United States presidential election, 1856

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All 296 electoral votes of the Electoral College
149 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout78.9%[1] Increase 9.3 pp
 
Nominee James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore
Party Democratic Republican Know Nothing
Home state Pennsylvania California New York
Running mate John C. Breckinridge William L. Dayton Andrew J. Donelson
Electoral vote 120 138 38
States carried 14 (in EC)
18 (in HR)
13 (in EC)
13 (in HR)
4 (in EC)
Popular vote 1,482,838 1,535,507 1,033,125
Percentage 36.6% 37.9% 25.5%

President before election

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Elected President

James Buchanan
Democratic

List of presidents edit

  Unaffiliated (2)       Federalist (1)       Democratic-Republican (4)       Democratic (15)       Whig (4)       Republican (19)       National Union (2)
Presidency[a] President Prior office[b] Party[c] Term[d] Vice President
2 March 4, 1797

March 4, 1801
  John Adams
1735–1826
(Lived: 90 years)
1st
Vice President of the United States
Federalist (1796)
3
(1797)
Thomas Jefferson
[e]
3 March 4, 1801

March 4, 1809
  Thomas Jefferson
1743–1826
(Lived: 83 years)
2nd
Vice President of the United States
Democratic-
Republican
(1800)
4
(1801)
Aaron Burr
March 4, 1801March 4, 1805
(1804)
5
(1805)
George Clinton
March 4, 1805March 4, 1809
4 March 4, 1809

March 4, 1817
  James Madison
1751–1836
(Lived: 85 years)
5th
United States Secretary of State

(1801–1809)
Democratic-
Republican
(1808)
6
(1809)
George Clinton
March 4, 1809April 20, 1812
(Died in office)
Office vacant
(Balance of Clinton's term)
(1812)
7
(1813)
Elbridge Gerry
March 4, 1813November 23, 1814
(Died in office)
Office vacant
(Balance of Gerry's term)
5 March 4, 1817

March 4, 1825
  James Monroe
1758–1831
(Lived: 73 years)
7th
United States Secretary of State

(1811–1817)
Democratic-
Republican
(1816)
8
(1817)
Daniel D. Tompkins
(1820)
9
(1821)
6 March 4, 1825

March 4, 1829
  John Quincy Adams
1767–1848
(Lived: 80 years)
8th
United States Secretary of State

(1817–1825)
Democratic-
Republican
(1824)
10
(1825)
John C. Calhoun
7 March 4, 1829

March 4, 1837
  Andrew Jackson
1767–1845
(Lived: 78 years)
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
(1797–1798 & 1823–1825)
Democratic (1828)
11
(1829)
John C. Calhoun
[f]
March 4, 1829December 28, 1832
(Resigned from office)
Office vacant
(Balance of Calhoun's term)
(1832)
12
(1833)
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1833March 4, 1837
8 March 4, 1837

March 4, 1841
  Martin Van Buren
1782–1864
(Lived: 81 years)
8th
Vice President of the United States
Democratic (1836)
13
(1837)
Richard Mentor Johnson
11 March 4, 1845

March 4, 1849
  James K. Polk
1795–1849
(Lived: 53 years)
9th
Governor of Tennessee

(1839–1841)
Democratic (1844)
15
(1845)
George M. Dallas
12
March 4, 1849

July 9, 1850
(Died in office)
  Zachary Taylor
1784–1850
(Lived: 65 years)
Major General of the 1st Infantry Regiment
United States Army
(1846–1849)
(No prior elected office)
Whig (1848)
16
(1849)
(1850)

[g]
Millard Fillmore
(Succeeded to presidency)
13 July 9, 1850
[h]


March 4, 1853
  Millard Fillmore
1800–1874
(Lived: 74 years)
12th
Vice President of the United States
Whig Office vacant
14 March 4, 1853

March 4, 1857
  Franklin Pierce
1804–1874
(Lived: 69 years)
Brigadier General of the 9th Infantry
United States Army
(1847–1848)
Democratic (1852)
17
(1853)
William R. King
March 4April 18, 1853
(Died in office)
Office vacant
(Balance of King's term)
15 March 4, 1857

March 4, 1861
  James Buchanan
1791–1864
(Lived: 73 years)
United States Minister to the
Court of St James's
(1853–1856)
Democratic (1856)
18
(1857)
John C. Breckinridge
16 March 4, 1861

March 4, 1869
  John C. Breckenridge
1821–1890
(Lived: 69 years)
14th
Vice President of the United States
Democratic (1860)
19
(1861)
---------
(1864)
20
(1865)

References edit

  1. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.
  Unaffiliated (2)       Federalist (1)       Liberty (4)       Democratic (15)       Whig (4)       Republican (19)       National Union (2)
Presidency[a] President Prior office[b] Party[c] Term[d] Vice President
1 March 4, 1865

March 4, 1873
  John C. Frémont
1813–1894
(Lived: 81 years)
Acting F.S. President
(1863–1865)
Republican (1864)
1
(1865)
-----
March 4, 1865March 4, 1869
(1868)
2
(1869)
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1869March 4, 1873
12 March 4, 1925

January 1, 1933
Jacob Sharpe
1874–1952
(Lived: 78 years)
F.S. Representative from New York's 42th District
(1923–1925)
Liberty (1924)
15
(1925)
---------
(1928)
16
(1929)
13 March 4, 1933

March 4, 1937
John Stevens
1881–1959
(Lived: 78 years)
F.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
(1923–1935)
Republican (1932)
17
(1933)
------
14 March 4, 1937

March 4, 1941
James Graham
1872–1945
(Lived: 73 years)
19th F.S. Secretary of State
(1928–1933)
Liberty (1936)
18
(1937)
------
19 March 4, 1961

July 26, 1966
(Died in office)
Henry P. Stevens
1920–1966
(Lived: 45 years)
F.S. Representative
from Pennsylvania
(1955–1961)
Republican (1960)
24
(1961)
Benjamin King
March 4, 1961July 27, 1966
20 July 3, 1966

November 5, 1968
(Died in office)
Benjamin King
1904–1968
(Lived: 64 years)
17th
Vice President of the Free States

(1961–1966)
Republican (1966) Office vacant
21 November 3, 1968

March 4, 1969
_____
1917–1977
(Lived: 70 years)
F.S. Representative
for Minnesota's 5th District
(1965–1968)
Liberty (1968) Office vacant
22 March 4, 1969

January 1, 1977
Tobias F. Andersen
1909–2002
(Lived: 93 years)
F.S. Senator from Michigan
(1957–1969)
Republican (1968)
26
(1969)
---------
(1972)
27
(1973)


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