1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1840 1848 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1848 November 5, 1844 x200px Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 13 60,040 50.05% James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallas 0 59,917 49.95% President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) 350px 350px County results Clay #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #EC7014 70–80% #CC4C02 80–90% #8c2d04ff 90–100% Polk #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% Unknown/No vote #808080 NY RI File:Flag of the United States (1837–1845).svg 1844 United States presidential election The 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held 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 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Despite being Polk's home state and despite Polk previously serving as the state's governor, Tennessee voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, albeit by a very narrow margin of 123 votes (0.10%), making it the closest state in the election.Burnham Walter Dean Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892 Johns Hopkins University Press 1955 247–257 James K. Polk is the first of 4 presidents to win the presidency while losing their home state. The others are Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Richard Nixon in 1968, and Donald Trump in 2016, and Polk is the only one of the four to do so without ever winning either their state of birth or residence in any presidential election. This election marked the third time consecutively that Polk had lost a statewide election in Tennessee. The previous two were in the 1841 and 1843 gubernatorial elections.Leonard, p. 32Bergeron, pp. 18–19 Conventions 1844 Whig National Convention 1844 Democratic National Convention Both James K. Polk and Henry Clay won their respective party conventions. Results 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee1844 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1844&fips=47&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Whig Party (United States) Henry Clay Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen New York 60,040 50.05% 13 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) James K. Polk Tennessee George M. Dallas Pennsylvania 59,917 49.95% 0 0.00% 119,957 100.00% 13 100.00% See also 1844 United States elections United States presidential elections in Tennessee References Tennessee 1844 Category:1844 Tennessee elections