Results of the presidential election of 1844, won by James K. Polk with 170 electoral votes.
Read The Full ArticlePresident: James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Vice President: George M. Dallas (1845-1849)
Secretary of State: James Buchanan (1845-1849)
Secretary of the Treasury: Robert J. Walker (1845-1849)
Secretary of War: William L. Marcy (1845-1849)
Attorney General: John Y. Mason (1845-1846), Nathan Clifford (1846-1848), Isaac Toucey (1848-1849)
Postmaster General: Cave Johnson (1845-1849)
Democratic nominee James K. Polk ran on a platform that embraced American territorial expansionism, an idea soon to be called Manifest Destiny.
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Alabama
9
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
3
California
Colorado
Connecticut
6
Delaware
3
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
10
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
9
Indiana
12
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
12
Louisiana
6
Maine
9
Maryland
8
Massachusetts
12
Michigan
5
Minnesota
Mississippi
6
Missouri
7
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
6
New Jersey
7
New Mexico
New York
36
North Carolina
11
North Dakota
Ohio
23
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
26
Rhode Island
4
South Carolina
11
South Dakota
Tennessee
13
Texas
Utah
Vermont
6
Virginia
17
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
