═══════════════════╤══════════════════════════════════╦═══════════════ │ POPULAR VOTE. ║ ELECTORS. ├───────────┬───────────┬──────────╫───────┬─────── STATES. │ James K. │ Henry │ James G. ║ Polk. │ Clay. │ Polk. │ Clay. │ Birney. ║ │ ───────────────────┼───────────┼───────────┼──────────╫───────┼─────── Maine │ 45,719 │ 34,378 │ 4,836 ║ 9 │ ―― New Hampshire │ 27,160 │ 17,866 │ 4,161 ║ 6 │ ―― Vermont │ 18,041 │ 26,770 │ 3,954 ║ ―― │ 6 Massachusetts │ 52,846 │ 67,418 │ 10,860 ║ ―― │ 12 Rhode Island │ 4,867 │ 7,322 │ 107 ║ ―― │ 4 Connecticut │ 29,841 │ 32,832 │ 1,943 ║ ―― │ 6 New York │ 237,588 │ 232,482 │ 15,812 ║ 36 │ ―― New Jersey │ 37,495 │ 38,318 │ 131 ║ ―― │ 7 Pennsylvania │ 167,535 │ 161,203 │ 3,138 ║ 26 │ ―― Delaware │ 5,996 │ 6,278 │ ―――― ║ ―― │ 3 Maryland │ 32,676 │ 35,984 │ ―――― ║ ―― │ 8 Virginia │ 49,570 │ 43,677 │ ―――― ║ 17 │ ―― North Carolina │ 39,287 │ 43,232 │ ―――― ║ ―― │ 11 South Carolina[12] │ ―――― │ ―――― │ ―――― ║ 9 │ ―― Georgia │ 44,177 │ 42,100 │ ―――― ║ 10 │ ―― Alabama │ 37,740 │ 26,084 │ ―――― ║ 9 │ ―― Mississippi │ 25,126 │ 19,206 │ ―――― ║ 6 │ ―― Louisiana │ 13,782 │ 13,083 │ ―――― ║ 6 │ ―― Kentucky │ 51,988 │ 61,255 │ ―――― ║ ―― │ 12 Tennessee │ 59,917 │ 60,030 │ ―――― ║ ―― │ 13 Missouri │ 41,369 │ 31,251 │ ―――― ║ 7 │ ―― Arkansas │ 9,546 │ 5,504 │ ―――― ║ 3 │ ―― Ohio │ 149,117 │ 155,057 │ 8,050 ║ ―― │ 23 Michigan │ 27,759 │ 24,337 │ 3,632 ║ 5 │ ―― Indiana │ 70,181 │ 67,867 │ 2,106 ║ 12 │ ―― Illinois │ 57,920 │ 45,528 │ 3,570 ║ 9 │ ―― ├───────────┼───────────┼──────────╫───────┼─────── Totals │ 1,337,243 │ 1,299,062 │ 62,300 ║ 170 │ 105 ═══════════════════╧═══════════╧═══════════╧══════════╩═══════╧═══════ [12] Chosen by Legislature. The Whigs, in keen despair over the defeat of their ablest and most beloved champion, charged fraud as the controlling factor in giving the Democrats their victory, but the battle had been fought and lost, and there was nothing left for them but submission. The electoral count was uneventful, and Polk and Dallas were formally declared elected President and Vice-President without objection.