1844 United States presidential election in New York

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1844 United States presidential election in New York

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Turnout	92.1% [1] 0.2 pp
Nominee James K. Polk Henry Clay Party Democratic Whig Home state Tennessee Kentucky Running mate George M. Dallas Theodore Frelinghuysen Electoral vote 36 0 Popular vote 237,588 232,482 Percentage 48.90% 47.85%
County Results Polk   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Clay   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%
President before election John Tyler Independent Elected President James K. Polk Democratic

A presidential election was held in New York on November 5, 1844 as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. ^[2] Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

New York voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay. Polk won New York by a narrow margin of 1.05%. New York was decisive; if Clay had won the state, he would have received 141 electoral votes, more than the 138 needed to win at the time. Fulton and Cayuga would not vote Democratic again until 1964.

Results

1844 United States presidential election in New York [3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	James K. Polk of Tennessee	George Dallas of Pennsylvania	237,588	48.90%	36	100.00%
	Whig	Henry Clay of Kentucky	Theodore Frelinghuysen of New York	232,482	47.85%	0	0.00%
	Liberty	James G. Birney of Michigan	Thomas Morris of Ohio	15,812	3.25%	0	0.00%
Total				485,882	100.00%	36	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York

References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. Presidential Elections, 1844. [Boston]. 1844.
3. "1844 Presidential General Election Results - New York". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.