United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1844

Main article: United States presidential election, 1844

November 1 - December 4, 1844



Nominee	James K. Polk	Henry Clay
Party	Democratic	Whig
Home state	Tennessee	Kentucky
Running mate	George M. Dallas	Theodore Frelinghuysen
Electoral vote	6	0
Popular vote	13,782	13,083
Percentage	51.30	48.70

President before election

John Tyler
Independent

Elected President

James K. Polk
Democratic

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The 1844 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place between November 1 and December 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Louisiana voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay. Polk won Louisiana by a margin of 2.6%.

Results

United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1844^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	James K. Polk of Tennessee	George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania	13,782	51.30%	6	100.00%
	Whig	Henry Clay of Kentucky	Theodore Frelinghuysen of New York	13,083	48.70%	0	0.00%
Total				26,865	100.00%	6	100.00%

References

↑ "1844 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

State Results of the 1844 U.S. presidential election

Candidates	James K. Polk Henry Clay James G. Birney

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