Who won Illinois in the 1848 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Illinois have in 1848?

Illinois cast 9 electoral votes in the 1848 presidential election.

Did Illinois vote for the national winner in 1848?

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

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1848

Illinois: Cass carries 9 EV.

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

What happened in Illinois, 1848

In 1848, Illinois 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 Illinois among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Illinois backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1828. The region divided — Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana joined Illinois for the Democratic ticket, while Kentucky did not. Across the 53 presidential elections Illinois has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (26 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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