The 1844 United States presidential election in New York took place between November 1 and December 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. 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 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.
Results[]
1844 United States presidential election in New York[2]
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[]
^Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.