UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1844 ==================================================================== In South Carolina the legislature cast the state's votes. POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== Henry James K Clay Polk (Whig, KY) (Democrat, TN) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 26,002 41.0 - 37,401 59.0 9 ARKANSAS 5,604 37.0 - 9,546 63.0 3 CONNECTICUT 32,832 50.8 6 29,841 46.2 - DELAWARE 6,271 51.2 3 5,970 48.8 - GEORGIA 42,100 48.8 - 44,147 51.2 10 ILLINOIS 45,854 42.1 - 58,795 53.9 9 INDIANA 67,866 48.4 - 70,183 50.1 12 KENTUCKY 61,249 54.1 12 51,988 45.9 - LOUISIANA 13,083 48.7 - 13,782 51.3 6 MAINE 34,378 40.5 - 45,719 53.8 9 MARYLAND 35,984 52.4 8 32,706 47.6 - MASSACHUSETTS 67,062 50.8 12 53,039 40.2 - MICHIGAN 24,185 43.5 - 27,737 49.9 5 MISSISSIPPI 19,158 42.6 - 25,846 57.4 6 MISSOURI 31,200 43.0 - 41,322 57.0 7 NEW HAMPSHIRE 17,866 36.3 - 27,160 55.2 6 NEW JERSEY 38,318 50.5 7 37,495 49.4 - NEW YORK 232,482 47.9 - 237,588 48.9 36 NTH CAROLINA 43,232 52.4 11 39,287 47.6 - OHIO 155,091 49.7 23 149,127 47.8 - PENNSYLVANIA 161,195 48.6 - 167,311 50.5 26 RHODE ISLAND 7,322 60.1 4 4,867 39.9 - STH CAROLINA * - * 9 TENNESSEE 60,040 50.0 13 59,917 50.0 - VERMONT 26,770 54.9 6 18,041 37.0 - VIRGINIA 44,860 47.0 - 50,679 53.1 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,300,004 48.1 105 1,339,494 49.5 170 --------------------------------------------------------------------