1848 United States presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in the United States on 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. Despite his unclear political alignment and Whig opposition to the Mexican–American War in which Taylor had led American forces to victory, the 1848 Whig National Convention nominated the popular general over party stalwarts Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. For vice president, the Whigs nominated Millard Fillmore from New York, known for moderate views on slavery. Incumbent President James K. Polk, a Democrat, as he promised in his inaugural address, refused to seek re-election. The 1848 Democratic National Convention nominated Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan after former President Martin Van Buren withdrew his bid for a third and nonconsecutive nomination over a platform dispute. Van Buren, from New York, instead broke from the Democratic Party to win the nomination of the Free...

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