1856 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1856 United States presidential election 1856 United States presidential election in New York New York 1778 presidential no 1852 United States presidential election in New York 1852 1860 United States presidential election in New York 1860 89.9%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 5.2 pp November 4, 1856 x160px John Charles Fremont crop.jpg John C. Frémont Republican Party (United States) California William L. Dayton 35 274,705 46.14% James Buchanan (cropped).jpg James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge 0 195,878 32.90% Fillmore (cropped).jpg Millard Fillmore American New York Andrew Jackson Donelson 0 124,647 20.94% 1856 United States presidential election in New York results map by county.svg 440px County results Fremont #ffccd0 30–40%#f2b3be 40–50%#e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80% Buchanan #d3e7ff 30–40%#b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60% Fillmore #F2DFFC 30–40%#DCB7EF 40–50% President Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) James Buchanan Democratic The 1856 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New York was won by California Senator John C. Frémont (R–California), running with former Senator William L. Dayton (New Jersey), with 46.27 percent of the popular vote, against Senator James Buchanan (D–Pennsylvania), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860 presidential election John C. Breckinridge, with 32.84 percent of the popular vote and the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (AmericanIn New York Fillmore and Donelson ran under the official name of American Party.–New York), running with the 2nd U.S. Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson, with 20.89 percent of the popular vote.1856 Presidential Election Results New York http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1856&fips=36&f=0&off=0&elect=0 James Buchanan went on to win the presidential election, but a Democrat would not win New York again until Horatio Seymour's narrow victory in 1868. Frémont, the first presidential nominee of the newly formed Republican Party, would be the first of just three Republicans ever to carry the state without winning the presidency, the other two being New Yorkers Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 and Thomas E. Dewey in 1948. It was also the first time since voting for DeWitt Clinton in 1812 that New York backed a losing presidential candidate. This remains the only presidential election in history where New York voted Republican while neighboring Pennsylvania voted Democratic, although New York would vote more Republican than Pennsylvania in the Republican landslides of 1952, 1956, and 1984. Results 1856 United States presidential election in New YorkStatement of the whole number of Votes given for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/118110527/ 2 December 2025 Brooklyn Evening Star 16 December 1856 Brooklyn 5Official Canvass https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/20508313/ 2 December 2025 New-York Daily Times 2 January 1857 6The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1857 1857 Greeley & McElrath New York 46 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002271757f&view=1up&seq=132 2 December 2025Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket. Republican Party (United States) John C. Frémont California William L. Dayton New Jersey 274,705"newyork" This is the official total of the highest Republican elector, as reported by the state Board of Canvassers. The board excluded about 1,300 Republican votes in New York City. 46.14% 35 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) James Buchanan Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge Kentucky 195,878 32.90% 0 0.00% Know Nothing Millard Fillmore New York Andrew Jackson Donelson Tennessee 124,647 20.94% 0 0.00% Radical Abolitionist Party Gerrit Smith New York Samuel McFarland Pennsylvania 165 0.03% 0 0.00% 595,395 100.00% 35 100.00% Results by county County John C. FrémontRepublican James BuchananDemocratic Millard FillmoreAmerican Gerrit SmithRadical Abolitionist Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Albany5,01627.76%7,75142.90%5,30129.34%10.01%2,450"FilllmoredFremont" In this county where Frémont ran third behind Buchanan and Fillmore, margin given is Buchanan vote minus Fillmore vote and percentage margin Buchanan percentage minus Fillmore percentage.13.56%18,069Allegany6,54572.37%1,64018.13%8569.46%30.03%4,90554.23%9,044Broome4,29759.71%2,10629.27%79110.99%20.03%2,19130.45%7,196Cattaraugus5,16665.21%1,77322.38%97812.35%50.06%3,39342.83%7,922Cayuga7,03565.26%1,81816.86%1,92417.85%30.03% 5,112"FillmoredBuchanan" In this county