1844 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1844 United States presidential election in Indiana United States 1837 presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in Indiana 1840 1848 United States presidential election in Indiana 1848 November 4, 1844 84.7%Madison 1986 330 0.3 pp IL KY 200x200px James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallasvp Replacing Silas Wright.Wilentz 2005 570 12 70,183 50.07% Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 0 67,866 48.42% 1844 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 300px County results Polk #B9D7FF 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Clay #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election.Presidential Elections, 1844 1844 [Boston] https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.10637320 The Democratic ticket of the former governor of Tennessee James K. Polk and the former U.S. minister to Russia George M. Dallas defeated the Whig ticket of the former U.S. senator from Kentucky Henry Clay and the chancellor of New York University Theodore Frelinghuysen.Riker Thornbrough 1960 38–52 Polk defeated Clay in the national election with 170 electoral votes.1844 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1844 National Archives October 7, 2025 General election Summary thumb|right|250px|Result for the Liberty Party electors in each Indiana county Indiana chose 12 electors in a statewide general election. Nineteenth-century presidential elections used a form of block voting that allowed voters to modify the electoral list nominated by a political party before submitting their ballots. Because voters elected each member of the Electoral College individually, electors nominated by the same party often received differing numbers of votes as a consequence of voter rolloff, split-ticket voting, or electoral fusion.Lampi n.d. Ratcliffe 2014 57 This table compares the votes for the most popular elector pledged to each ticket, to give an approximate sense of the statewide result. 1844 United States presidential election in IndianaRiker Thornbrough 1960 38–52 Democratic Party (United States) James K. PolkGeorge M. Dallasvp 70,183 50.07 5.11 Whig Party (United States) Henry ClayTheodore Frelinghuysen 67,866 48.42 6.59 Liberty Party (United States, 1840) James G. BirneyThomas Earle 2,107 1.50 1.47 140,156 100.00 Results + 1844 United States presidential election in IndianaRiker Thornbrough 1960 38–52 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John M. Johnston 70,183 Democratic Paris C. Dunning 70,182 Democratic Samuel E. Perkins 70,182 Democratic James G. Read 70,182 Democratic William W. Wick 70,181 Democratic Graham N. Fitch 70,179 Democratic Elijah Newland 70,179 Democratic Austin M. Puett 70,179 Democratic William A. Bowles 70,178 Democratic Charles W. Cathcart 70,172 Democratic Henry W. Ellsworth 70,170 Democratic John Gilbert 70,151 Whig John A. Brackenridge 67,866 Whig Henry S. Lane 67,864 Whig John A. Matson 67,865 Whig Samuel W. Parker 67,865 Whig Richard W. Thompson 67,864 Whig George Grundy Dunn 67,863 Whig Albert L. Holmes 67,863 Whig Hugh O'Neal 67,863 Whig Joseph G. Marshall 67,861 Whig Horace P. Biddle 67,860 Whig James Collins Jr. 67,854 Whig Lewis G. Thompson 67,749 Liberty Ziba Casterline 2,107 Liberty Matthew R. Hull 2,107 Liberty Benjamin S. Noble 2,106 Liberty Stephen Stevens 2,106 Liberty Eli J. Sumner 2,106 Liberty Roger Ide 2,102 Liberty Daniel Worth 2,100 Liberty Elizur Deming 2,096 Liberty Stephen S. Harding 2,096 Liberty William Benbow 2,089 Liberty John K. Lovejoy 1,780 Liberty John J. Deming 1,078 Liberty E. Davis 731 Unpledged William Paul 8 Unpledged Thomas Gail 6 Unpledged Lucian P. Ferry 5 Unpledged Tilghman Howard 2 Unpledged Thomas Beckford 1 Unpledged William Berford 1 Unpledged John Boggs 1 Unpledged Lewis Falley 1 Unpledged William Hughes 1 Total ≈140,156 See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography 1844 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1844 National Archives October 7, 2025 Lampi Philip J. Electoral College https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society n.d. October 5, 2025 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Presidential Elections, 1844 1844 none [Boston] https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.10637320 Ratcliffe Donald J. Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824 Journal of the Early Republic Spring 2014 34 1 45–77 24486931 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24486931 Riker Dorothy Thornbrough Gayle Indiana Election Returns, 1816–1851 1960 Indiana Historical Bureau Indianapolis https://archive.org/details/indianaelectionr0000unse Wilentz Sean The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln 2005 W. W. Norton and Company New York https://archive.org/details/riseofamericande0000wile_f7q6/page/n5/mode/2up Indiana 1844 Category:1844 Indiana elections Category:Long stubs with short prose