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- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 abstract "The United States presidential election of 1856 was the 18th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. It was an unusually heated contest that led to the election of James Buchanan, an experienced politician who had held a variety of political offices, but at the moment was serving as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The Whig Party, which had been one of the two major parties in the U.S., had disintegrated since the 1852 election over the issue of slavery in the Western territories, and new parties such as the Republican Party and American, or "Know-Nothing," Party, competed to replace it as the principal opposition to the Democratic Party.Incumbent president Franklin Pierce was defeated in his effort to be re-nominated by the Democratic Party, which chose Buchanan as its candidate instead. The Republican Party nominated John C. Frémont of California as its first presidential candidate. The Know-Nothing Party nominated former President Millard Fillmore, of New York. Frémont condemned the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854, and crusaded against the expansion of slavery, while Buchanan warned that the Republicans were extremists whose victory would lead to civil war. The Democrats endorsed the popular sovereignty approach to slavery expansion embodied by the Kansas–Nebraska Act. The platform of the Know-Nothing Party ignored the slavery issue in favor of anti-immigration policies.Frémont received fewer than 1200 popular votes in the slave states, with all of these coming from Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Virginia. The results in the Electoral College indicated that the Republican Party would probably win the next presidential election in 1860 if it won just two more states, such as Pennsylvania and Illinois.".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 startDate "1856-11-04".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 title "United States Presidential Election, 1856".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 afterElection James_Buchanan.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 afterParty "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 asOf "2005-07-27".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 asOf "2005-07-31".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 beforeElection Franklin_Pierce.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 beforeParty "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 country "United States".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 electionDate "1856-11-04".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 electionName "United States Presidential Election, 1856".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 electoralVote "114".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 electoralVote "174".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 electoralVote "8".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 ev "114".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 ev "174".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 flagYear "1851".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 homeState California.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 homeState New_York.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 homeState Pennsylvania.
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 mapCaption "Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Buchanan/Breckinridge, Red denotes those won by Frémont & Dayton, and Grey denotes those won by Fillmore & Donelson. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 mapImage "ElectoralCollege1856.svg".
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- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 name James_Buchanan.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 name John_C._Frémont.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 name Millard_Fillmore.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 neededVotes "149".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 nextElection "United States presidential election, 1860".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 nextYear "1860".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 nominee John_C._Frémont.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 nominee Millard_Fillmore.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 nominee "James Buchanan".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 ongoing "no".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 party Know_Nothing.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 party Whig_Party_(United_States).
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 party "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 party "Know-Nothing".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 party "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 percentage "21.5".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 percentage "33.1".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 percentage "45.3".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 popularVote "1342345".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 popularVote "1836072".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 popularVote "873053".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 previousElection "United States presidential election, 1852".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 previousYear "1852".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pv "1342345".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pv "1836072".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pv "3177".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pv "4054647".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pv "873053".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pvPct "0.1".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pvPct "21.6".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pvPct "33.1".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 pvPct "45.3".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 runningMate Andrew_Jackson_Donelson.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 runningMate William_L._Dayton.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 runningMate "John C. Breckinridge".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 state California.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 state New_York.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 state Pennsylvania.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 statesCarried "1".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 statesCarried "11".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 statesCarried "19".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 title "President".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 toWin "149".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 type "presidential".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 votesForElection "All 296 electoral votes of the Electoral College".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 vpName Andrew_Jackson_Donelson.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 vpName John_C._Breckinridge.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 vpName William_L._Dayton.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 vpState Kentucky.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 vpState New_Jersey.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 vpState Tennessee.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 year "1856".
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 subject Category:Presidency_of_James_Buchanan.
- United_States_presidential_election,_1856 subject Category:United_States_presidential_election,_1856.