where Buchanan ran third behind both Frémont and Fillmore, margin given is Frémont vote minus Fillmore vote and percentage margin Frémont percentage minus Fillmore percentage.47.41%10,780Chautauqua7,03764.54%1,84716.94%2,01718.50%20.02%5,020"FillmoredBuchanan"46.04%10,903Chemung2,66451.04%1,78934.28%76614.68%00.00%87516.76%5,219Chenango5,45861.09%2,40626.93%1,07011.98%00.00%3,05234.16%8,934Clinton2,65943.45%2,13434.87%1,31121.42%160.26%5258.58%6,120Columbia3,81843.29%3,02034.24%1,98122.46%00.00%7989.05%8,819Cortland3,59666.43%1,18121.82%62811.60%80.15%2,41544.61%5,413Delaware4,36751.48%2,10724.84%2,00923.68%00.00%2,26026.64%8,483Dutchess5,51247.67%4,03934.93%2,01317.41%00.00%1,47312.74%11,564Erie6,90234.58%7,53637.76%5,52127.66%00.00%-634-3.18%19,959Essex2,90457.69%1,17323.30%95618.99%10.02%1,73134.39%5,034Franklin1,46934.86%1,60037.97%1,14527.17%00.00%-131-3.11%4,214Fulton2,59351.84%1,37427.47%1,03420.67%10.02%1,21924.37%5,002Genesee3,62058.76%1,43423.28%1,10717.97%00.00%2,18635.48%6,161Greene2,16435.81%2,34638.82%1,53325.37%00.00%-182-3.01%6,043HamiltonVoted with Fulton County14928.88%25048.45%11722.67%00.00%-101-19.57%516Herkimer5,07463.75%1,65020.73%1,23015.45%50.06%3,42443.02%7,959Jefferson8,24964.42%3,49627.30%1,0588.26%20.02%4,75337.12%12,805Kings7,84625.58%14,17446.21%8,64728.19%40.01%5,527"FilllmoredFremont"18.02%30,671Lewis3,12467.05%1,11423.91%4188.97%30.06%2,01043.14%4,659Livingston3,59749.72%1,65222.83%1,97927.35%70.10% 1,618"FillmoredBuchanan"22.37%7,235Madison6,31269.72%1,86120.56%8659.55%150.17%4,45149.17%9,053Monroe7,58449.44%4,68330.53%3,06920.01%40.03%2,90118.91%15,340Montgomery3,07649.03%1,48523.67%1,71327.30%00.00%1,363"FillmoredBuchanan"21.73%6,274New York16,469"newyork"21.03%41,91353.52%19,92425.44%00.00%21,989"FilllmoredFremont"28.08%78,306Niagara3,90650.35%1,86424.03%1,98625.60%10.01%1,920"FillmoredBuchanan"24.75%7,757Oneida11,17458.25%6,38633.29%1,6128.40%100.05%4,78824.96%19,182Onondaga10,07162.83%4,22726.37%1,72410.76%70.04%5,84436.46%16,029Ontario4,55154.23%1,64219.57%2,18926.08%100.12%2,362"FillmoredBuchanan"28.15%8,392Orange4,27441.12%3,94837.98%2,17220.90%00.00%3263.14%10,394Orleans3,08855.49%1,05218.90%1,42525.61%00.00%1,663"FillmoredBuchanan"29.88%5,565Oswego8,24662.84%3,68328.07%1,1758.95%190.14%4,56334.77%13,123Otsego6,37356.91%3,59532.10%1,22910.98%10.01%2,77824.81%11,198Putnam96337.94%1,09643.18%47918.87%00.00%-133-5.24%2,538Queens1,88627.72%2,39435.19%2,52337.09%00.00%-129"FilllmoredFremont"-1.90%6,803Rensselaer5,15336.50%4,41531.27%4,55132.23%00.00%602"FillmoredBuchanan"4.27%14,119Richmond73622.77%1,55047.94%94729.29%00.00%603"FilllmoredFremont"18.65%3,233Rockland66821.34%1,52648.74%93729.93%00.00%589"FilllmoredFremont"18.81%3,131Saratoga4,52447.37%2,44625.61%2,58127.02%00.00%1,943"FillmoredBuchanan"20.35%9,551Schenectady1,71446.15%78721.19%1,21332.66%00.00%501"FillmoredBuchanan"13.49%3,714Schoharie2,37634.71%2,83741.45%1,63023.81%20.03%-461-6.73%6,845Schuyler2,54263.81%98124.62%46111.57%00.00%1,56139.19%3,984Seneca2,16342.76%1,62532.13%1,26525.01%50.10%53810.64%5,058St. Lawrence9,69874.67%1,95015.01%1,33210.26%80.06%7,74859.66%12,988Steuben7,27058.06%3,21725.69%2,03416.24%00.00%4,05332.37%12,521Suffolk2,39337.28%2,04531.86%1,98030.85%10.02%3485.42%6,419Sullivan1,69031.83%1,58329.81%2,03738.36%00.00%-347"FillmoredBuchanan"-6.53%5,310Tioga3,33156.27%2,15436.39%4357.35%00.00%1,17719.88%5,920Tompkins4,01958.09%1,43020.67%1,47021.25%00.00%2,549"FillmoredBuchanan"36.84%6,919Ulster2,93225.14%4,03034.55%4,70340.32%00.00%-673"FilllmoredFremont"-5.77%11,665Warren2,20255.85%1,00625.51%73518.64%00.00%1,19630.34%3,943Washington5,17459.74%1,63218.84%1,84821.34%70.08%3,326"FillmoredBuchanan"38.40%8,661Wayne5,77662.56%1,99921.65%1,45015.71%70.08%3,77740.91%9,232Westchester4,45035.06%4,60036.25% 3,64128.69%00.00%-150-1.19%12,691Wyoming4,06662.05%1,91129.16%5718.71%50.08%2,15532.89%6,553Yates2,99470.28%91521.48%3518.24%00.00%2,07948.80%4,260Totals274,70546.14%195,87832.90%124,64720.94%1650.03%78,82713.24%595,395 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Allegany Broome Cayuga Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Delaware Dutchess Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Madison Montgomery Oneida Onondaga Orange Oswego Otsego Rensselaer Schenectady Seneca St. Lawrence Steuben Suffolk Tioga Tompkins Warren Wayne Yates Counties that flipped from Whig to Republican 20em Cattaraugus Chautauqua Cortland Essex Fulton Genesee Livingston Monroe Niagara Ontario Orleans Saratoga Washington Wyoming Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic Erie Counties that flipped from Democratic to American Queens Sullivan Ulster See also United States presidential elections in New York Notes References New York 1856 Category:1856 New York (state) elections