1856 United States presidential election in New York

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1856 United States presidential election in New York
Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg
  1852 November 4, 1856 1860  
Turnout89.9% [1] Increase2.svg 5.2 pp
  John Charles Fremont crop.jpg James Buchanan (cropped).jpg Fillmore (cropped).jpg
Nominee John C. Frémont James Buchanan Millard Fillmore
Party Republican Democratic American
Home state California Pennsylvania New York
Running mate William L. Dayton John C. Breckinridge Andrew J. Donelson
Electoral vote3500
Popular vote276,004195,878124,604
Percentage46.27%32.84%20.89%

New York Presidential Election Results 1856.svg
County Results

President before election

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Elected President

James Buchanan
Democratic

The 1856 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

New York was won by California Senator John C. Frémont (RCalifornia), running with former Senator William L. Dayton (New Jersey), with 46.27 percent of the popular vote, against Senator James Buchanan (DPennsylvania), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860 presidential election John C. Breckinridge, with 32.84 percent of the popular vote and the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (American [lower-alpha 1] New York), running with the 2nd U.S. Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson, with 20.89 percent of the popular vote. [2]

James Buchanan went on to win the presidential election but this election would end the Democratic Party's support from New York which they won five out of seven times since 1828. A Democrat would not win New York until Horatio Seymour's narrow victory in 1868. Frémont, the first presidential nominee of the newly formed Republican Party, would be the first of just three Republicans ever to carry the state without winning the presidency, the other two being Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 and Thomas E. Dewey in 1948 (both New Yorkers).

It was also the first time since voting for DeWitt Clinton in 1812 that New York backed a losing presidential candidate. This remains the only presidential election in history where New York voted Republican while neighboring Pennsylvania voted Democratic. Although New York would vote more Republican than Pennsylvania in the Republican landslides of 1952, 1956, and 1984.

Results

1856 United States presidential election in New York [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican John C. Frémont of California William L. Dayton of New Jersey 276,00446.27%35100.00%
Democratic James Buchanan of Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky 195,87832.84%00.00%
Know Nothing Millard Fillmore of New York Andrew Jackson Donelson of Tennessee 124,60420.89%00.00%
Total596,486100.00%35100.00%

