1848 United States presidential election in Maryland
November 7, 1848
 
Nominee Zachary Taylor Lewis Cass
Party Whig Democratic
Home state Louisiana Michigan
Running mate Millard Fillmore William O. Butler
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 37,702 34,528
Percentage 52.10% 47.72%
President before election

James K. Polk
Democratic

 Elected President

Zachary Taylor
Whig

The 1848 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won Maryland by a narrow margin of 4.38%.

Results

1848 United States presidential election in Maryland[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana Millard Fillmore of New York 37,702 52.10% 8 100.00%
Democratic Lewis Cass of Michigan William O. Butler of Kentucky 34,528 47.72% 0 0.00%
Free Soil Martin Van Buren of New York Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts 129 0.18% 0 0.00%
Total 72,359 100.00% 8 100.00%

Results by county

County Zachary Taylor

Whig

 Lewis Cass

Democratic

 Martin Van Buren

Free Soil

 Margin Total

Votes

Cast [2]

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 1579 49.31% 1620 50.59% 3 0.09% -41 -1.28% 3202
Anne Arundel 1693 53.17% 1486 46.67% 5 0.16% 207 6.50% 3184
Baltimore (City and County) 13001 48.61% 13664 51.09% 79 0.30% -742 -2.18% 26744
Calvert 431 56.27% 335 43.73% 0 0.00% 96 12.53% 766
Caroline 492 45.90% 580 54.10% 0 0.00% -88 -8.21% 1072
Carroll 1763 51.22% 1672 48.58% 7 0.20% 91 2.64% 3442
Cecil 1504 50.95% 1444 48.92% 4 0.14% 60 2.03% 2952
Charles 769 65.90% 398 34.10% 0 0.00% 371 31.79% 1167
Dorchester 1367 62.51% 820 37.49% 0 0.00% 547 25.01% 2187
Frederick 3158 51.26% 2983 48.42% 20 0.32% 175 2.84% 6161
Harford 1521 54.83% 1253 45.17% 0 0.00% 268 9.66% 2774
Kent 645 58.90% 447 40.82% 3 0.05% 198 18.08% 1095
Montgomery 1057 57.79% 771 42.15% 1 0.05% 286 15.64% 1829
Prince George's 1051 58.88% 733 41.06% 1 0.06% 318 17.82% 1785
Queen Anne's 725 54.23% 612 45.77% 0 0.00% 113 8.45% 1337
St. Mary's 788 65.12% 422 34.88% 0 0.00% 366 30.25% 1210
Somerset 1413 58.41% 1005 41.5% 1 0.04% 408 16.87% 2419
Talbot 706 49.51% 719 50.42% 1 0.07% -13 -0.91% 1426
Washington 2688 52.74% 2434 47.51% 1 0.02% 254 49.6% 5123
Worcester 1351 54.45% 1130 45.55% 0 0.00% 221 8.91% 2481
Total 37702 52.10% 34528 47.72% 129 0.18% 3045 4.38% 72359

Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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