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evidence: The United States presidential election of 1848 was the 16th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 7 , 1848 .. presidential election. United States presidential election. It was won by Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party , who ran against Lewis Cass of the Democratic Party and former President Martin Van Buren of the newly formed Free Soil Party .. Zachary Taylor. Zachary Taylor. Lewis Cass. Lewis Cass. Martin Van Buren. Martin Van Buren. Whig Party. Whig Party ( United States ). Democratic Party. Democratic Party ( United States ). Free Soil Party. Free Soil Party. Incumbent President James K. Polk , having achieved all of his major objectives in one term and suffering from declining health , kept his promise not to seek re-election .. James K. Polk. James K. Polk. The contest was the first presidential election that took place on the same day in every state , and it was the first time that Election Day was statutorily a Tuesday .. presidential election. United States presidential election. The Whigs in 1846 -- 47 had focused all their energies on condemning Polk 's war policies .. They had to reverse course quickly .. In February 1848 Polk surprised everyone with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-American War and gave the United States vast new territories -LRB- including what are now the states of California , Nevada , Utah , and parts of Wyoming , Colorado , Arizona , and New Mexico -RRB- .. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexican-American War. Mexican-American War. The Whigs in the Senate voted 2-1 to approve the treaty .. Then , in the summer , the Whigs nominated the hero of the war , Zachary Taylor .. Zachary Taylor. Zachary Taylor. While he did promise no more future wars , he did not condemn the Mexican-American War or criticize Polk , and the Whigs had to follow his lead .. Mexican-American War. Mexican-American War. They shifted their attention to the new issue of whether slavery could be banned from the new territories .. The choice of Zachary Taylor was made almost out of desperation ; he was not clearly committed to Whig principles , but he was popular for leading the war effort .. Zachary Taylor. Zachary Taylor. The Democrats had a record of victory , prosperity , and the acquisition of both Oregon and the Southwest .. It appeared almost certain that they would win unless the Whigs picked Taylor .. His victory made him one of only two Whigs to be elected president before the party ceased to exist in the 1850s ; the other was William Henry Harrison , who had also been a general and war hero , but died a month after assuming office .. William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison