1848 United States presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1848_United_States_presidential_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 7, 1848
gptkbp:electoralVotesForThirdPlace 0
gptkbp:firstElectionWithAllStatesVotingOnSameDay true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1848 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:James_K._Polk
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Lewis_Cass
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1852_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableFor First Whig president elected who was not previously president
First election in which all states voted on the same day
Martin Van Buren was a former president running as a third-party candidate
gptkbp:popularVoteForThirdPlace 291,501
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1844_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Lewis_Cass
127
1,223,460
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Free_Soil_Party
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkbp:voterTurnout 72.7%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 163
1,361,393
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lewis_Cass
gptkb:William_O._Butler
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5