United States presidential election in Vermont, 1848

United States presidential election in Vermont, 1848

← 1844 November 7, 1848 1852 →
Nominee Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren Lewis Cass Party Whig Free Soil Democratic Home state Louisiana New York Michigan Running mate Millard Fillmore Charles F. Adams William O. Butler Electoral vote 6 0 0 Popular vote 23,132 13,837 10,948 Percentage 48.27 28.87 22.85
President before election James K. Polk Democratic Elected President Zachary Taylor Whig

James K. Polk
Democratic

Zachary Taylor
Whig

The 1848 United States presidential election in Vermont took place between November 7, 1844, 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 Democratic candidate Lewis Cass and Free Soil candidate former president Martin Van Buren. 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. Ironically, Van Buren did 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 35.47% when he lost to Whig candidate William Henry Harrison, who received 63.9% of the popular votes with 32,445 votes.

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