, as the two states have voted in lockstep with each other on all but 6 occasions -1892,1924,1940,1976,2004, and2020. This was the last time until1988 that Wisconsin would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election.
Participating in its first presidential election,Portage County would ultimately be carried by the statewide winner in every election until1916. Meanwhile,Winnebago County would not vote for the statewide loser again until1924.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Lewis Cass | Francis Huebschman | 14,924 | |
| Democratic Party | Lewis Cass | William Dinwiddie | 14,910 | |
| Democratic Party | Lewis Cass | David F. Maples | 14,886 | |
| Democratic Party | Lewis Cass | Samuel P. Nichols | 14,767 | |
| Whig Party | Zachary Taylor | James Maxwell | 13,642 | |
| Whig Party | Zachary Taylor | Rufus King | 13,642 | |
| Whig Party | Zachary Taylor | Jacob J. Enos | 13,634 | |
| Whig Party | Zachary Taylor | Harrison Reed | 13,632 | |
| Free Soil Party | Martin Van Buren | David Giddings | 10,261 | |
| Free Soil Party | Martin Van Buren | James D. Reymert | 10,257 | |
| Free Soil Party | Martin Van Buren | Erastus B. Wolcott | 10,257 | |
| Free Soil Party | Martin Van Buren | Edward A. Tappan | 10,254 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 32 | ||
| Votes cast[a] | 38,859 | |||
| County[2] | Lewis Cass Democratic | Zachary Taylor Whig | Martin Van Buren Free Soil | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[b] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Brown | 309 | 55.48% | 248 | 44.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 61 | 10.95% | 557 |
| Calumet | 79 | 51.30% | 65 | 42.21% | 10 | 6.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 9.09% | 154 |
| Columbia | 145 | 23.62% | 303 | 49.35% | 166 | 27.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -137[c] | -22.31% | 614 |
| Crawfor | 215 | 63.99% | 109 | 32.44% | 12 | 3.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 31.55% | 336 |
| Dane | 757 | 39.32% | 724 | 37.61% | 443 | 23.01% | 1 | 0.05% | 33 | 1.71% | 1,925 |
| Dodge | 797 | 40.64% | 527 | 26.87% | 637 | 32.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 160[d] | 8.16% | 1,961 |
| Fond du Lac | 483 | 33.87% | 446 | 31.28% | 497 | 34.85% | 0 | 0.00% | -14 | -0.98% | 1,426 |
| Grant | 1,148 | 39.03% | 1,649 | 56.07% | 144 | 4.90% | 0 | 0.00% | -501 | -17.04% | 2,941 |
| Green | 391 | 33.79% | 479 | 41.40% | 287 | 24.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -88 | -7.61% | 1,157 |
| Iowa | 848 | 45.84% | 884 | 47.78% | 118 | 6.38% | 0 | 0.00% | -36 | -1.95% | 1,850 |
| Jefferson | 840 | 39.72% | 713 | 33.71% | 562 | 26.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 127 | 6.00% | 2,115 |
| Lafayette | 1,105 | 53.72% | 921 | 44.77% | 31 | 1.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 184 | 8.95% | 2,057 |
| Manitowoc | 159 | 51.46% | 76 | 24.60% | 70 | 22.65% | 4 | 1.29% | 83 | 26.86% | 309 |
| Marquette | 174 | 30.96% | 214 | 38.08% | 174 | 30.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -40 | -7.12% | 562 |
| Milwaukee | 2,150 | 54.21% | 1,190 | 30.01% | 626 | 15.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 960 | 24.21% | 3,966 |
| Portage | 225 | 51.02% | 216 | 48.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 2.04% | 441 |
| Racine | 644 | 18.50% | 904 | 25.96% | 1,930 | 55.43% | 4 | 0.11% | -1,026[e] | -29.47% | 3,482 |
| Rock | 491 | 15.65% | 1,300 | 41.43% | 1,338 | 42.64% | 9 | 0.29% | -38[e] | -1.21% | 3,138 |
| Sauk[f][3] | 158 | 33.91% | 149 | 31.97% | 159 | 34.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -1 | -0.21% | 466 |
| Sheboygan | 442 | 44.69% | 372 | 37.61% | 175 | 17.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 70 | 7.08% | 989 |
| St. Croix | 67 | 57.26% | 37 | 31.62% | 1 | 0.85% | 12 | 10.26% | 30 | 25.64% | 117 |
| Walworth | 550 | 19.30% | 804 | 28.21% | 1,494 | 52.42% | 2 | 0.07% | -690[e] | -24.21% | 2,850 |
| Washington | 1,720 | 71.70% | 355 | 14.80% | 324 | 13.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,365 | 56.90% | 2,399 |
| Waukesha | 963 | 34.75% | 806 | 29.09% | 1,002 | 36.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -39 | -1.41% | 2,771 |
| Winnebago | 222 | 29.92% | 300 | 40.43% | 220 | 29.65% | 0 | 0.00% | -78 | -10.51% | 742 |
| Total[g] | 14,924 | 38.41% | 13,642 | 35.11% | 10,261 | 26.41% | 32 | 0.08% | 1,282 | 3.30% | 38,859 |
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