The 1848 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Vermont voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Free Soil candidate, former president Martin Van Buren, and Democratic candidate Lewis 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 in 1840. 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 candidate William 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.

While Cass won Washington County and Van Buren won Lamoille County, this would be the last presidential election in Vermont until 1912 where a Democratic candidate would carry at least one county in the state.

Results

Results by county County Zachary TaylorWhig Martin Van BurenFree Soil Lewis CassDemocratic 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% 6,667Totals23,13248.28%13,83728.88%10,94822.85%9,29519.40%47,917

See also United States presidential elections in Vermont

References