1856 United States presidential election in Ohio

none June 2025 September 2023 1856 United States presidential election 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio Ohio Flag_of_the_United_States_(1851–1858).svg presidential no 1852 United States presidential election in Ohio 1852 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio 1860 November 4, 1856 x160px John Charles Fremont crop.jpg John C. Frémont Republican Party (United States) California William L. Dayton 23 187,497 48.51% James Buchanan (cropped).jpg James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge 0 170,874 44.21% Fillmore (cropped).jpg Millard Fillmore Know Nothing New York Andrew Jackson Donelson 0 28,126 7.28% 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio results map by county.svg 250px County results Fremont #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Buchanan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) James Buchanan Democratic The 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ohio was won by California Senator John C. Frémont, running with New Jersey Senator William L. Dayton, with 48.51% 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 44.21% of the popular vote and the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (A–New York), running with the 2nd United States Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson, with 7.28% of the popular vote.1856 Presidential Election Results Ohio http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1856&fips=39&f=0&off=0&elect=0 This election began a streak of 14 consecutive victories for the Republican party; Indeed, due to the creation of the party only two years prior in 1854, no Republican Presidential nominee would lose the state until William Howard Taft in 1912. However, this streak was tenuous, and only twice (in 1864 and 1904) did the Republican margin of victory exceed ten percentage points. Indeed, in 1892 the margin was so tight that one Cleveland elector received more votes than the lowest Harrison elector. The nomination of Ohio politicians Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and William Howard Taft certainly helped maintain the light but steady grip their party held on the state. Indeed, even when the nominee was not an Ohio politician, they were often a resident of a nearby state like Indiana (Harrison) or Illinois (Lincoln), or, in the case of Grant, a resident of Illinois who had been born and raised in Ohio. Thus, during the 60-year hegemony of the Republican party in Ohio, only two nominees – James G. Blaine in 1884 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 – had no connection whatsoever to the lower Midwest. Results 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio John C. Frémont Republican Party (United States) 187,497 48.51% James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) #3333FF 170,874 44.21% Know Nothing Millard Fillmore 28,126 7.28% 386,497 