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1844 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in Maryland 1840 1848 United States presidential election in Maryland 1848 November 11, 1844 x200px Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 8 35,984 52.39% James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallas 0 32,706 47.61% 1844 United States presidential election in Maryland results map by county.svg 315px County results
Clay
#FED463 50–60%
#FE9929 60–70%
Polk
#86B6F2 50–60% President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) ME MA
The 1844 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 11, 1844 as part of the 1844 United States presidential election.Presidential Elections, 1844 1844 [Boston] https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.10637320 Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Maryland voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, over Democratic candidate James K. Polk. Clay won Maryland by a margin of 4.78%.
With 52.39% of the popular vote, Maryland would prove to be Henry Clay's fifth strongest state after Rhode Island, Vermont, Kentucky and North Carolina.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 Maryland1844 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1844&fips=24&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Whig Party (United States)
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Theodore Frelinghuysen
New York
35,984
52.39%
8
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
James K. Polk
Tennessee
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
32,706
47.61%
0
0.00%
68,690
100.00%
8
100.00%
Results by county
+CountyHenry ClayWhigJames K. PolkDemocraticMarginTotal votescast County Project (WIP) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qW_PF3ONwrR0pp6tZpxvcin0GN5O2VOZfBrtJNhjv3Y/edit?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook 2022-11-01 Google Docs en-US#%#%#% Allegany142448.85%149151.15% -67 -2.30%2915 Anne Arundel177754.18%150345.82%2748.35%3280 Baltimore (City and County)1071448.01%1160251.99% -888 -3.98%22316 Calvert45156.73%34443.27%10713.46%795 Caroline68055.19%55244.81%12810.39%1232 Carroll178451.29%169448.71%902.59%3478 Cecil152750.38%150449.62%230.76%3031 Charles78560.20%51939.80% 26620.40%1304 Dorchester137760.39%90339.61%47420.79%2280 Frederick319051.58%299448.42%2709.77%6184 Harford151754.88%124745.12%2709.77%2764 Kent72858.01%52741.99%20116.02%1255 Montgomery112456.88%85243.12%27213.77%1976 Prince George's105461.28%66638.72%38822.56%1720 Queen Anne's74950.92%72249.08%271.84%1471 St. Mary's78362.59%46837.41%31525.18%1251 Somerset144961.63%90238.37%54723.27%2351 Talbot79552.72%71247.25%835.51%1507 Washington263350.65%256549.35%681.31%5198 Worcester145361.52%90938.48%54423.03%2362Total35,98452.39%32,70647.61%3,2784.78%68,690
Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic
Allegany
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Whig
Carroll
See also
United States presidential elections in Maryland
1844 United States presidential election
1844 United States elections
References
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