ELECTORS
William Lingan Gaither-
Montgomery County
Joseph S. Cottman-Somerset County
John M. S. Causin-Anne Arundel County
Andrew G. Ege-Carroll County
James Morrison Harris-Baltimore City
Benjamin Chambers Wickes-Kent County
John E. Dirickson-Worcester County
Jacob Philip Roman-Allegany County
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
President & Vice President
Lewis Cass (D) and William 0. Butler
Martin Van Duren (FS) and
Charles Francis Adams
GOVERNOR
Francis Thomas (D)
Secretary of State
Richard C. Holly day
MARYLAND ELECTION RETURNS
Taylor and Fillmore 37,702
Cass and Butler 34,528
Van Buren and Adams 129
Taylor and Fillmore 52.1%
Cass and Butler 47.7%
Van Buren and Adams .2 %
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Taylor and Fillmore 8 electoral
Cass and Butler
Van Buren and Adams
NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS
Taylor and Fillmore 1,360,967
Cass and Butler 1,222,342
Van Buren and Adams 291,501
Taylor and Fillmore 47.3 %
Cass and Butler 42.5%
Van Buren and Adams 10.12 %
Taylor and Fillmore 163 electoral
Cass and Butler 127
Van Buren and Adams
MI5CELLANIA
Taylor was the first President to be elected
with no previous political experience. Cho-
sen because he was a war hero, he was ill
prepared for politics and the problems re-
lated thereto. He died one year and four
months after he was inaugurated.
Millard Fillmore succeeded Taylor in 1850.
A person of limited ability, he did every-
thing he was directed to do by the leaders of
the Whig Party, yet they refused to nomi-
nate him on his own at the next election. He
accepted the nomination of the anti-Catho-
lic, anti-immigrant American Party-the
Know Nothings-and ran a poor third, car-
rying only the State of Maryland.
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