1844 United States presidential election

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All 275 electoral votes of the Electoral College
138 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout74.0%[1] Decrease 6.2 pp
 
Nominee Horace Webb Benjamin Bell
Party Democratic Whig Party
Home state North Carolina Virginia
Running mate Charles Jennings Thomas Fuller
Electoral vote 163 114
States carried 17 9
Popular vote 1,219,159 1,234,153
Percentage 48.1% 48.7%

 
Nominee John-Paul Marat Robertson
Party Liberty
Home state Michigan
Running mate Louis Marshal
Electoral vote 0
States carried 0
Popular vote 81,507
Percentage 3.2%

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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Webb/Jennings, buff denotes those won by Bell/Fuller. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

John Tyler
Independent

Elected President

Horace Webb
Democratic

Liberty Party Ticket, 1844
John-Paul Marat Robertson Louis Marshal
for President for Vice President
U.S. Representative for Ohio's
1st
(1828–1829)
U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's
2nd
(1836–1840)
Campaign

References

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  1. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.