Clayton..... 81 80 141 126. 11,341) 9,294 IOWA. Popular Vote for President-1844. DELEGATE, 1845. DELEGATE, 1843. States. Clay. Polk. Birney. Clay moj. Polk. Counties. Lowe, W. Dodge, L. Wallace. Dodge. Maine ... 34.378 45,719 4.836.... N.Hamp. 17,866 27,160 4,161. 101......with Delaw'e. Vermont. 26,770 18,041 3,954.... 8.729 maj. 45 Mass.... 67,009 53,039 10,830....13,970 230.............. new County. R. Island. 7,322 4,867 723...... 696 772 Conn.... 32,832 29,841 1,943.... 2,991 45...... maj. 255 N. York.232,482 237.588 15,812.. N. Jersey 38,318 37,495 131.. 480...... with Delaw'e. Penn....161,203 167.535 3,138.. 354...... 443 317 Delaware 6,258 5,971 Des Moines.. 741 maj. 1... new County. Maryland 35,984 32,676 2,455 5,106 823 6,332 287 3,308 5,893 360...... maj. 153 Virginia. 43,677 49.570 93...... no returns. N.Carol'a. 43,232 39,287 Clinton Davis... 280. 267 maj. 39 Indiana.. 67.867 70,181 2,106.. 45,528 57,920 3,570. 245......with Wash'n. Michigan. 24,237 27,703 3,632.. 256 249 531 13,782 284 Tenn.... 60,030 59,917 Maj. for Dodge..832; do. in '43. maj. 11 Total..1,288,533 1,327,325 62,263. .51,828 90,620 Times of holding Elections. Legislature meets. .2d Monday in September....1st Wednesday in January. .2d Tuesday in March........1st Wednesday in June. ..1st Tuesday in September...2d Thursday in October. ...2d Monday in November.....1st Wednesday in January. Rhode Island ..Providence & Newport.. 1st Wednesday in April.....1st Wednesday in May. Connecticut .....Hartford & New-Haven. 1st Monday in April ......1st Wednesday in May. All the States but South Carolina choose their Electors by a Popular Vote. The Presidential Electors of each State are hereafter, according to an act of the last Congress, to be chosen uniformly on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. 4th Monday in June. A WORD TO OUR FRIENDS. 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