1844 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1844 United States presidential election in New York New York 1778 presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in New York 1840 1848 United States presidential election in New York 1848 92.1%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 0.2 pp November 5, 1844 x200px James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallas 36 237,588 48.90% Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 0 232,482 47.85% File:1844 United States presidential election in New York results map by county.svg County results Polk #b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60%#4389e3 60–70% Clay #ffeab1 40–50%#fed463 50–60% #fec13c 60–70% President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) NJ TN 1844 United States presidential election A presidential election was held in New York on November 5, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election.Presidential Elections, 1844 1844 [Boston] https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.10637320 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 narrow margin of 1.05%, making the state the second-closest in the country. New York was decisive; if Clay had won the state, he would have won the election with 141 electoral votes. Fulton and Cayuga would not vote Democratic again until 1964. Critically, James Birney's vote total of 15,814 votes was more than the 5,106 vote difference between Polk and Clay. Results 1844 United States presidential election in New YorkOfficial Canvass of the Electoral Vote of the State of New York -- 1844 https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=evpo18441223-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- 1 December 2025 The Evening Post 23 December 1844 New YorkThe Whig Almanac and United States Register for 1845 1845 Greeley & McElrath New York 54 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065248414&seq=200 1 December 2025Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket. Democratic Party (United States) James K. Polk Tennessee George Dallas Pennsylvania 237,588 48.90% 36 100.00% Whig Party (United States) Henry Clay Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen New York 232,482 47.85% 0 0.00% Liberty Party (United States, 1840) James G. Birney Michigan Thomas Morris Ohio 15,814 3.25% 0 0.00% 485,884 100.00% 36 100.00% Results by county County James K. PolkDemocratic Henry ClayWhig James G. BirneyLiberty Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Albany6,91648.88%7,10950.24%1240.88%-193-1.36%14,149Allegany3,64045.56%3,91348.98%4365.46%-273-3.42%7,989Broome2,50847.55%2,66150.45%1062.01%-153-2.90%5,275Cattaraugus2,63444.92%2,74346.78%4878.30%-109-1.86%5,864Cayuga5,20249.61%4,90846.81%3763.59%2942.80%10,486Chautauqua3,40736.50%5,61260.13%3143.36%-2,205-23.63%9,333Chemung2,59257.74%1,79139.90%1062.36%80117.84%4,489Chenango4,49550.21%4,21547.08%2432.71%2803.13%8,953Clinton2,21848.78%1,91942.20%4109.02%2996.58%4,547Columbia4,69151.98%4,32247.89%110.12%3694.09%9,024Cortland2,35844.68%2,37845.05%54210.27%-20-0.38%5,278Delaware4,23056.35%3,07140.91%2052.73%1,15915.44%7,506Dutchess5,62749.23%5,76750.45%370.32%-1401.22%11,431Erie5,05040.82%6,90555.82%4153.35%-1,855-15.00%12,370Essex1,99842.04%2,61254.95%1433.01%-614-12.92%4,753Franklin1,50148.14%1,52448.88%932.98%-23-0.74%3,118FultonIncludes Hamilton County2,19249.83%2,10747.90%1002.27%851.93%4,399Genesee2,10535.04%3,60560.00%2984.96%-1,499-24.95%6,007Greene3,48853.78%2,96845.76%300.46%5208.02%6,486Herkimer4,34655.56%2,86836.67%6087.77%1,47818.90%7,822Jefferson6,29150.01%5,57644.33%7125.66%7155.68%12,579Kings4,64847.27%5,10751.94%770.78%-459-4.67%9,832Lewis2,07353.61%1,64042.41%1543.98%43311.20%3,867Livingston2,70940.48%3,77356.38%2103.14%-1,064-15.90%6,692Madison3,84843.52%3,68341.65%1,31114.83%1651.87%8,842Monroe5,61143.45%6,87353.22%4303.33%-1,262-9.77%12,914Montgomery3,27852.77%2,84945.86%851.37%4296.91%6,212New York28,29651.64%26,38548.15%1170.21%1,9113.49%54,798Niagara2,58943.16%3,10051.68%3095.15%-511-8.52%5,998Oneida7,71748.71%6,98344.07%1,1447.22%7344.63%15,844Onondaga6,87848.76%6,49546.04%7335.20%3832.72%14,106Ontario3,65942.24%4,56852.74%4355.02%-909-10.49%8,662Orange5,30353.21%4,62646.42%370.37%6776.79%9,966Orleans2,31144.55%2,60050.13%2765.32%-289-5.57%5,187Oswego4,38248.67%3,77141.88%8519.45%6116.79%9,004Otsego6,05053.99%4,74342.33%4133.69%1,30711.66%11,206Putnam1,73163.87%97936.13%00.00%75227.75%2,710Queens2,75151.93%2,54748.07%00.00%2043.85%5,298Rensselaer5,61846.20%6,36152.31%1811.49%-743-6.11%12,160Richmond1,06350.31%1,04949.65%10.05%140.66%2,113Rockland1,67967.87%79432.09%10.04%88535.77%2,474Saratoga4,20047.36%4,55051.30%1191.34%-350-3.95%8,869Schenectady1,67947.64%1,81451.48%310.88%-135-3.83%3,524Schoharie3,52353.22%2,98645.11%1111.68%5378.11%6,620Seneca2,56951.18%2,32746.35%1242.47%2424.82%5,020St. Lawrence6,00853.89%4,67241.91%4684.20%1,33611.98%11,148Steuben5,51254.36%4,38543.24%2432.40%1,12711.11%10,140Suffolk3,37557.44%2,48742.32%140.24%88815.11%5,876Sullivan1,96452.61%1,73946.58%300.80%2256.03%3,733Tioga2,54854.95%1,99943.11%901.94%54911.84%4,637Tompkins4,01349.05%38,4546.99%3243.96%1682.05%8,182Ulster4,78349.83%4,80450.05%120.13%-21-0.22%9,599Warren1,79155.29%1,33041.06%1183.64%46114.23%3,239Washington3,27037.88%5,02458.20%3383.92%-1,754-20.32%8,632Wayne4,04647.26%3,95346.17%5636.58%931.09%8,562Westchester4,41250.78%4,25849.00%190.22%1541.77%8,689Wyoming2,10239.68%2,75451.98%4428.34%-652-12.31%5,298Yates2,11048.25%2,05647.02%2074.73%541.23%4,373Total237,58848.90%232,48247.85%15,8143.25%5,1061.05%485,884 Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic 20em Cayuga Chenango Clinton Fulton Jefferson Madison Oswego Richmond St. Lawrence Tompkins Wayne Counties that flipped from Democratic to Whig Dutchess See also United States presidential elections in New York Notes References New York 1844 Category:1844 New York (state) elections Category:Long stubs with short prose