1848 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

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The 1848 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. It was the first presidential election held in Wisconsin since its admission to the Union on May 29, earlier the same year. Democratic candidate Lewis Cass won the state with 38% of the vote, carrying the state's 4 electoral votes.

With 26.41% of the popular vote, Wisconsin would prove to be Van Buren's third strongest state after Vermont and Massachusetts.^[1]

The 1848 election began a trend in Wisconsin where the state would vote the same as neighboring Iowa, as the two states have voted in lockstep with each other on all but 6 occasions - 1892, 1924, 1940, 1976, 2004, and 2020. This was the last time until 1988 that Wisconsin would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election.

Participating in its first presidential election, Portage County would ultimately be carried by the statewide winner in every election until 1916. Meanwhile, Winnebago County would not vote for the statewide loser again until 1924.

Results

+ General Election Results[2]	Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Democratic Party	Lewis Cass	Francis Huebschman	14,924
	Democratic Party	Lewis Cass	William Dinwiddie	14,910
	Democratic Party	Lewis Cass	David F. Maples	14,886
	Democratic Party	Lewis Cass	Samuel P. Nichols	14,767
	Whig Party	Zachary Taylor	James Maxwell	13,642
	Whig Party	Zachary Taylor	Rufus King	13,642
	Whig Party	Zachary Taylor	Jacob J. Enos	13,634
	Whig Party	Zachary Taylor	Harrison Reed	13,632
	Free Soil Party	Martin Van Buren	David Giddings	10,261
	Free Soil Party	Martin Van Buren	James D. Reymert	10,257
	Free Soil Party	Martin Van Buren	Erastus B. Wolcott	10,257
	Free Soil Party	Martin Van Buren	Edward A. Tappan	10,254
	Write-in		Scattering	32
Votes cast				38,859

Results by county

County	Lewis Cass Democratic		Zachary Taylor Whig		Martin Van Buren Free Soil		Scattering Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Brown		309		55.48%		248		44.52%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		61		10.95%		557
	Calumet		79		51.30%		65		42.21%		10		6.49%		0		0.00%		14		9.09%		154
	Columbia		145		23.62%		303		49.35%		166		27.04%		0		0.00%		-137		-22.31%		614
	Crawfor		215		63.99%		109		32.44%		12		3.57%		0		0.00%		106		31.55%		336
	Dane		757		39.32%		724		37.61%		443		23.01%		1		0.05%		33		1.71%		1,925
	Dodge		797		40.64%		527		26.87%		637		32.48%		0		0.00%		160		8.16%		1,961
	Fond du Lac		483		33.87%		446		31.28%		497		34.85%		0		0.00%		-14		-0.98%		1,426
	Grant		1,148		39.03%		1,649		56.07%		144		4.90%		0		0.00%		-501		-17.04%		2,941
	Green		391		33.79%		479		41.40%		287		24.81%		0		0.00%		-88		-7.61%		1,157
	Iowa		848		45.84%		884		47.78%		118		6.38%		0		0.00%		-36		-1.95%		1,850
	Jefferson		840		39.72%		713		33.71%		562		26.57%		0		0.00%		127		6.00%		2,115
	Lafayette		1,105		53.72%		921		44.77%		31		1.51%		0		0.00%		184		8.95%		2,057
	Manitowoc		159		51.46%		76		24.60%		70		22.65%		4		1.29%		83		26.86%		309
	Marquette		174		30.96%		214		38.08%		174		30.96%		0		0.00%		-40		-7.12%		562
	Milwaukee		2,150		54.21%		1,190		30.01%		626		15.78%		0		0.00%		960		24.21%		3,966
	Portage		225		51.02%		216		48.98%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		9		2.04%		441
	Racine		644		18.50%		904		25.96%		1,930		55.43%		4		0.11%		-1,026		-29.47%		3,482
	Rock		491		15.65%		1,300		41.43%		1,338		42.64%		9		0.29%		-38		-1.21%		3,138
	Sauk[3]		158		33.91%		149		31.97%		159		34.12%		0		0.00%		-1		-0.21%		466
	Sheboygan		442		44.69%		372		37.61%		175		17.69%		0		0.00%		70		7.08%		989
	St. Croix		67		57.26%		37		31.62%		1		0.85%		12		10.26%		30		25.64%		117
	Walworth		550		19.30%		804		28.21%		1,494		52.42%		2		0.07%		-690		-24.21%		2,850
	Washington		1,720		71.70%		355		14.80%		324		13.51%		0		0.00%		1,365		56.90%		2,399
	Waukesha		963		34.75%		806		29.09%		1,002		36.16%		0		0.00%		-39		-1.41%		2,771
	Winnebago		222		29.92%		300		40.43%		220		29.65%		0		0.00%		-78		-10.51%		742
Total	14,924	38.41%	13,642	35.11%	10,261	26.41%	32	0.08%	1,282	3.30%	38,859

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1848 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
2. Wisconsin Historical Society, Abstract of votes cast at an Election held in the State of Wisconsin, on Tuesday, the seventh day of November, in the year A.D. 1848
3. Web site: Official Vote of Wisconsin. Chronicling America . Southport Telegraph. 13 August 2024 . en . 8 Dec 1848.