1848 United States presidential election in Maryland
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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] | ||||||||
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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
| 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
- United States presidential elections in Maryland
- 1848 United States presidential election
- 1848 United States elections
References
- ^ "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.