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.
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 County Results
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Maryland voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won Maryland by a narrow margin of 4.38%.
Results
edit| 1848 United States presidential election in Maryland[1] | ||||||||
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| 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
edit| 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.