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Episode 4 of 4

General Election Result

When
November 1 to December 4, 1844
Where
United States
Part of
Polk defeats Clay in the 1844 US presidential election

Polk defeated Clay in the general election, with voting occurring between November 1 and December 4, 1844.

Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 1 to December 4, 1844. There was no uniform election day; states voted between November 1 and 12. Polk narrowly defeated Clay in the general election. Clay returned to his career as an attorney after the defeat.

Sources

  1. 1844 United States presidential election Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
  2. James K. Polk Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
  3. Henry Clay Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13

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