1848 United States presidential election in New York

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1848 United States presidential election in New York [1]
November 7, 1848
Turnout79.6%[2] Decrease 12.5 pp
 
Nominee Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren Lewis Cass
Party Whig Free Soil Democratic
Home state Louisiana New York Michigan
Running mate Millard Fillmore Charles Francis Adams Sr. William O. Butler
Electoral vote 36 0 0
Popular vote 218,603 120,510 114,320
Percentage 47.94% 26.43% 25.07%
County results
President before election

James K. Polk
Democratic

Elected President

Zachary Taylor
Whig

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 2024, Van Buren's performance remains the best ever by a third-party candidate in New York presidential election history.[3] With 27% of the popular vote, New York was Van Buren's fourth strongest state after Vermont, Massachusetts and Wisconsin.[4]

This was the first of only four elections to date in which New York County has not backed the Democratic candidate.[a] New York City would not vote against the Democratic candidate again until 1896.

Results

1848 United States presidential election in New York[5][6][7][b]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana Millard Fillmore of New York 218,603 47.94% 36 100.00%
Free Soil Martin Van Buren of New York Charles Francis Adams Sr. of Massachusetts 120,510 26.43% 0 0.00%
Democratic Lewis Cass of Michigan William O. Butler of Kentucky 114,320 25.07% 0 0.00%
Liberty Gerrit Smith of New York Charles C. Foote of Michigan 2,545 0.56% 0 0.00%
Total 455,978 100.00% 36 100.00%

