1848 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1848 U.S. Presidential Election?
Zachary Taylor won the 1848 U.S. Presidential Election. Zachary Taylor received 1,360,099 popular votes (47.3%) and 163 electoral votes. The main challenger was Lewis Cass (42.5%).
See the full head-to-head between Taylor and Cass
Taylor +4.8 pts · won by 139,555 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 10.2% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.