Who won Arkansas in the 1848 presidential election?

Cass (Democratic) carried Arkansas in 1848, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 1848?

Arkansas cast 3 electoral votes in the 1848 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 1848?

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

Second Party SystemAR · 3 EV

1848

Arkansas: Cass carries 3 EV.

Arkansas cast its 3 electoral votes for Cass (Democratic). National winner: Zachary Taylor (Whig) — Arkansas voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Arkansas, 1848

In 1848, Arkansas awarded its 3 electoral votes to Cass of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Zachary Taylor (Whig) won the presidency, leaving Arkansas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Arkansas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1836. The region divided — Missouri, Mississippi, and Texas joined Arkansas for the Democratic ticket, while Tennessee and Louisiana did not. Across the 47 presidential elections Arkansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 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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