1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee
November 5, 1844
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The 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 1844 as part of the 1844 United States presidential election.[1] Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Despite being Polk's home state and despite Polk previously serving as the state's governor, Tennessee voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay. Clay won Tennessee by a very narrow margin of 123 votes (0.10%), making it the closest state in the election.[2] James K. Polk is the first of 4 presidents to lose their state of residence during a successful presidential bid. The others are Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Richard Nixon in 1968, and Donald Trump in 2016, and Polk is the only one of the four to do so without ever winning either their state of birth or residence in any presidential election.
This election marked the third time consecutively that Polk had lost a statewide election in Tennessee. The previous two were in the 1841 and 1843 gubernatorial elections.[3][4]
Conventions
Both James K. Polk and Henry Clay won their respective party conventions.
Results
| 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee[5] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Whig | Henry Clay of Kentucky | Theodore Frelinghuysen of New York | 60,040 | 50.05% | 13 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | James K. Polk of Tennessee | George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania | 59,917 | 49.95% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 119,957 | 100.00% | 13 | 100.00% | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Presidential Elections, 1844. [Boston]. 1844.
- ^ Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 247–257.
- ^ Leonard, p. 32
- ^ Bergeron, pp. 18–19
- ^ "1844 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.