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The United States presidential election of 1848 was the 16th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday November 7 1848. It was won by Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party who ran against former President Martin Van Buren of the Free Soil Party and Lewis Cass of the Democratic Party. Incumbent President James K. Polk having achieved all of his major objectives in one term and suffering from declining health kept his promise not to seek re-election.

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