Presidential election · 1844

1844 electoral map

Name: 1844 United States presidential election
Start: 1844
Location: United States

James K. Polk (Democratic) won the 1844 presidential election with 170 electoral votes to Henry Clay's 105. Polk carried 15 of the 26 states that took part.

Winner

James K. Polk

170

Whig

Henry Clay

105

138 needed to win · official Electoral College count

DemocraticWhigNot a state yet / did not vote

1840 1848

States won in 1844

James K. Polk· Democratic

15 states

New York 36 Pennsylvania 26 Virginia 17 Indiana 12 Georgia 10 Alabama 9 Illinois 9 Maine 9 South Carolina 9 Missouri 7 Louisiana 6 Mississippi 6 New Hampshire 6 Michigan 5 Arkansas 3

Henry Clay· Whig

11 states

Ohio 23 Tennessee 13 Kentucky 12 Massachusetts 12 North Carolina 11 Maryland 8 New Jersey 7 Connecticut 6 Vermont 6 Rhode Island 4 Delaware 3

Electoral College in 1844

26 states held 275 electoral votes in 1844; a majority was 138. The largest prize was New York with 36 electoral votes.

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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1844 election article.