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1844 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1840 1848 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1848 65.8%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 0.9 pp November 11, 1844 x160px Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 12 67,062 50.79% James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallas 0 53,039 40.17% James Birney(Cropped).jpg James G. Birney Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Michigan Thomas Morris 0 10,830 8.20% President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) 1844 United States presidential election in Massachusetts results map by county.svg 401px County results
Clay
#FEE391 40–50%
#FED463 50–60%
#FE9929 60–70%
Polk
#B9D7FF 40–50% MD DE
A presidential election was held in Massachusetts 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 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Massachusetts voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, over Democratic candidate James K. Polk and Liberty candidate James G. Birney. Clay won Massachusetts by a margin of 10.62%.
With 8.20% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would prove to be James G. Birney's second strongest state after neighboring New Hampshire.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 Massachusetts1844 Presidential General Election Results – Massachusetts http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1844&fips=25&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Whig Party (United States)
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Theodore Frelinghuysen
New York
67,062
50.79%
12
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
James K. Polk
Tennessee
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
53,039
40.17%
0
0.00%
Liberty Party (US, 1840)
James G. Birney
Michigan
Thomas Morris
Ohio
10,830
8.20%
0
0.00%
N/A
Others
Others
1,106
0.84%
0
0.00%
132,037
100.00%
12
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Massachusetts
References
Massachusetts
1844
Category:1844 Massachusetts elections