100.00% Results by county County John C. FremontRepublican James BuchananDemocratic Millard FillmoreKnow Nothing Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adams 1,407 40.49% 1,790 51.51% 278 8.00% -383 -11.02% 3,475 Allen 1,415 46.90% 1,508 49.98% 94 3.12% -93 -3.08% 3,017 Ashland 1,912 47.33% 2,089 51.71% 39 0.96% -177 -4.38% 4,040 Ashtabula 5,108 80.63% 975 15.39% 252 3.98% 4,133 65.24% 6,335 Athens 2,299 60.45% 1,350 35.50% 154 4.05% 949 24.95% 3,803 Auglaize 912 35.02% 1,604 61.60% 88 3.38% -692 -26.58% 2,604 Belmont 1,817 28.48% 2,810 44.04% 1,753 27.48% -993 -15.56% 6,380 Brown 1,785 36.33% 2,700 54.96% 428 8.71% -915 -18.63% 4,913 Butler 2,301 37.68% 3,509 57.47% 296 4.85% -1,208 -19.79% 6,106 Carroll 1,750 56.60% 1,255 40.59% 87 2.81% 495 16.01% 3,092 Champaign 1,995 49.55% 1,711 42.50% 320 7.95% 284 7.05% 4,026 Clark 2,641 60.74% 1,539 35.40% 168 3.86% 1,102 25.34% 4,348 Clermont 2,188 38.32% 2,741 48.00% 781 13.68% -553 -9.68% 5,710 Clinton 2,117 60.02% 1,170 33.17% 240 6.81% 947 26.85% 3,527 Columbiana 3,516 57.55% 2,497 40.87% 96 1.58% 1,019 16.68% 6,109 Coshocton 2,162 48.06% 2,281 50.70% 56 1.24% -119 -2.64% 4,499 Crawford 1,685 43.53% 2,154 55.64% 32 0.83% -469 -12.11% 3,871 Cuyahoga 6,360 57.29% 4,446 40.05% 296 2.66% 1,914 17.24% 11,102 Darke 2,086 48.70% 1,988 46.42% 209 4.88% 98 2.28% 4,283 Defiance 821 46.81% 895 51.03% 38 2.16% -74 -4.22% 1,754 Delaware 2,367 55.75% 1,649 38.84% 230 5.41% 718 16.91% 4,246 Erie 2,258 60.86% 1,377 37.12% 75 2.02% 881 23.74% 3,710 Fairfield 1,700 30.12% 3,233 57.28% 711 12.60% -1,533 -27.16% 5,644 Fayette 1,209 49.11% 880 35.74% 373 15.15% 329 13.37% 2,462 Franklin 3,488 44.42% 3,791 48.27% 574 7.31% -303 -3.85% 7,853 Fulton 1,098 56.77% 772 39.92% 64 3.31% 326 16.85% 1,934 Gallia 610 19.32% 1,341 42.48% 1,206 38.20% 135"FillmoredFremont" In this county where Fremont ran third behind both Buchanan and Fillmore, margin given is Buchanan vote minus Fillmore vote and percentage margin Buchanan percentage minus Fillmore percentage. -23.16% 3,157 Geauga 2,694 80.97% 575 17.28% 58 1.75% 2,119 63.69% 3,327 Greene 3,032 64.36% 1,465 31.10% 214 4.54% 1,567 33.26% 4,711 Guernsey 2,392 52.76% 1,932 42.61% 210 4.63% 460 10.15% 4,534 Hamilton 9,345 33.28% 13,051 46.48% 5,680 20.24% -3,706 -13.20% 28,076 Hancock 1,773 47.23% 1,944 51.78% 37 0.99% -171 -4.55% 3,754 Hardin 1,091 53.09% 882 42.92% 82 3.99% 209 10.17% 2,055 Harrison 2,060 56.55% 1,473 40.43% 110 3.02% 587 16.12% 3,643 Henry 587 46.44% 655 51.82% 22 1.74% -68 -5.38% 1,264 Highland 1,810 37.37% 2,140 44.18% 894 18.45% -330 -6.81% 4,844 Hocking 1,092 41.04% 1,454 54.64% 115 4.32% -362 -13.60% 2,661 Holmes 1,285 37.87% 2,103 61.98% 5 0.15% -818 -24.11% 3,393 Huron 3,468 66.30% 1,709 32.67% 54 1.03% 1,759 33.63% 5,231 Jackson 938 34.27% 1,383 50.53% 416 15.20% -445 -16.26% 3,269 Jefferson 2,424 51.86% 1,991 42.60% 259 5.54% 433 9.26% 4,674 Knox 2,735 51.64% 2,437 46.02% 124 2.34% 298 5.62% 5,296 Lake 