This is the electoral history of James Buchanan . He was the 15th president of the United States (1856-1860); 17th United States Secretary of State ; United States Minister to the United Kingdom and Russia ; U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's third (1821-1823) and fourth congressional district (1823-1831); and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1834-1845).
United States House of Representatives elections
1820
1822
1824
1826
1828
United States Senate election
1834
1836
1843
Democratic National Conventions
1844
Notes
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1848
1852
1852 Democratic National Convention [10]
Presidential Ballot [11]
Ballot
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2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
Franklin Pierce
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lewis Cass
116
118
119
115
114
114
113
113
112
111
101
98
98
99
99
99
99
96
89
81
60
43
37
33
34
James Buchanan
93
95
94
89
89
88
88
88
87
86
87
88
88
87
87
87
87
85
85
92
102
104
103
103
101
William L. Marcy
27
27
26
25
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
Stephen A. Douglas
20
23
21
31
34
32
34
34
39
40
50
52
51
51
51
51
50
56
63
64
64
77
78
80
79
William Butler
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
13
15
20
23
24
Daniel S. Dickinson
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Joseph Lane
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
Sam Houston
8
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
8
8
8
9
10
10
10
10
9
11
9
10
9
9
10
9
10
John B. Weller
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Henry Dodge
3
3
3
3
3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Linn Boyd
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
William R. King
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Charles Ingersoll
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Blank
9
9
12
12
7
13
8
8
8
8
8
7
8
8
8
8
10
8
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
Presidential Ballot
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49th
Franklin Pierce
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
30
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
44
49
55
283
Lewis Cass
33
32
28
27
33
65
98
123
130
131
122
120
107
106
107
107
101
101
101
96
78
75
72
2
James Buchanan
101
98
96
93
91
83
74
72
49
39
28
28
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
0
William Marcy
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
25
33
44
58
70
84
85
85
85
91
91
91
97
98
95
89
0
Stephen Douglas
80
85
88
91
92
92
80
60
53
52
43
34
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
32
32
33
33
2
William Butler
24
24
25
25
20
17
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Daniel S. Dickinson
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
16
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Joseph Lane
13
13
13
13
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sam Houston
10
9
11
12
12
9
8
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
1
Linn Boyd
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
William R. King
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Charles Ingersoll
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Blank
8
8
8
8
8
3
8
8
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
Buchanan - Breckinridge campaign poster
1856
1856 Democratic National Convention [12]
Presidential Ballot
Ballot
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2nd
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4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
James Buchanan
135.5
139
139.5
141.5
140
155
143.5
147.5
146
147.5
147.5
148
150
152.5
168.5
168
296
Franklin Pierce
122.5
119.5
119
119
119.5
107.5
89
87
87
80.5
80
79
77.5
75
3.5
0
0
Stephen Douglas
33
31.5
32
30
31
28
58
56
56
62.5
63
63.5
63
63
118.5
122
0
Lewis Cass
5
6
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5
7
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5
4.5
6
0
17th and Final Presidential Ballot
1856 United States presidential election
Presidential election results map.
Blue denotes states won by Buchanan/Breckinridge,
red by Frémont/Dayton, and
lilac by Fillmore/Donelson. Numbers indicate the number of
electoral votes cast by each state.
Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. "1856 Presidential Election Results" . Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . Retrieved July 27, 2005 . Source (Electoral Vote): "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996" . National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved July 31, 2005 .
(a) The popular vote figures exclude South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislature rather than by popular vote.
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