1856 Presidential Election Interactive Map
149 electoral votes to win
Split Votes
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1856 Actual Election Results
| Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | ||
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| ✓ | James Buchanan | Democratic | 174 | 1,838,169 | |
| John C. Fremont | Republican | 114 | 1,341,264 | ||
| Millard Fillmore | American | 8 | 873,000 |
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)