2,371 78.04% 628 20.67% 39 1.29% 1,743 57.37% 3,038 Lawrence 743 26.58% 1,150 41.14% 902 32.28% 248"FillmoredFremont" 8.86% 2,795 Licking 3,027 44.42% 3,371 49.46% 417 6.12% -344 -5.04% 6,815 Logan 2,093 56.75% 1,328 36.01% 267 7.24% 765 20.74% 3,688 Lorain 3,604 70.97% 1,420 27.96% 54 1.07% 2,184 43.01% 5,078 Lucas 1,639 41.07% 1,866 46.76% 486 12.17% -227 -5.69% 3,991 Madison 997 46.85% 656 30.83% 475 22.32% 341 16.02% 2,128 Mahoning 2,323 54.16% 1,937 45.16% 29 0.68% 386 9.00% 4,289 Marion 1,367 51.66% 1,275 48.19% 4 0.15% 92 3.47% 2,646 Medina 2,635 62.22% 1,572 37.12% 28 0.66% 1,063 25.10% 4,235 Meigs 1,998 50.65% 1,603 40.63% 344 8.72% 395 10.02% 3,996 Mercer 629 33.07% 1,159 60.94% 114 5.99% -530 -27.87% 1,902 Miami 3,171 59.63% 1,988 37.38% 159 2.99% 1,183 22.25% 5,318 Monroe 1,016 23.96% 2,812 66.31% 413 9.73% -1,796 -42.35% 4,672 Montgomery 4,038 46.34% 4,285 49.17% 391 4.49% -247 -2.83% 8,714 Morgan 2,125 53.19% 1,669 41.78% 201 5.03% 456 11.41% 3,995 Morrow 2,031 53.46% 1,667 43.88% 101 2.66% 364 9.58% 3,799 Muskingum 3,172 41.44% 3,391 44.30% 1,092 14.26% -219 -2.86% 7,655 Noble 1,603 51.81% 1,337 43.21% 154 4.98% 266 8.60% 3,094 Ottawa 454 48.71% 477 51.18% 1 0.11% -23 -2.47% 932 Paulding 497 73.96% 170 25.30% 5 0.74% 327 48.66% 672 Perry 1,385 37.19% 1,847 49.60% 492 13.21% -462 -12.41% 3,724 Pickaway 1,724 41.32% 2,066 49.52% 382 9.16% -342 -8.20% 4,172 Pike 523 25.23% 1,175 56.68% 375 18.09% -652 -31.45% 2,073 Portage 2,983 58.94% 2,072 40.94% 6 0.12% 911 18.00% 5,061 Preble 2,249 55.08% 1,561 38.23% 273 6.69% 688 16.85% 4,083 Putnam 790 41.36% 1,116 58.43% 4 0.21% -326 -17.07% 1,910 Richland 2,726 47.93% 2,909 51.14% 53 0.93% -183 -3.21% 5,688 Ross 2,436 42.69% 2,681 46.99% 589 10.32% -245 -4.30% 5,706 Sandusky 1,548 48.50% 1,599 50.09% 45 1.41% -51 -1.59% 3,192 Scioto 546 15.60% 1,634 46.67% 1,321 37.73% 313"FillmoredFremont" 8.94% 3,501 Seneca 2,565 48.64% 2,605 49.40% 103 1.96% -40 -0.76% 5,273 Shelby 1,356 46.30% 1,446 49.37% 127 4.33% -90 -3.07% 2,929 Stark 3,770 50.73% 3,633 48.88% 29 0.39% 137 1.85% 7,432 Summit 3,185 63.64% 1,746 34.89% 74 1.47% 1,439 28.75% 5,005 Trumbull 4,049 67.63% 1,920 32.07% 18 0.30% 2,129 35.56% 5,987 Tuscarawas 3,007 52.93% 2,656 46.75% 18 0.32% 351 6.18% 5,681 Union 1,431 52.06% 1,055 38.38% 263 9.56% 376 13.68% 2,749 Van Wert 758 48.01% 789 49.97% 32 2.02% -31 -1.96% 1,579 Vinton 932 43.21% 1,174 54.43% 51 2.36% -242 -11.22% 2,157 Warren 2,688 55.91% 1,776 36.94% 344 7.15% 912 18.97% 4,808 Washington 2,783 52.36% 2,251 42.35% 281 5.29% 532 10.01% 5,315 Wayne 2,904 49.48% 2,918 49.72% 47 0.80% -14 -0.24% 5,869 Williams 1,327 55.34% 1,022 42.62% 49 2.04% 305 12.72% 2,398 Wood 1,319 55.03% 935 39.01% 143 5.96% 384 16.02% 2,397 Wyandot 1,247 47.36% 1,278 48.54% 108 4.10% -31 -1.18% 2,633Totals187,49748.51%170,87444.21%28,1267.28%16,6234.30%386,497 See also United States presidential elections in Ohio Notes References Ohio 1856 Category:1856 Ohio elections