1848 United States presidential election
Results

1848 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote(a)	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Zachary Taylor	Whig	Louisiana	1,361,393	47.28%	163	Millard Fillmore	New York	163

Lewis Cass	Democratic	Michigan	1,223,460	42.49%	127	William Orlando Butler	Kentucky	127

Martin Van Buren	Free Soil	New York	291,501	10.12%	0	Charles Francis Adams, Sr.	Massachusetts	0

Gerrit Smith	Liberty	New York	2,545	0.09%	0	Charles C. Foote	Michigan	0

Other	285	0.01%	—	Other	—

Total	2,879,184	100%	290	290

Needed to win	146	146

Sentence(s)

Taylor won the electoral by capturing 163 of the 290 electoral votes.

final_sentence: Taylor won the electoral by capturing 163 of the 290 electoral votes.