Who won Louisiana in the 1848 presidential election?

Taylor (Whig) carried Louisiana in 1848, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1848?

Louisiana cast 6 electoral votes in the 1848 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1848?

Yes. Louisiana backed Zachary Taylor, who won the presidency that year.

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1848

Louisiana: Taylor carries 6 EV.

Louisiana cast its 6 electoral votes for Taylor (Whig). National winner: Zachary Taylor (Whig) — Louisiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Louisiana, 1848

In 1848, Louisiana awarded its 6 electoral votes to Taylor of the Whig party. Louisiana ended up on the winning side — Zachary Taylor captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Louisiana away from the Democratic it had supported in 1844. It stood apart from its neighbors: Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi went the other way that year. Across the 53 presidential elections Louisiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (29 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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