1844 United States presidential election in Maine

none June 2025 September 2023 1844 United States presidential election in Maine Maine Flag of the United States (1837–1845).svg presidential no 1840 United States presidential election in Maine 1840 1848 United States presidential election in Maine 1848 November 11, 1844 x160px James K. Polk 1840s Portrait (3x4 cropped b).jpg James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee George M. Dallas 9 45,719 53.83% Clay 1848.jpg Henry Clay Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen 0 34,378 40.48% James Birney(Cropped).jpg James G. Birney Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Michigan Thomas Morris 0 4,836 5.69% 1844 United States presidential election in Maine results map by county.svg 225px County results Polk #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% Clay #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% President John Tyler Independent (politician) James K. Polk Democratic Party (United States) AL MD 1844 United States presidential election A presidential election was held in Maine 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 nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Maine voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay. Polk won Maine by a margin of 13.35%. With 5.69% of the popular vote, Maine would prove to be James G. Birney's fifth strongest state after New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Michigan.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 Maine1844 Presidential General Election Results - Maine http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1844&fips=23&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Democratic Party (United States) James K. Polk Tennessee George M. Dallas Pennsylvania 45,719 53.83% 9 100.00% Whig Party (United States) Henry Clay Kentucky Theodore Frelinghuysen New York 34,378 40.48% 0 0.00% Liberty Party (US, 1840) James G. Birney Michigan Thomas Morris Ohio 4,836 5.69% 0 0.00% 84,933 100.00% 9 100.00% By county Countyhttps://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:10637543 Presidential Election in 1844: Official Vote Daily Courant Extra Cornell University Digital Library 17 January 1845 23 January 2026DailyCourantExtra This vote breakdown by county is based from the Daily Courant Extra released on January 17, 1845. It lists Polk's total votes from Maine as 45,719, same as other sources. But it also lists Clay's Maine votes as 34,346 (a difference of -32), and Birney's Maine votes as 4,837 (a difference of 1). Birney's votes are listed under "Abol." James K. PolkDemocratic Henry ClayWhig James G. BirneyLiberty Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %Aroostook90768.40%39830.02%211.58%50938.39%1,326Cumberland6,36755.15%4,48338.83%6946.01%1,88416.32%11,544Franklin1,60951.36%1,13236.13%39212.51%47715.23%3,133Hancock2,60857.17%1,84940.53%1052.30%75916.64%4,562Kennebec3,53537.25%5,39356.83%5615.91%-1,858-19.58%9,489Lincoln5,35451.58%4,56643.99%4604.43%7887.59%10,380Oxford4,39565.80%1,88728.25%3975.94%2,50837.55%6,679Penobscot4,89554.74%3,34637.42%7017.84%1,54917.32%8,942Piscataquis1,13646.60%1,07444.05%2289.35%622.54%2,438Somerset2,53043.52%2,84848.99%4357.48%-318-5.47%5,813Waldo4,66168.51%1,82626.84%3164.65%2,83541.67%6,803Washington2,60552.03%2,32846.49%741.48%2775.53%5,007York5,11758.24%3,21636.60%4535.16%25,57934.31%8,786 See also United States presidential elections in Maine Notes References Maine 1844 Category:1844 Maine elections Category:Long stubs with short prose