1844 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1844 United States presidential election in Indiana
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Nominee James K. Polk Henry Clay
Party Democratic Whig
Home state Tennessee Kentucky
Running mate George M. Dallas [a] Theodore Frelinghuysen
Electoral vote120
Popular vote70,18367,866
Percentage50.1%48.4%
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County Results
President before election

John Tyler
Independent

Elected President

James K. Polk
Democratic

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 4, 1844 as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. [2] The Democratic ticket of the former governor of Tennessee James K. Polk and the former U.S. minister to Russia George M. Dallas defeated the Whig ticket of the former U.S. senator from Kentucky Henry Clay and the chancellor of New York University Theodore Frelinghuysen. [3] Polk defeated Clay in the national election with 170 electoral votes. [4]

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General election

Summary

Indiana chose 12 electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College rather than for president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party. [5] This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result.

1844 United States presidential election in Indiana [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic James K. Polk
George M. Dallas [a] 		70,183 50.07 Increase2.svg 5.11
Whig Henry Clay
Theodore Frelinghuysen 		67,86648.42Decrease2.svg 6.59
Liberty James G. Birney
Thomas Earle 		2,1071.50Increase2.svg 1.47
Total votes140,156 100.00

Results

1844 United States presidential election in Indiana [3]
PartyCandidateVotes
Democratic John M. Johnston70,183
Democratic Paris C. Dunning 70,182
Democratic Samuel E. Perkins 70,182
Democratic James G. Read70,182
Democratic William W. Wick 70,181
Democratic Graham N. Fitch 70,179
Democratic Elijah Newland70,179
Democratic Austin M. Puett70,179
Democratic William A. Bowles 70,178
Democratic Charles W. Cathcart 70,172
Democratic Henry W. Ellsworth 70,170
Democratic John Gilbert70,151
Whig John A. Brackenridge67,866
Whig Henry S. Lane 67,864
Whig John A. Matson67,865
Whig Samuel W. Parker 67,865
Whig Richard W. Thompson 67,864
Whig George Grundy Dunn 67,863
Whig Albert L. Holmes67,863
Whig Hugh O'Neal67,863
Whig Joseph G. Marshall67,861
Whig Horace P. Biddle 67,860
Whig James Collins Jr.67,854
Whig Lewis G. Thompson67,749
Liberty Ziba Casterline2,107
Liberty Matthew R. Hull2,107
Liberty Benjamin S. Noble2,106
Liberty Stephen Stevens 2,106
Liberty Eli J. Sumner2,106
Liberty Roger Ide2,102
Liberty Daniel Worth2,100
Liberty Elizur Deming2,096
Liberty Stephen S. Harding 2,096
Liberty William Benbow2,089
Liberty John K. Lovejoy1,780
Liberty John J. Deming1,078
Liberty E. Davis731
Unpledged William Paul8
Unpledged Thomas Gail6
Unpledged Lucian P. Ferry5
Unpledged Tilghman Howard 2
Unpledged Thomas Beckford1
Unpledged William Berford1
Unpledged John Boggs1
Unpledged Lewis Falley1
Unpledged William Hughes1
Total
≈140,156

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Replacing Silas Wright. [1]
  1. ↑ Wilentz 2005, p. 570.
  2. ↑ Presidential Elections, 1844. [Boston]. 1844.
  3. 1 2 3 Riker & Thornbrough 1960, pp. 38–52.
  4. ↑ "1844 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved October 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ Lampi n.d.; Ratcliffe 2014, p. 57.

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