1856 ELECTION

1856 Campaign Poster for Democratic Presidential Nominee James Buchanan (Library of Congress)
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ELECTION RESULTS:

DEMOCRAT:
JAMES BUCHANAN (PRESIDENT)
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 174 (58.8%)

Popular Vote: 1,836,072 (45.3%)

REPUBLICAN:
JOHN C. FREMONT  (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM L. DAYTON (VICE PRESIDENT)

Electoral Vote: 114 (38.5%)
Popular Vote: 1,342,345 (33.1%)

WHIG-AMERICAN (KNOW NOTHING):
MILLARD FILLMORE (PRESIDENT)
ANDREW JACKSON DONELSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 8 (2.7%)
Popular Vote: 873,053 (21.6%)

RESOURCES: 

Library of Congress
American Presidency Project (UCSB)
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

CANDIDATES:

DEMOCRATS:

JAMES BUCHANAN (PRESIDENT)
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE (VICE PRESIDENT)

REPUBLICANS:

JOHN C. FREMONT (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM L. DAYTON (VICE PRESIDENT)

WHIG-AMERICAN (KNOW NOTHING):

MILLARD FILLMORE (PRESIDENT)
ANDREW J. DONELSON (VICE PRESIDENT)