Election in Tennessee
1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee | ← 1840 | November 1 - December 4, 1844 | 1848 → |
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| |  |  | | Nominee | Henry Clay | James K. Polk | | | Party | Whig | Democratic | | Home state | Kentucky | Tennessee | | Running mate | Theodore Frelinghuysen | George M. Dallas | | Electoral vote | 13 | 0 | | Popular vote | 60,040 | 59,917 | | Percentage | 50.05% | 49.95% | |
President before election
John Tyler
Independent | Elected President
James K. Polk
Democratic | |
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The 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place between November 1 and December 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Despite being Polk's home state and the state he once served as the governor of, Tennessee voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, over Democratic candidate James K. Polk. Clay won Tennessee by a very narrow margin of 123 votes (0.10%). James K. Polk is one of 4 presidents to lose his residential state in a successful presidential bid. The others are Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Richard Nixon in 1968, and Donald Trump in 2016.
Results
References
- ^ "1844 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
