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1848 United States House of Representatives election in Florida

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Field	Value
election_name	1848 United States House of Representatives election in Florida
country	Florida
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1846 United States House of Representatives election in Florida
previous_year	1846
next_election	1850 United States House of Representatives election in Florida
next_year	1850
election_date	October 2, 1848
image_size	x180px
image1	Edward Carrington Cabell.jpg
nominee1	Edward Carrington Cabell
party1	Whig Party (US)
popular_vote1	4,382
percentage1	53.52%
image2	2 Duval.jpg
nominee2	William Pope Duval
party2	Democratic Party (US)
popular_vote2	3,805
percentage2	46.48%
map_image	1848 Florida US House Election County Updated.png
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results

title	Representative
before_election	Edward Carrington Cabell
before_party	Whig Party (US)
after_election	Edward Carrington Cabell
after_party	Whig Party (US)
flag_image	Flag_of_the_United_States_(1848–1851).svg

Cabell:
Duval:

The 1848 United States House of Representatives election in Florida was held on Monday, October 2, 1848, to elect the single United States Representative from the state of Florida, one from the state's single at-large congressional district, to represent Florida in the 31st Congress. The election coincided with the elections of other offices, including the presidential election, the senatorial election, the gubernatorial election, and various state and local elections.

The winning candidate would serve a two-year term in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1849, to March 4, 1851.

Candidates

Whig

Nominee

Edward Carrington Cabell, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic

Nominee

William Pope Duval, former territorial governor of Florida

Campaign

Cabell, despite being a Whig in the deeply Democratic supporting South, and despite running against a popular former governor in Duval, had the blessing of running alongside two other popular Whigs in the state of Florida: Zachary Taylor for president and Thomas Brown for governor, both of whom served as generals during the Second Seminole War and were seen as war heroes in the state. Despite winning by an extremely small margin in 1846, the coattail effect expanded Cabell's margin in this election.

General election

Results

Results by County

County		colspan="2"	Edward Carrington Cabell
Whig		colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"	William Pope Duval
Democratic		rowspan="2" colspan="1" style="text-align: center;"	Total
votes	%	#	%	#	Totals	53.52%	4,382	46.48%	3,805	8,187
Alachua	47.0%	149	53.0%	168	317
Benton	43.44%	53	56.56%	69	122
Calhoun	51.64%	63	48.36%	59	122
Columbia	50.43%	295	49.57%	290	585
Dade	50.0%	3	50.0%	3	6
Duval	54.28%	279	45.72%	235	514
Escambia	56.55%	203	43.45%	156	359
Franklin	42.02%	100	57.98%	138	238
Gadsden	57.16%	435	42.84%	326	761
Hamilton	51.04%	147	48.96%	141	288
Hillsborough	33.62%	77	66.38%	152	229
Holmes	77.71%	129	22.29%	37	166
Jackson	68.07%	405	31.93%	190	595
Jefferson	48.13%	219	51.87%	236	455
Leon	56.13%	394	43.87%	308	702
Levy	70.37%	38	29.63%	16	54
Madison	57.06%	299	42.94%	225	524
Marion	50.71%	215	49.29%	209	424
Monroe	29.79%	56	70.21%	132	188
Nassau	53.61%	89	46.39%	77	166
Orange	32.76%	19	67.24%	39	58
Santa Rosa	67.97%	174	32.03%	82	256
St. Johns	43.0%	129	57.0%	171	300
St. Lucie	15.0%	3	85.0%	17	20
Wakulla	57.21%	127	42.79%	95	222
Walton	64.08%	127	35.92%	102	284
Washington	43.10%	100	56.90%	132	232

References

"Our Campaigns - FL At Large Race - Oct 02, 1848".
(1848-07-22). "Washington City, July 6th, 1848". Pensacola Gazette.
"FL At Large - 1848".
Clisby, Joseph. (November 21, 1848). "Florida October Election". Florida Sentinel.

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