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Elected President. James Buchanan Democratic. The 1856 United States presidential election was the 18th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. In a three-way election, Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont and Know Nothing nominee Millard Fillmore. The main issue was the expansion of ...
United States presidential election of 1856, American presidential election held on Nov. 4, 1856, in which Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican John C. Frémont with 174 electoral votes to Frémont’s 114. Whig and former president Millard Fillmore, who ran on the Know-Nothing ticket, garnered.
1856 Election Facts. Winner Buchanan received only about 45% of the popular vote; John C. Fremont is first candidate of new Republican Party, organized largely around the opposition to slavery; Issues of the Day: Slavery (Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas)
Aug 26, 2018 · It ended with James Buchanan winning the election but only taking 45% of the popular vote due to the Know-Nothings managing to muster 800,000 popular votes. The Electoral Results were: James Buchanan - 174 (took all of the south plus Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana)
Sep 21, 2023 · Democrat James Buchanan was elected president in 1856, defeating Republican John C. Frémont and American Party (Know-Nothing) nominee Millard Fillmore. This guide provides access to digital materials, links to external websites, and a print bibliography.
Buchanan won the election, but Fremont carried all of New England, the large electoral prize of New York, and the upper Midwest, an impressive return for a new party. The Whigs had ceased to exist and had been replaced by the Republican Party.
In the presidential election, Democratic former Secretary of State James Buchanan defeated Republican General John Fremont and the American Party candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. Buchanan swept the South and split the North with Fremont, while Fillmore won Maryland.
