A presidential election was held in New York on November 5, 1844, as part of the 1844 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
New York voted for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk, over Whig candidate Henry Clay. Polk won New York by a narrow margin of 1.05%, making the state the second-closest in the country. New York was decisive; if Clay had won the state, he would have won the election with 141 electoral votes. Fulton and Cayuga would not vote Democratic again until 1964.
Critically, James Birney's vote total of 15,814 votes was more than the 5,106 vote difference between Polk and Clay.
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