The 1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 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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Frémont 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
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Massachusetts voted for the Republican candidate, John C. Frémont, over the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, and the Know Nothing candidate, Millard Fillmore. Frémont won Massachusetts by a margin of 40.53%.
With 63.61% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would prove to be Frémont's second strongest state in the 1856 election after neighboring Vermont.[2]
Results
edit| 1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | John Charles Frémont of California | William Lewis Dayton of New Jersey | 108,172 | 63.61% | 13 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | James Buchanan of Pennsylvania | John Cabell Breckinridge of Kentucky | 39,244 | 23.08% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Know Nothing | Millard Fillmore of New York | Andrew Jackson Donelson of Tennessee | 19,626 | 11.54% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 3,006 | 1.77% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 170,048 | 100.00% | 13 | 100.00% | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
- ^ "1856 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1856 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts".
Further reading
edit- Baum, Dale. "Know-Nothingism and the Republican majority in Massachusetts: The political realignment of the 1850s." Journal of American History 64.4 (1978): 959–986. online
- Baum, Dale. The Civil War Party System: The Case of Massachusetts, 1848-1876 ( University of North Carolina Press, 1984).
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