1844 United States presidential election in Indiana

1844 United States presidential election in Indiana

November 4, 1844
Turnout84.7% 0.3 pp
 
Nominee James K. Polk Henry Clay
Party Democratic Whig
Home state Tennessee Kentucky
Running mate George M. Dallas Theodore Frelinghuysen
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 70,183 67,866
Percentage 50.1% 48.4%

County Results

President before election

John Tyler
Independent

Elected President

James K. Polk
Democratic

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 4, 1844 as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the former governor of Tennessee James K. Polk and the former U.S. minister to Russia George M. Dallas defeated the Whig ticket of the former U.S. senator from Kentucky Henry Clay and the chancellor of New York University Theodore Frelinghuysen. Polk defeated Clay in the national election with 170 electoral votes.