Who won Alabama in the 1848 presidential election?

Cass (Democratic) carried Alabama in 1848, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 1848?

Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in the 1848 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 1848?

No. Alabama backed Cass, while Zachary Taylor won the presidency nationally.

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1848

Alabama: Cass carries 9 EV.

Alabama cast its 9 electoral votes for Cass (Democratic). National winner: Zachary Taylor (Whig) — Alabama voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Alabama, 1848

In 1848, Alabama awarded its 9 electoral votes to Cass of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Zachary Taylor (Whig) won the presidency, leaving Alabama among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Alabama backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1828. The region divided — Mississippi and Florida joined Alabama for the Democratic ticket, while Tennessee and Georgia did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, Zachary Taylor took 163 of the 290 electoral votes, against Lewis Cass's 127. Zachary Taylor led the national popular vote with 47.28% of the ballots cast.

The 1848 national map

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