1848 United States presidential election in Indiana

1848 United States presidential election in Indiana

November 7, 1848
Turnout78.5% 6.2 pp
 
Nominee Lewis Cass Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren
Party Democratic Whig Free Soil
Home state Michigan Louisiana New York
Running mate William O. Butler Millard Fillmore Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Electoral vote 12 0 0
Popular vote 74,692 70,165 8,100
Percentage 48.8% 45.9% 5.3%

County Results

President before election

James K. Polk
Democratic

Elected President

Zachary Taylor
Whig

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.