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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Federalist | James Buchanan | 7,809 | 27.9 | |
Federalist | John Phillips | 7,709 | 27.5 | |
Democratic-Republican | Jacob Hibshman | 6,396 | 22.8 | |
Democratic-Republican | James M. Wallace | 6,100 | 21.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Jacksonian | James Buchanan | 7,021 | 18.6 | |
Jacksonian | Isaac Wayne | 6,870 | 18.2 | |
Jacksonian | Samuel Edwards | 6,839 | 18.1 | |
Democratic-Republican | William Darlington | 5,723 | 15.2 | |
Democratic-Republican | William Anderson | 5,646 | 15.0 | |
Democratic-Republican | Jacob Hibshman | 5,639 | 14.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Jacksonian | James Buchanan | 6,968 | 18.0 | |
Jacksonian | Samuel Edwards | 6,802 | 17.5 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | Charles Miner | 6,756 | 17.4 | |
Democratic-Republican | Isaac D. Barnard | 6,129 | 15.8 | |
Democratic-Republican | William Anderson | 6,098 | 15.7 | |
Democratic-Republican | Samuel Houston | 6,028 | 15.5 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Jacksonian | James Buchanan | 5,950 | 18.5 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | Samuel Anderson | 5,732 | 17.8 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | Charles Miner | 5,670 | 17.6 | |
Jacksonian | Joshua Evans Jr. | 4,983 | 15.5 | |
Jacksonian | John McCamant | 4,933 | 15.3 | |
Jacksonian | George Gray Leiper | 4,902 | 15.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Jacksonian | James Buchanan | 10,004 | 17.6 | |
Jacksonian | Joshua Evans Jr. | 9,932 | 17.5 | |
Jacksonian | George Gray Leiper | 9,538 | 17.4 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | Samuel Anderson | 9,023 | 15.9 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | Townsend Haines | 9,006 | 15.9 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | William Hiester | 8,957 | 15.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Buchanan | 66 | 49.62 | |
Anti-Masonic | Amos Ellmaker | 31 | 23.31 | |
Democratic | James Clarke | 26 | 19.55 | |
National Republican | Joseph Lawrence | 6 | 4.51 | |
Democratic | Joel Sutherland | 1 | 0.75 | |
N/A | Not voting | 3 | 2.26 | |
Totals | 133 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Buchanan | 85 | 63.91 | |
Whig | Thomas M. T. McKennan | 24 | 18.05 | |
Whig | Charles B. Penrose | 21 | 15.79 | |
Democratic | Thomas Cunningham | 1 | 0.75 | |
Democratic | Isaac Leet | 1 | 0.75 | |
N/A | Not voting | 1 | 0.75 | |
Totals | 133 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Buchanan | 74 | 56.06 | |
Whig | John Banks | 54 | 40.91 | |
Democratic | Richard Brodhead | 1 | 0.76 | |
Unknown | John Gibons | 1 | 0.76 | |
N/A | Not voting | 2 | 1.52 | |
Totals | 132 | 100.00% |
Ballots | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 [lower-alpha 1] | 9 [lower-alpha 2] |
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Martin Van Buren | 146 | 127 | 121 | 111 | 103 | 101 | 99 | 104 | 2 | 0 |
Lewis Cass | 83 | 94 | 92 | 105 | 107 | 116 | 123 | 114 | 29 | 0 |
Richard M. Johnson | 24 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Buchanan | 4 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John C. Calhoun | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Levi Woodbury | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marcus Morton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
James K. Polk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 231 | 266 |
Blank | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ballots | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Lewis Cass | 125 | 133 | 156 | 179 |
Levi Woodbury | 53 | 56 | 53 | 38 |
James Buchanan | 55 | 54 | 40 | 33 |
John C. Calhoun | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William Jenkins Worth | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
George M. Dallas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
William Orlando Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Abstaining | 39 | 39 | 36 | 36 |
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Ballot | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th |
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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 |
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Ballot | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | 40th | 41st | 42nd | 43rd | 44th | 45th | 46th | 47th | 48th | 49th | |||||||||
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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 |
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Ballot | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
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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 |
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote(a) | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
James Buchanan Jr. | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 1,836,072 | 45.28% | 174 | John Cabell Breckinridge | Kentucky | 174 |
John Charles Frémont | Republican | California | 1,342,345 | 33.11% | 114 | William Lewis Dayton | New Jersey | 114 |
Millard Fillmore | American | New York | 873,053 | 21.53% | 8 | Andrew Jackson Donelson | Tennessee | 8 |
Other | 3,177 | 0.08% | — | Other | — | |||
Total | 4,054,647 | 100% | 296 | 296 | ||||
Needed to win | 149 | 149 |
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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