See main article: 1844 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1840 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Previous Year: | 1840 |
| Next Election: | 1848 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Next Year: | 1848 |
| Election Date: | November 1 - December 4, 1844 |
| Image1: | Clay 1848.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Henry Clay |
| Party1: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Kentucky |
| Running Mate1: | Theodore Frelinghuysen |
| Electoral Vote1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 60,040 |
| Percentage1: | 50.05% |
| Nominee2: | James K. Polk |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate2: | George M. Dallas |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 59,917 |
| Percentage2: | 49.95% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | John Tyler |
| Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
| After Election: | James K. Polk |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 350px |
The 1844 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place between November 1 and December 4, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Despite being Polk's home state and the state he once served as the governor of, Tennessee voted for the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, over Democratic candidate James K. Polk. Clay won Tennessee by a very narrow margin of 123 votes (0.10%). James K. Polk is one of 4 presidents to lose his residential state in a successful presidential bid. The others are Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Richard Nixon in 1968, and Donald Trump in 2016.
This election marked the third time consecutively that Polk had lost a statewide election in Tennessee. The previous two where in the 1841 and 1843 gubernatorial elections.[1] [2]
See main article: 1844 Whig National Convention.
See main article: 1844 Democratic National Convention.
Both James K. Polk and Henry Clay won their respective party conventions.