1856 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1856 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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  1852 November 4, 1856 1860  
  James Buchanan (cropped).jpg Fillmore (cropped).jpg
Nominee James Buchanan Millard Fillmore
Party Democratic Whig
Home state Pennsylvania New York
Running mate John C. Breckinridge Andrew J. Donelson
Electoral vote70
Popular vote35,45624,191
Percentage59.44%40.56%

Mississippi 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 Mississippi was held on November 4, 1856. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president.

Contents

Mississippi was won by Senator James Buchanan (DPennsylvania), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860 presidential election John C. Breckinridge, with 59.44% of the popular vote, against the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (WNew York), running with the 2nd United States Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson, with 40.56% of the popular vote.

Fillmore ran under the American Party ticket in most states, but ran as a Whig in Mississippi after receiving the endorsement of the party at the 1856 Whig National Convention. [1]

The Republican Party nominee John C. Frémont was not on the ballot in the state.

Results

1856 United States presidential election in Mississippi [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Buchanan 35,456 59.44%
Whig Millard Fillmore 24,19140.56%
Total votes59,647 100.00%

Results by County

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

Democratic

Millard Fillmore

Whig

Total Votes Cast
#%#%
Adams 38042.94%50557.06%885
Amite 36045.00%44055.00%800
Attala 92864.94%50135.06%1,429
Bolivar 10638.69%16861.31%274
Calhoun 84076.16%26323.84%1,103
Carroll 93852.58%84647.42%1,784
Claiborne 38754.28%32645.72%713
Clarke 73165.21%39034.79%1,121
Chickasaw 80153.40%69946.60%1,500
Choctaw 1,12767.73%53732.37%1,664
Coahoma 11131.99%23668.01%347
Copiah 73163.79%41536.21%1,146
Covington 38781.47%8818.53%475
De Soto 1,15962.04%70937.96%1,868
Franklin 34261.29%21638.71%558
Greene 61100.00%00.00%61
Hancock 18663.05%10936.95%295
Harrison 41469.46%18230.54%596
Hinds 75140.10%1,12259.90%1,873
Holmes 58553.92%50046.08%1,085
Issaquena 7640.00%11460.00%190
Itawamba 1,23963.41%71536.59%1,954
Jackson 32684.46%6015.54%386
Jasper 69965.27%37234.73%1,071
Jefferson 35653.61%30846.39%664
Jones 22676.35%7023.65%296
Kemper 65557.26%48942.74%1,144
Lafayette 97564.83%52935.17%1,504
Lauderdale 86378.31%23921.69%1,102
Lawrence 60482.40%12917.60%733
Leake 61564.00%34636.00%961
Lowndes 80159.16%55340.84%1,354
Madison 54148.48%57551.52%1,116
Marion 28580.51%6919.49%354
Marshall 1,46553.96%1,25046.04%2,715
Monroe 1,06563.51%61236.49%1,677
Neshoba 46473.53%16726.47%631
Newton 40766.18%20833.82%615
Noxubee 60155.80%47644.20%1,077
Oktibbeha 59566.63%29833.37%893
Panola 56148.03%60751.97%1,168
Perry 18562.08%11337.92%298
Pike 53365.64%27934.36%812
Pontotoc 1,39255.39%1,12144.61%2,513
Rankin 54657.17%40942.83%955
Scott 44272.70%16627.30%608
Simpson 34171.34%13728.66%478
Smith 43364.82%23535.18%668
Sunflower 8942.58%12057.42%209
Tallahatchie 27661.06%17638.94%452
Tippah 1,60166.24%81633.76%2,417
Tishomingo 1,86265.45%98334.55%2,845
Tunica 48.33%4491.67%48
Warren 44733.43%89066.57%1,337
Washington 13948.43%14851.57%287
Wayne 71100.00%00.00%71
Wilkinson 40051.81%37248.19%772
Winston 77672.05%30127.95%1,077
Yalobusha 84854.22%71645.78%1,564
Yazoo 60845.27%73554.73%1,343
Total35,45659.44%24,19140.56%59,647

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Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

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References

  1. "Whig Party Platform of 1856". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  2. "1856 Presidential Election Results Mississippi".
  3. "Our Campaigns - MS US President Race - Nov 04, 1856". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved January 10, 2025.