Results by county

County[5][6][7] Zachary Taylor
Whig 		Martin Van Buren
Free Soil 		Lewis Cass
Democratic 		Gerrit Smith
Liberty 		Margin[c] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Albany 7,068 52.31% 2,407 17.82% 4,002 29.62% 34 0.25% 3,066[d] 22.69% 13,511
Allegany 2,789 45.33% 2,040 33.15% 1,283 20.85% 41 0.67% 749 12.17% 6,153
Broome 2,490 47.59% 777 14.85% 1,959 37.44% 6 0.11% 531[d] 10.15% 5,232
Cattaraugus 2,604 46.82% 1,236 22.22% 1,677 30.15% 45 0.81% 927[d] 16.67% 5,562
Cayuga 4,318 45.99% 3,979 42.38% 1,034 11.01% 58 0.62% 339 3.61% 9,389
Chautauqua 4,207 54.23% 1,628 20.99% 1,911 24.64% 11 0.14% 2,296[d] 29.60% 7,757
Chemung 1,943 40.17% 2,166 44.78% 728 15.05% 0 0.00% -223 -4.61% 4,837
Chenango 3,587 46.57% 1,481 19.23% 2,616 33.96% 19 0.25% 971[d] 12.61% 7,703
Clinton 1,941 41.80% 1,221 26.30% 1,472 31.70% 9 0.19% 469[d] 10.10% 4,643
Columbia 3,943 48.27% 2,100 25.71% 2,121 25.96% 5 0.06% 1,822 22.30% 8,169
Cortland 1,879 39.94% 1,803 38.32% 946 20.11% 77 1.64% 76 1.62% 4,705
Delaware 2,832 43.16% 2,908 44.32% 790 12.04% 31 0.47% -76 -1.16% 6,561
Dutchess 5,376 54.28% 1,295 13.07% 3,227 32.58% 7 0.07% 2,149[d] 21.70% 9,905
Erie 7,647 57.12% 2,357 17.61% 3,360 25.10% 24 0.18% 4,287[d] 32.02% 13,388
Essex 2,629 55.27% 1,119 23.52% 1,002 21.06% 7 0.15% 1,510 31.74% 4,757
Franklin 1,353 41.79% 911 28.13% 974 30.08% 0 0.00% 379[d] 11.70% 3,238
Fulton[e] 1,976 49.81% 1,602 40.38% 380 9.58% 9 0.23% 374 9.43% 3,967
Genesee 2,890 55.19% 1,111 21.22% 1,180 22.54% 55 1.05% 1,710[d] 32.66% 5,236
Greene 2,707 42.76% 1,425 22.51% 1,551 24.50% 648 10.24% 1,156[d] 18.26% 6,331
Herkimer 2,430 34.46% 3,893 55.21% 699 9.91% 29 0.41% -1,463 -20.75% 7,051
Jefferson 4,841 41.48% 4,342 37.20% 2,445 20.95% 43 0.37% 499 4.28% 11,671
Kings 7,511 56.65% 817 6.16% 4,881 36.81% 50 0.38% 2,630[d] 19.84% 13,259
Lewis 1,223 37.25% 1,258 38.32% 789 24.03% 13 0.40% -35 -1.07% 3,283
Livingston 3,730 55.14% 2,100 31.04% 889 13.14% 46 0.68% 1,630 24.09% 6,765
Madison 2,898 39.05% 2,739 36.91% 1,565 21.09% 219 2.95% 159 2.14% 7,421
Monroe 6,539 51.49% 4,671 36.78% 1,443 11.36% 47 0.37% 1,868 14.71% 12,700
Montgomery 2,924 50.15% 1,602 27.48% 1,285 22.04% 19 0.33% 1,322 22.68% 5,830
New York 29,070 54.53% 5,106 9.58% 18,975 35.59% 159 0.30% 10,095[d] 18.94% 53,310
Niagara 2,828 45.28% 2,080 33.31% 1,313 21.02% 24 0.38% 748 11.98% 6,245
Oneida 6,032 41.50% 4,816 33.13% 3,585 24.66% 103 0.71% 1,216 8.37% 14,536
Onondaga 5,442 43.01% 4,942 39.06% 2,229 17.62% 39 0.31% 500 3.95% 12,652
Ontario 3,848 49.15% 2,627 33.55% 1,272 16.25% 82 1.05% 1,221 15.60% 7,829
Orange 4,172 47.54% 1,434 16.34% 3,170 36.12% 0 0.00% 1,002[d] 11.42% 8,776
Orleans 2,402 47.16% 1,722 33.81% 918 18.02% 51 1.00% 680 13.35% 5,093
Oswego 3,655 39.88% 4,254 46.42% 1,134 12.37% 122 1.33% -599 -6.54% 9,165
Otsego 3,929 41.00% 1,941 20.26% 3,674 38.34% 38 0.40% 255 2.66% 9,582
Putnam 816 36.66% 415 18.64% 995 44.70% 0 0.00% -179[f] -8.04% 2,226
Queens 2,444 53.67% 800 17.57% 1,310 28.77% 0 0.00% 1,134[d] 24.90% 4,554
Rensselaer 6,241 52.53% 2,930 24.66% 2,685 22.60% 25 0.21% 3,311 27.87% 11,881
Richmond 1,099 52.79% 123 5.91% 860 41.31% 0 0.00% 239[d] 11.48% 2,082
Rockland 918 40.93% 255 11.37% 1,064 47.44% 6 0.27% -146[f] -6.51% 2,243
Saratoga 4,438 52.71% 1,405 16.69% 2,515 29.87% 61 0.72% 1,923[d] 22.84% 8,419
Schenectady 1,716 53.03% 444 13.72% 1,070 33.07% 6 0.19% 646[d] 19.96% 3,236
Schoharie 2,724 44.85% 654 10.77% 2,671 43.97% 25 0.41% 53[d] 0.87% 6,074
Seneca 1,767 37.88% 1,523 32.65% 1,360 29.15% 15 0.32% 244 5.23% 4,665
St. Lawrence 3,667 35.58% 6,023 58.45% 614 5.96% 1 0.01% -2,356 -22.86% 10,305
Steuben 4,357 43.75% 3,623 36.38% 1,975 19.83% 4 0.04% 734 7.37% 9,959
Suffolk 2,180 46.92% 1,400 30.13% 1,051 22.62% 15 0.32% 780 16.79% 4,646
Sullivan 1,672 46.83% 534 14.96% 1,363 38.18% 1 0.03% 309[d] 8.66% 3,570
Tioga 1,782 41.75% 789 18.49% 1,683 39.43% 14 0.33% 99[d] 2.32% 4,268
Tompkins 3,003 43.32% 2,648 38.20% 1,270 18.32% 11 0.16% 355 5.12% 6,932
Ulster 4,659 52.32% 2,277 25.57% 1,969 22.11% 0 0.00% 2,382 26.75% 8,905
Warren 1,270 42.95% 618 20.90% 1,019 34.46% 50 1.69% 251[d] 8.49% 2,957
Washington 4,486 57.75% 2,024 26.06% 1,225 15.77% 33 0.42% 2,462 31.69% 7,768
Wayne 3,567 44.03% 3,690 45.54% 797 9.84% 48 0.59% -123 -1.52% 8,102
Westchester 4,112 54.21% 1,312 17.30% 2,146 28.29% 15 0.20% 1,966[d] 25.92% 7,585
Wyoming 2,381 44.30% 1,630 30.33% 1,337 24.87% 27 0.50% 751 13.97% 5,375
Yates 1,651 41.13% 1,483 36.95% 862 21.47% 18 0.45% 168 4.19% 4,014
Total 218,603 47.94% 120,510 26.43% 114,320 25.07% 2,545 0.56% 98,093 21.51% 455,978

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Whig

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Free Soil

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The other three elections in which New York County has voted against the Democratic candidate are 1896, 1920, and 1924.
  2. ^ Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket.
  3. ^ Taylor over Van Buren unless otherwise noted
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Taylor's margin over Cass
  5. ^ Includes Hamilton County
  6. ^ a b Cass's margin over Taylor

References

  1. ^ Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press.
  2. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  3. ^ Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 441 ISBN 0313257957
  4. ^ "1848 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Official Canvass of the Electoral Vote of the State of New York -- 1848". New-York Daily Tribune. December 25, 1848. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Official Canvass of the Electoral Vote of the State of New York -- 1848". The Northern Journal. Lowville. December 26, 1848. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  7. ^ a b The Whig Almanac and United States Register for 1849. New York: Greeley & McElrath. 1849. p. 54. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
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