1848 United States presidential election

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The 1848 United States presidential election was a contest in which Whig candidate Zachary Taylor defeated Democratic nominee Lewis Cass and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren amid rising tensions over slavery and territorial expansion.

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Generate an image of the 1848 United States presidential election (The 1848 United States presidential election was a contest in which Whig candidate Zachary Taylor defeated Democratic nominee Lewis Cass and Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren amid rising tensions over slavery and territorial expansion.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
campaignSloganOfZacharyTaylor For President Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date November 7, 1848 ⓘ
electoralCollegeSize 290 ⓘ
electoralVotes 0 ⓘ
127 ⓘ
163 ⓘ
electoralVotesWonBy Lewis Cass ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
hadCandidate Lewis Cass ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
hadRunningMate Charles F. Adams ⓘ
Millard Fillmore ⓘ
William O. Butler ⓘ
incumbentPresident James K. Polk ⓘ
incumbentPresidentParty Democratic Party ⓘ
keyIssue Wilmot Proviso ⓘ
status of slavery in territories acquired from Mexico ⓘ
mainIssue slavery ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
nextElection 1852 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableThirdParty Free Soil Party ⓘ
numberOfStatesParticipating 30 ⓘ
party Democratic Party ⓘ
Democratic Party ⓘ
Free Soil Party ⓘ
Free Soil Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
popularVote 1,220,544 ⓘ
1,360,099 ⓘ
291,263 ⓘ
popularVotesWonBy Lewis Cass ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
Zachary Taylor ⓘ
popularVoteTotal 2,874,746 ⓘ
previousElection 1844 United States presidential election ⓘ
resultedInPresident Zachary Taylor ⓘ
resultedInVicePresident Millard Fillmore ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Mexican–American War aftermath ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Antebellum period ⓘ
typeOfElection presidential ⓘ
voterTurnout 72.7% ⓘ
wasFirstPresidentialElectionWithState Iowa ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
winningCandidate Zachary Taylor ⓘ
winningParty Whig Party ⓘ

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Whig Party → wonPresidentialElection → 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ
Free Soil Party → notableElection → United States presidential election of 1848 ⓘ
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Zachary Taylor → electedIn → United States presidential election, 1848 ⓘ
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Martin Van Buren → lostElection → United States presidential election, 1848 ⓘ
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1852 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ
Buffalo convention of 1848 → partOf → United States presidential election of 1848 ⓘ
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Lewis Cass → candidateInElection → United States presidential election of 1848 ⓘ
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1844 United States presidential election → followedBy → 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ
William O. Butler → candidateInElection → United States presidential election, 1848 ⓘ
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Barnburners → participatedIn → 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