1848 United States presidential election in Indiana
1848 United States presidential election in Indiana
A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1848, as part of the national contest. The Democratic ticket of Lewis Cass and William O. Butler won Indiana’s 12 electoral votes, with 74,692 votes (48.8%). The Whig ticket of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore received 70,165 votes (45.9%), and the Free Soil ticket of Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams Sr. earned 8,100 votes (5.3%). Voter turnout was 78.5%, about 6.2 percentage points higher than in the previous election. Indiana elected its 12 electors on a statewide ticket, but voters cast ballots for individual electors, which could lead to small differences in the elector totals pledged to each candidate.
Nationwide, Zachary Taylor won the presidency.
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