Green's St. Louis directory :
Popular and Electoral Votes for President and Vice-Pres-
ident of the United States, At the Election Of 1844,
ident of the United States, At the Election Of 1844,
As published, in the newspapers as official, with the exception of the entire
Vote of Arkanaas, andhte Abolition Vote of Illinois, not received—as also the
popular vote of South Carolina, which elects Electors by the Legislature.
| Clay & Frelinghuysen, | Polk & Dallas, | ||||
| Popular. | Electoral. | Popular. | Electoral. | Abolition. | |
| Maine | 34,346 | — | 46,719 | 9 | 4,837 |
| New Hampshire | 17,866 | — | 27,160 | 6 | 4,161 |
| Massachusetts | 67,418 | 12 | 52,546 | — | 10,860 |
| Rhode Island | 7,323 | 4 | 4,848 | ||
| Connecticut | 32,832 | 6 | 29,841 | — | 1,913 |
| Vermont | 26,770 | 6 | 18,010 | — | 3,984 |
| New York | 232,473 | — | 237,586 | 36 | 15,513 |
| New Jersey | 36,318 | 7 | 37,945 | — | 131 |
| Pennesylvania | 161,203 | — | 167,245 | 26 | 3,126 |
| Dalaware | 6,257 | 3 | 5,989 | ||
| Maryland | 35,984 | 8 | 32,676 | ||
| Virginia | 43,677 | — | 49,570 | 17 | |
| North Carolina | 43,232 | 11 | 39,287 | ||
| Georgia | 42,104 | — | 44,153 | 10 | |
| Alabama | 24,875 | — | 36,822 | 9 | |
| Mississippi | 19,206 | — | 25,126 | 6 | |
| Louisiana | 12,818 | — | 13,417 | 6 | |
| Tonnessee | 60,030 | 13 | 59,917 | ||
| Kentucky | 61,255 | 12 | 51,988 | ||
| Michigan | 24,237 | — | 27,403 | 5 | 3,632 |
| Ohio | 155,113 | 23 | 149,061 | — | 8,060 |
| Indiana | 67,867 | — | 70,181 | 12 | 2,105 |
| Illinois | 45,528 | — | 57,920 | 9 | |
| Missouri | 31,251 | — | 41,369 | 7 | |
| Arkansas | — | — | — | 3 | |
| South Carolina | — | — | — | 9 | |
| 1,291,983 | 105 | 1,325,291 | 170 | 53,542 | |
| 1,291,963 | 105 | ||||
| 58,642 | |||||
| Total Vote | 2,675,916 | 65 | |||
| Polk’s plurality over Clay | 33,368 | ||||
| Clay and Birney’s majority over Polk, | 25,334 |
