US Election Results
1856 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1856 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1856 was the 18th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. Incumbent president Franklin Pierce was defeated in his effort to be re-nominated by the Democratic Party. James Buchanan, an experienced politician who had held a variety of political offices, was serving as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and won the nomination instead.
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Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote |
Electoral |
Running mate |
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|
Count |
Pct |
vote |
Vice-presidential candidate |
Home state |
Elect. vote |
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|
James Buchanan |
Democratic |
Pennsylvania |
18,36,072 |
45.30% |
174 |
John C. Breckinridge |
Kentucky |
174 |
|
John C. Frémont |
Republican |
California |
13,42,345 |
33.10% |
114 |
William L. Dayton |
New Jersey |
114 |
|
Millard Fillmore |
American/Whig |
New York |
8,73,053 |
21.60% |
8 |
Andrew Jackson Donelson |
Tennessee |
8 |
|
Other |
3,177 |
0.10% |
— |
Other |
— |
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Total |
40,54,647 |
100% |
296 |
|
296 |
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Needed to win |
149 |
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149 |
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