United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1848

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The 1848 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Louisiana voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won Louisiana by a margin of 9.18%.

Results

United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1848^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Whig	Zachary Taylor of Louisiana	Millard Fillmore of New York	18,487	54.59%	6	100.00%
	Democratic	Lewis Cass of Michigan	William O. Butler of Kentucky	15,379	45.41%	0	0.00%
Total				33,866	100.00%	6	100.00%

↑ "1848 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
↑ "1848 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved 27 December 2013.

State Results of the 1848 U.S. presidential election

Candidates	Zachary Taylor Lewis Cass Martin Van Buren

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