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1844 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1840 1848 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1848 November 14, 1844 x200px Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 11 43,232 52.39% James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallas 0 39,287 47.60% 1844 United States presidential election in North Carolina results map by county.svg 400px County results
Clay
#FED463 50–60%
#FE9929 60–70%
#EC7014 70–80%
#CC4C02 80–90%
#8C2D04 90–100%
Polk
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
#0645B4 80–90%
#002B84 90–100%
Tie
#AE8BB1 50%
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#808080 President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) VT SC
A presidential election was held in North Carolina on November 14, 1844 as part of the 1844 United States presidential election.Presidential Elections, 1844 1844 [Boston] https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.10637320 Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
North Carolina voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, over Democratic candidate James K. Polk. Clay won North Carolina by a margin of 4.63%.
With 52.39% of the popular vote, North Carolina would be Henry Clay's fourth-strongest state after Rhode Island, Vermont and Kentucky.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1844&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1844 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 This was also the last presidential election until 1992 when a Democrat would win without carrying the state of North Carolina.
Results
1844 United States presidential election in North Carolina1844 Presidential General Election Results - North Carolina http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1844&fips=37&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Whig Party (United States)
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Theodore Frelinghuysen
New York
43,232
52.39%
11
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
James K. Polk
Tennessee
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
39,287
47.60%
0
0.00%
N/A
Others
Others
2
0.01%
0
0.00%
82,521
100.00%
11
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in North Carolina
References
North Carolina
1844
Category:1844 North Carolina elections