1844 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 1844 United States presidential election was a pivotal contest in which Democrat James K. Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay amid intense national debate over territorial expansion and the annexation of Texas.

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Label Occurrences
1844 United States presidential election canonical 1
United States presidential election of 1844 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
campaignSloganOfJamesKPolk "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" ⓘ
surface form: Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
constitutionalBasis Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
effectOfLibertyParty likely swung New York to James K. Polk ⓘ
electedPresident James K. Polk ⓘ
electedVicePresident George M. Dallas ⓘ
electionDate 1844-11-05 ⓘ
electoralVoteCountingDate 1845-02-12 ⓘ
electoralVotesAvailable 275 ⓘ
electoralVotesForHenryClay 105 ⓘ
electoralVotesForJamesKPolk 170 ⓘ
electoralVotesNeededToWin 138 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner James K. Polk ⓘ
endDate 1844-12-04 ⓘ
followedBy 1848 United States presidential election ⓘ
follows 1840 United States presidential election ⓘ
hasLoser Henry Clay ⓘ
hasRunningMateOfLoser Theodore Frelinghuysen ⓘ
hasRunningMateOfWinner George M. Dallas ⓘ
hasWinner James K. Polk ⓘ
locationOfElectoralVoteCounting United States Congress ⓘ
loserParty Whig Party ⓘ
mainIssue United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form: Manifest Destiny

annexation of Texas ⓘ
slavery expansion ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
mainOpponent Henry Clay ⓘ
modifiedBy Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
notableState New York ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForHenryClay 48.1 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForJamesGBirney 2.3 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForJamesKPolk 49.5 ⓘ
popularVotesForHenryClay 1300043 ⓘ
popularVotesForJamesGBirney 62237 ⓘ
popularVotesForJamesKPolk 1328463 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner James K. Polk ⓘ
preElectionPresidentParty None (John Tyler expelled from Whig Party) ⓘ
previousPresident John Tyler ⓘ
relatedConflict Annexation of Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas annexation crisis
relatedTerritorialIssue Oregon boundary dispute ⓘ
startDate 1844-11-01 ⓘ
thirdParty Liberty Party ⓘ
thirdPartyCandidate James G. Birney ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Second Party System ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangeFromPreviousElection +2.8 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 78.9 ⓘ
winnerParty Democratic Party ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1848 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1844 United States presidential election ⓘ
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" → associatedWithElection → 1844 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
this entity surface form: United States presidential election of 1844