See main article: 1848 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1848 United States presidential election in Indiana |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1844 United States presidential election in Indiana |
Previous Year: | 1844 |
Next Election: | 1852 United States presidential election in Indiana |
Next Year: | 1852 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1848 |
Image1: | Lewis Cass circa 1855.jpg |
Nominee1: | Lewis Cass |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Michigan |
Running Mate1: | William O. Butler |
Electoral Vote1: | 12 |
Popular Vote1: | 74,745 |
Percentage1: | 48.93% |
Nominee2: | Zachary Taylor |
Party2: | Whig Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Louisiana |
Running Mate2: | Millard Fillmore |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 69,907 |
Percentage2: | 45.77% |
Image3: | Portrait of Martin Van Buren (cropped).jpg |
Nominee3: | Martin Van Buren |
Party3: | Free Soil Party |
Home State3: | New York |
Running Mate3: | Charles F. Adams |
Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 8,100 |
Percentage3: | 5.30% |
Map Size: | 300px |
President | |
Before Election: | James K. Polk |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Before Color: | FF3333 |
After Election: | Zachary Taylor |
After Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
After Color: | FF3333 |
The 1848 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Indiana voted for the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, over Whig candidate Zachary Taylor and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren. Cass won Indiana by a narrow margin of 3.16%.
This is one of just two times (the other being the extremely disputed and very narrow election of 1876) that a losing Democratic candidate carried Indiana, and the only time that a Democrat who lost the national popular vote carried the state.