Who won the 1848presidential election

Zachary Taylor

Explanation:

On November 7th, 1848, Zachary Taylor won the election for the Whig Party. He defeated the Democratic candidate Lewis Cass and the Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren.

Taylor won the electoral college 163 to 127 to 0. He also won the popular vote with about 100,000 more votes than Cass, and roughly 1 million more than van Buren.

Answer: Zachary Taylor

Explanation:

He won with 163 votes against Lewis Cass (127 votes) and Martin Van Buren (0 votes.) The 1848 United States presidential election was the 16th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1848. In the aftermath of the Mexican-American War, General Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party defeated Senator Lewis Cass of the Democratic Party. 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.