Election of 1844

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Election_of_1844
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 1, 1844
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Election_of_1848
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Election of 1844
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:James_K._Polk
gptkb:James_G._Birney
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
gptkb:Annexation_of_Texas
Slavery expansion
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Election_of_1840
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:James_K._Polk
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Henry_Clay
105
1,300,097
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:James_G._Birney
gptkb:Liberty_Party
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 26
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.9%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 170
1,338,464
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:James_K._Polk
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Second_Party_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6