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.
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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
edit| 1844 United States presidential election in New York[3] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
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| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
- ^ Presidential Elections, 1844. [Boston]. 1844.
- ^ "1844 Presidential General Election Results - New York". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
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