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Election in Maine
1848 United States presidential election in Maine|
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The 1848 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the
1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
President and
Vice President.
Maine voted for the
Democratic candidate,
Lewis Cass, over
Whig candidate
Zachary Taylor and
Free Soil candidate
Martin Van Buren. Cass won Maine by a margin of 5.62% over Taylor. This was the last time until
1968 that Maine would back a losing Democrat in a presidential election.
Results
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