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%. New York was decisive; if Clay had won the state, he would have received 141 electoral votes, more than the 138 needed to win at the time.
Fulton and
Cayuga would not vote Democratic again until
1964.
Results
1844 United States presidential election in New York[2]