The 1848 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
New York voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren and Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won New York by a margin of 21.51% over Van Buren. As of 2019, Van Buren's performance remains the best ever by a third-party candidate in New York presidential election history.[2] With 26.43% of the popular vote, New York was Van Buren's fourth strongest state after Vermont, Massachusetts and Wisconsin.[3]
Van Buren's 26.4% of the popular vote was mostly taken from Cass' voters.[citation needed] If Van Buren had not been in the election and Cass had won New York, then Lewis Cass would have won the election.[dubious – discuss]
Results[]
1848 United States presidential election in New York[4]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%
Whig
Zachary Taylor of Louisiana
Millard Fillmore of New York
218,583
47.94%
36
100.00%
Free Soil
Martin Van Buren of New York
Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts
120,497
26.43%
0
0.00%
Democratic
Lewis Cass of Michigan
William O. Butler of Kentucky
114,319
25.07%
0
0.00%
Liberty
Gerrit Smith of New York
Charles C. Foote of Michigan
2,545
0.56%
0
0.00%
Total
455,944
100.00%
36
100.00%
See also[]
United States presidential elections in New York
References[]
^Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
^Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 441 ISBN0313257957