| 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 |
| Image1: | Edward Carrington Cabell.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Edward Carrington Cabell |
| Party1: | Whig Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,382 |
| Percentage1: | 53.52% |
| Nominee2: | William Pope Duval |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,805 |
| Percentage2: | 46.48% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| 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 |
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.[1]
The winning candidate would serve a two-year term in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1849, to March 4, 1851.
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.[2]
| County[3] | Edward Carrington Cabell Whig | William Pope Duval Democratic | Total votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | |||||
| 47.0% | 149 | 53.0% | 168 | 317 | ||
| Benton | 43.44% | 53 | 56.56% | 69 | 122 | |
| 51.64% | 63 | 48.36% | 59 | 122 | ||
| 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 | |
| Totals | 53.52% | 4,382 | 46.48% | 3,805 | 8,187 | |