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1844 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1840 1848 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1848 November 6, 1844 x200px Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 4 7,322 59.55% James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallas 0 4,867 39.58% 1844 United States presidential election in Rhode Island results map by county.svg 250px County results
Clay
#FED463 50–60%
#FE9929 60–70%
#EC7014 70–80%
#CC4C02 80–90% President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) TN AL
1844 United States presidential election
A presidential election was held in Rhode Island on November 6, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election.Presidential Elections, 1844 1844 [Boston] https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.10637320 Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Rhode Island voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, over Democratic candidate James K. Polk. Clay won Rhode Island by a margin of 19.97%.
With 59.55% of the popular vote, Rhode Island would prove to be Henry Clay's strongest state in the nation.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
Results
1844 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1844 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1844&fips=44&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Whig Party (United States)
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Theodore Frelinghuysen
New York
7,322
59.55%
4
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
James K. Polk
Tennessee
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
4,867
39.58%
0
0.00%
Liberty Party (United States, 1840)
James G. Birney
Michigan
Thomas Morris
Ohio
107
0.87%
0
0.00%
12,296
100.00%
4
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Rhode Island
References
Rhode Island
1844
Category:1844 Rhode Island elections