Results by county

CountyJohn Charles Frémont
Republican
James Buchanan
Democratic
Millard Fillmore
American
MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %
Albany 5,01627.76%7,75142.90%5,30029.34%2,451 [lower-alpha 2] 13.57%18,067
Allegany 6,54572.39%1,64018.14%8569.47%4,90554.25%9,041
Broome 4,29759.73%2,10629.27%79111.00%2,19130.46%7,194
Cattaraugus 5,16665.25%1,77322.39%97812.35%3,39342.86%7,917
Cayuga 7,03565.28%1,81816.87%1,92317.85%5,112 [lower-alpha 3] 47.43%10,776
Chautauqua 7,03764.55%1,84716.94%2,01718.50%5,020 [lower-alpha 3] 46.05%10,901
Chemung 2,66451.04%1,78934.28%76614.68%87516.76%5,219
Chenango 5,45861.09%2,40626.93%1,07011.98%3,05234.16%8,934
Clinton 2,65943.56%2,13434.96%1,31121.48%5258.60%6,104
Columbia 3,81843.29%3,02034.24%1,98122.46%7989.05%8,819
Cortland 3,59666.53%1,18121.85%62811.62%2,41544.68%5,405
Delaware 4,36751.48%2,10724.84%2,00923.68%2,26026.64%8,483
Dutchess 5,51247.67%4,03934.93%2,01317.41%1,47312.74%11,564
Erie 6,90234.58%7,53637.76%5,52027.66%-634-3.18%19,958
Essex 2,90457.70%1,17323.31%95618.99%1,73134.39%5,033
Franklin 1,46934.86%1,60037.97%1,14527.17%-131-3.11%4,214
Fulton 2,59351.85%1,37427.47%1,03420.68%1,21924.38%5,001
Genesee 3,62058.82%1,43423.30%1,10017.87%2,18635.52%6,154
Greene 2,16435.81%2,34638.82%1,53325.37%-182-3.01%6,043
Hamilton 14928.88%25048.45%11722.67%-101-19.57%516
Herkimer 5,07463.79%1,65020.74%1,23015.46%3,42443.05%7,954
Jefferson 8,24964.43%3,49627.31%1,0588.26%4,75337.12%12,803
Kings 7,84625.58%14,17446.22%8,64728.20%5,527 [lower-alpha 2] 18.02%30,667
Lewis 3,12467.10%1,11423.93%4188.98%2,01043.17%4,656
Livingston 3,59749.76%1,65222.86%1,97927.38%1,618 [lower-alpha 3] 22.38%7,228
Madison 6,31269.84%1,86120.59%8659.57%4,45149.25%9,038
Monroe 7,58449.45%4,68330.53%3,07020.02%2,90118.92%15,337
Montgomery 3,07649.03%1,48523.67%1,71327.30%1,363 [lower-alpha 3] 21.73%6,274
New York 17,77122.32%41,91352.65%19,92225.03%21,991 [lower-alpha 2] 27.62%79,606
Niagara 3,90650.37%1,86424.04%1,98525.60%1,921 [lower-alpha 3] 24.77%7,755
Oneida 11,17458.32%6,38633.33%1,6018.36%4,78824.99%19,161
Onondaga 10,07162.86%4,22726.38%1,72410.76%5,84436.48%16,022
Ontario 4,55154.29%1,64219.59%2,18926.12%2,362 [lower-alpha 3] 28.17%8,382
Orange 4,27441.12%3,94837.98%2,17220.90%3263.14%10,394
Orleans 3,08855.62%1,05218.95%1,41225.43%1,676 [lower-alpha 3] 30.19%5,552
Oswego 8,24662.93%3,68328.11%1,1758.97%4,56334.82%13,104
Otsego 6,37356.92%3,59532.11%1,22910.98%2,77824.81%11,197
Putnam 96337.94%1,09643.18%47918.87%-133-5.24%2,538
Queens 1,88627.73%2,39435.20%2,52137.07%-127 [lower-alpha 2] -1.87%6,801
Rensselaer 5,15336.50%4,41531.28%4,54832.22%605 [lower-alpha 3] 4.28%14,116
Richmond 73622.77%1,55047.96%94629.27%604 [lower-alpha 2] 18.69%3,232
Rockland 66821.34%1,52648.74%93729.93%589 [lower-alpha 2] 18.81%3,131
St. Lawrence 9,69874.71%1,95015.02%1,33210.26%7,74859.69%12,980
Saratoga 4,52447.37%2,44625.61%2,58127.02%1,943 [lower-alpha 3] 20.35%9,551
Schenectady 1,71446.15%78721.19%1,21332.66%501 [lower-alpha 3] 13.49%3,714
Schoharie 2,37634.72%2,83741.46%1,63023.82%-461-6.74%6,843
Schuyler 2,54263.81%98124.62%46111.57%1,56139.19%3,984
Seneca 2,16342.81%1,62532.16%1,26525.03%53810.65%5,053
Steuben 7,27058.06%3,21725.69%2,03416.24%4,05332.37%12,521
Suffolk 2,39337.29%2,04531.86%1,98030.85%3485.43%6,418
Sullivan 1,69031.83%1,58329.81%2,03738.36%-347 [lower-alpha 3] -6.53%5,310
Tioga 3,33156.27%2,15436.39%4357.35%1,17719.88%5,920
Tompkins 4,01958.09%1,43020.67%1,47021.25%2,549 [lower-alpha 3] 36.84%6,919
Ulster 2,93225.14%4,03034.55%4,70340.32%-673 [lower-alpha 2] -5.77%11,665
Warren 2,20255.85%1,00625.51%73518.64%1,19630.34%3,943
Washington 5,17459.79%1,63218.86%1,84821.35%3,326 [lower-alpha 3] 38.44%8,654
Wayne 5,77662.63%1,99921.67%1,44815.70%3,77740.96%9,223
Westchester 4,45035.06%4,60036.25%3,64128.69%-150-1.19%12,691
Wyoming 4,06662.10%1,91129.18%5718.72%2,15532.92%6,548
Yates 2,99470.28%91521.48%3518.24%2,07948.80%4,260
Totals276,00746.27%195,87832.84%124,60320.89%80,12913.43%596,488

See also

Notes

  1. In New York Fillmore and Donelson ran under the official name of American Party.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 In this county where Frémont ran third behind Buchanan and Fillmore, margin given is Buchanan vote minus Fillmore vote and percentage margin Buchanan percentage minus Fillmore percentage.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 In this county where Buchanan ran third behind both Frémont and Fillmore, margin given is Frémont vote minus Fillmore vote and percentage margin Frémont percentage minus Fillmore percentage.

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