1844

Party			Nominees		Electoral Vote		Popular Vote
			Presidential	Vice Presidential
	Democratic		James K. Polk	George M. Dallas	170	61.8%	1,339,494	49.5%
	Whig		Henry Clay	Theodore Frelinghuysen	105	38.2%	1,300,004	48.1%
STATE	TOTAL VOTES	Democratic			Whig
		JAMES K. POLK			HENRY CLAY
		Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	EV
Alabama	63,403	37,401	59.0	9	26,002	41.0
Arkansas	15,150	9,546	63.0	3	5,604	37.0
Connecticut	64,616	29,841	46.2		32,832	50.8	6
Delaware	12,247	5,970	48.7		6,271	51.2	3
Georgia	86,247	44,147	51.2	10	42,100	48.8
Illinois	109,057	58,795	53.9	9	45,854	42.0
Indiana	140,157	70,183	50.1	12	67,866	48.4
Kentucky	113,237	51,988	45.9		61,249	54.1	12
Louisiana	26,865	13,782	51.3	6	13,083	48.7
Maine	84,933	45,719	53.8	9	34,378	40.5
Maryland	68,690	32,706	47.6		35,984	52.4	8
Massachusetts	132,037	53,039	40.2		67,062	50.8	12
Michigan	55,560	27,737	49.9	5	24,185	43.5
Mississippi	45,004	25,846	57.4	6	19,158	42.6
Missouri	72,522	41,322	57.0	7	31,200	43.0
New Hampshire	49,187	27,160	55.2	6	17,866	36.3
New Jersey	75,944	37,495	49.4		38,318	50.5	7
New York	485,882	237,588	48.9	36	232,482	47.8
North Carolina	82,521	39,287	47.6		43,232	52.4	11
Ohio	312,300	149,127	47.8		155,091	49.7	23
Pennsylvania	331,645	167,311	50.4	26	161,195	48.6
Rhode Island	12,194	4,867	39.9		7,322	60.0	4
South Carolina	9 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to James K. Polk
Tennessee	119,957	59,917	49.9		60,040	50.1	13
Vermont	48,765	18,041	37.0		26,770	54.9	6
Virginia	95,539	50,679	53.0	17	44,860	47.0
Totals	2,703,659	1,339,494	49.5	170	1,300,004	48.1	105