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| January 24, 1848 | Discovery of gold at Sutters Mill in California | California |
| Compromise of 1850 | ||
| February 2, 1848 | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, ending the Mexican-American War | |
| Mexican American War | ||
| May 22, 1848 May 25, 1848 |
In a convention in Baltimore, Maryland, Democrats nominate Lewis Cass for President and William Butler for Vice President | Maryland |
| Election of 1848 | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| May 29, 1848 | Wisconsin enters the United States a free state and evens the slave-free balance in the Senate at 15-15 | Wisconsin |
| June 7, 1848 June 9, 1848 |
Whigs meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nominees included Zachary Taylor, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and Winfield Scott. Taylor wins the nomination on the fourth ballot | Pennsylvania |
| Daniel Webster | ||
| Henry Clay | ||
| Winfield Scott | ||
| Zachary Taylor | ||
| Election of 1848 | ||
| June 21, 1848 | The Ohio Mass Free Territory Convention dissolves the Liberty Party and agrees to join a Freesoil Convention in Buffalo. | Ohio |
| Election of 1848 | ||
| June 22, 1848 | The "Independent Democratic Convention" is held in Utica, New York, and consists mostly of Barnburners. They nominate Martin Van Buren as candidate for President | New York |
| Election of 1848 | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| August 9, 1848 August 10, 1848 |
The Free-Soil party is formed by dissatisfied Democrats and former Liberty Party members at a convention in Buffalo, N. Y. with delegates from all free states and Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. They nominate Martin Van Buren for President and Charles Francis Adams for Vice-President. | |
| Free-Soil Party | ||
| Charles Sumner | ||
| Election of 1848 | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Salmon P. Chase | ||
| November 7, 1848 | Zachary Taylor (Whig) defeats Lewis Cass (Democrat) and Martin Van Buren (Freesoil) in the Presidential Election of 1848 | |
| Zachary Taylor | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Election of 1848 | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| December 11, 1848 | Stephen Douglas introduces a bill in the Senate calling for the formation of the Mexican cessions into a single state. | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| December 13, 1848 | A bill introduced in the House calls for the admission of California and New Mexico as free states. | California |
| December 21, 1848 | Representative Daniel Gott, a New York Whig, offers a resolution condemning the slave trade in Washington D. C. The resolution passes 98-88. | |
| Washington D. C. |
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