1848 United States presidential election in Indiana|
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| Turnout | 78.5% 6.2 pp |
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County Results
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Cass
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
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Taylor
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the senior U.S. senator from Michigan Lewis Cass and the former U.S. representative from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district William O. Butler defeated the Whig ticket of major general Zachary Taylor and the New York state comptroller Millard Fillmore. The Free Soil ticket of the former president Martin Van Buren and the Massachusetts senator Charles Francis Adams Sr. finished a distant third. Taylor defeated Cass in the national election with 163 electoral votes.