1856 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1856 United States presidential election in Indiana
Flag of Indiana.svg
  1852 November 4, 1856 1860  
  James Buchanan (cropped).jpg John Charles Fremont crop.jpg Fillmore (cropped).jpg
Nominee James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore
Party Democratic Republican Know Nothing
Home state Pennsylvania California New York
Running mate John C. Breckinridge William L. Dayton Andrew J. Donelson
Electoral vote1300
Popular vote118,67094,37522,386
Percentage50.41%40.09%9.51%

Indiana 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 Indiana took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Indiana voted for the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, over Republican candidate John C. Frémont and American Party candidate Millard Fillmore. Buchanan won Indiana by a margin of 10.32 percentage points.

A Democratic presidential nominee would not win Indiana again until Samuel J. Tilden narrowly won it in 1876, and would not reach a majority of the vote again until 1932.

Results

1856 United States presidential election in Indiana [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Buchanan 118,670 50.41%
Republican John C. Fremont 94,37540.09%
Know Nothing Millard Fillmore 22,3869.51%
Total votes235,431 100%

Results by County

1856 United States Presidential Election in Indiana (By County) [3]
CountyJames Buchanan

Democratic

John C. Frémont

Republican

Millard Fillmore

Know Nothing

Total
#%#%#%
Adams 84763.73%41331.08%695.19%1,329
Allen 3,21164.88%1,59332.19%1452.93%4,949
Bartholomew 1,84456.25%1,29239.41%1424.33%3,278
Benton 21740.19%31558.33%81.48%540
Blackford 40458.64%23834.54%476.82%689
Boone 1,49351.97%1,29945.21%812.82%2,873
Brown 68174.10%14816.10%909.79%919
Carroll 1,34451.16%1,26148.00%220.84%2,627
Cass 1,53949.92%1,50448.78%401.30%3,083
Clark 1,95055.46%49213.99%1,07430.55%3,516
Clay 1,10862.63%36520.63%29616.73%1,769
Clinton 1,36451.30%1,26147.42%341.28%2,659
Crawford 73557.97%241.89%50940.14%1,268
Daviess 1,11553.61%261.25%93945.14%2,080
Dearborn 2,61958.34%1,57335.04%2976.62%4,489
Decatur 1,63947.95%1,71850.26%611.78%3,418
DeKalb 1,24751.55%1,09745.35%753.10%2,419
Delaware 99235.94%1,73662.90%321.16%2,760
Dubois 1,19182.25%211.45%23616.30%1,448
Elkhart 1,65145.36%1,97154.15%180.49%3,640
Fayette 1,00244.91%1,18953.29%401.79%2,231
Floyd 1,76754.25%2287.00%1,26238.75%3,257
Fountain 1,58849.16%1,60649.72%361.11%3,230
Franklin 2,25960.45%1,43738.45%411.10%3,737
Fulton 83550.12%82249.34%90.54%1,666
Gibson 1,28653.21%36515.10%76631.69%2,417
Grant 1,03540.93%1,39555.16%993.91%2,529
Greene 1,12955.32%37918.57%53326.11%2,041
Hamilton 1,18539.89%1,74858.84%381.28%2,971
Hancock 1,34357.66%96241.31%241.03%2,329
Harrison 1,68152.91%87327.48%62319.61%3,177
Hendricks 1,37844.00%1,68053.64%742.36%3,132
Henry 1,22930.58%2,74168.20%491.22%4,019
Howard 68638.63%1,05759.52%331.86%1,776
Huntington 1,18147.79%1,23249.86%582.35%2,471
Jackson 1,70067.59%29911.89%51620.52%2,515
Jasper 54844.05%63350.88%635.06%1,244
Jay 88048.43%88348.60%542.97%1,817
Jefferson 1,93641.41%2,31449.50%4259.09%4,675
Jennings 1,15944.17%1,29349.28%1726.55%2,624
Johnson 1,60856.30%1,09538.34%1535.36%2,856
Knox 1,51258.06%55721.39%53520.55%2,604
Kosciusko 1,07539.09%1,66260.44%130.47%2,750
LaGrange 64031.19%1,40668.52%60.29%2,052
Lake 34627.20%92372.56%30.24%1,272
LaPorte 2,23946.49%2,53252.57%450.93%4,816
Lawrence 1,12649.69%48021.18%66029.13%2,266
Madison 1,60354.05%1,30944.13%540.82%2,966
Marion 3,73848.93%3,69648.38%2052.68%7,639
Marshall 1,03952.85%92747.15%00.00%1,966
Martin 76964.35%766.36%35029.29%1,195
Miami 1,51351.45%1,39047.26%381.29%2,941
Monroe 1,19157.23%49823.93%39218.84%2,081
Montgomery 2,08850.43%1,91046.14%1423.13%4,140
Morgan 1,52848.22%1,57349.64%632.15%3,164
Noble 1,19847.86%1,25750.22%481.92%2,503
Ohio 50551.11%10410.53%37938.36%988
Orange 1,20764.82%492.63%60632.55%1,862
Owen 1,23953.59%48721.06%58625.35%2,312
Parke 1,28443.23%1,49450.30%1926.46%2,970
Perry 1,06659.42%965.35%63235.23%1,794
Pike 77254.14%805.61%57440.25%1,426
Porter 61441.74%84757.58%100.68%1,471
Posey 1,81966.15%30611.13%62522.73%2,750
Pulaski 55760.22%34136.86%272.92%925
Putnam 1,88251.56%1,34536.85%42311.59%3,650
Randolph 1,25337.36%2,04260.88%591.76%3,354
Ripley 1,66150.80%1,42543.58%1845.63%3,270
Rush 1,68549.38%1,64448.18%832.43%3,412
St. Joseph 1,50945.36%1,81254.46%60.18%3,327
Scott 69356.11%27822.51%26421.38%1,235
Shelby 2,07555.67%1,51040.52%1423.81%3,727
Spencer 1,26054.71%23510.20%80835.08%2,303
Starke 15556.57%11240.88%72.55%274
Steuben 55330.95%1,21567.99%191.06%1,787
Sullivan 1,65071.61%25711.15%39717.23%2,304
Switzerland 1,12146.92%2289.54%1,04043.53%2,389
Tippecanoe 2,30744.97%2,77854.15%450.88%5,130
Tipton 73856.86%54642.06%141.08%1,298
Union 71047.59%76351.14%191.27%1,492
Vanderburgh 1,88060.80%37212.03%84027.17%3,092
Vermillion 82446.55%86648.93%804.52%1,770
Vigo 1,80846.89%1,16530.21%88322.90%3,856
Wabash 1,09636.67%1,78559.72%1083.61%2,989
Warren 76738.16%1,16758.06%763.78%2,010
Warrick 1,50671.95%1075.11%48022.93%2,093
Washington 1,77863.50%33111.82%69124.68%2,800
Wayne 1,95834.08%3,68864.18%1001.74%5,746
Wells 93155.65%72643.40%160.96%1,673
White 74650.03%70347.15%422.82%1,491
Whitley 85149.91%79746.74%573.34%1,705
Totals118,67050.41%94,37540.09%22,3569.50%235,401

See also

References

  1. "1856 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  2. "1856 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  3. "Our Campaigns - IN US President Race - Nov 04, 1856". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 12, 2025.