1856 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1856 United States presidential election in Indiana United States 1851 presidential no 1852 United States presidential election in Indiana 1852 1860 United States presidential election in Indiana 1860 November 4, 1856 88.3%Madison 1986 330 8.0 pp 160x160px File:James Buchanan Alt Crop.jpg James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge 13 118,670 50.41% File:John Charles Fremont Oval Crop Edit.png John C. Frémont Republican Party (United States) California William L. Dayton 0 94,375 40.09% File:Fillmore Alt Crop.jpg Millard Fillmore Know Nothing New York Andrew Jackson Donelson 0 22,386 9.51% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results Buchanan #B9D7FF 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Frémont #F2B3BE 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #D40000 70–80% President Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the U.S. minister to Great Britain James Buchanan and the former U.S. representative from Kentucky's 8th congressional district John C. Breckinridge defeated the Republican ticket of the former U.S. senator from California John C. Frémont and the former U.S. senator from New Jersey William L. Dayton by a margin of 10.3%. The Know Nothing ticket of former president Millard Fillmore and the former U.S. envoy to Prussia Andrew Jackson Donelson finished third.Dubin 2002 135 Buchanan defeated Frémont in the national election with 174 electoral votes.1856 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1856 National Archives October 8, 2025 General election Summary Indiana chose 13 electors in a statewide general election. Nineteenth-century presidential elections used a form of block voting that allowed voters to modify the electoral list nominated by a political party before submitting their ballots. Because voters elected each member of the Electoral College individually, electors nominated by the same party often received differing numbers of votes as a consequence of voter rolloff, split-ticket voting, or electoral fusion.Lampi n.d. Ratcliffe 2014 57 This table reflects the statewide popular vote as calculated by Michael J. Dubin. 1856 United States presidential election in IndianaDubin 2002 35 Democratic Party (United States) James BuchananJohn C. Breckinridge 118,670 50.41 1.52 Republican Party (United States) John C. FrémontWilliam L. Dayton 94,375 40.09 40.09 Know Nothing Millard FillmoreAndrew Jackson Donelson 22,386 9.51 9.51 235,431 100.00 Results by county + 1856 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyDubin 2002 140–41 County James BuchananDemocratic John C. FrémontRepublican Millard FillmoreKnow Nothing Total Votes % Votes % Votes %Adams84763.73%41331.08%695.19%1,329Allen3,21164.88%1,59332.19%1452.93%4,949Bartholomew1,84456.25%1,29239.41%1424.33%3,278Benton21740.19%31558.33%81.48%540Blackford40458.64%23834.54%476.82%689Boone1,49351.97%1,29945.21%812.82%2,873Brown68174.10%14816.10%909.79%919Carroll1,34451.16%1,26148.00%220.84%2,627Cass1,53949.92%1,50448.78%401.30%3,083Clark1,95055.46%49213.99%1,07430.55%3,516Clay1,10862.63%36520.63%29616.73%1,769Clinton1,36451.30%1,26147.42%341.28%2,659Crawford73557.97%241.89%50940.14%1,268Daviess1,11553.61%261.25%93945.14%2,080Dearborn2,61958.34%1,57335.04%2976.62%4,489Decatur1,63947.95%1,71850.26%611.78%3,418DeKalb1,24751.55%1,09745.35%753.10%2,419Delaware99235.94%1,73662.90%321.16%2,760Dubois1,19182.25%211.45%23616.30%1,448Elkhart1,65145.36%1,97154.15%180.49%3,640Fayette1,00244.91%1,18953.29%401.79%2,231Floyd1,76754.25%2287.00%1,26238.75%3,257Fountain1,58849.16%1,60649.72%361.11%3,230Franklin2,25960.45%1,43738.45%411.10%3,737Fulton83550.12%82249.34%90.54%1,666Gibson1,28653.21%36515.10%76631.69%2,417Grant1,03540.93%1,39555.16%993.91%2,529Greene1,12955.32%37918.57%53326.11%2,041Hamilton1,18539.89%1,74858.84%381.28%2,971Hancock1,34357.66%96241.31%241.03%2,329Harrison1,68154.63%77325.12%62320.25%3,077Hendricks1,37844.00%1,68053.64%742.36%3,132Henry1,22930.58%2,74168.20%491.22%4,019Howard68638.63%1,05759.52%331.86%1,776Huntington1,18147.79%1,23249.86%582.35%2,471Jackson1,70067.59%29911.89%51620.52%2,515Jasper54844.05%63350.88%635.06%1,244Jay88048.43%88348.60%542.97%1,817Jefferson1,93641.41%2,31449.50%4259.09%4,675Jennings1,15944.17%1,29349.28%1726.55%2,624Johnson1,60856.30%1,09538.34%1535.36%2,856Knox1,51258.06%55721.39%53520.55%2,604Kosciusko1,07539.09%1,66260.44%130.47%2,750LaGrange64031.19%1,40668.52%60.29%2,052Lake34627.20%92372.56%30.24%1,272LaPorte2,23946.48%2,53352.58%450.93%4,817Lawrence1,12649.69%48021.18%66029.13%2,266Madison1,60353.50%1,30943.69%842.80%2,996Marion3,73848.93%3,69648.38%2052.68%7,639Marshall1,03952.85%92747.15%00.00%1,966Martin76964.35%766.36%35029.29%1,195Miami1,51351.45%1,39047.26%381.29%2,941Monroe1,19157.23%49823.93%39218.84%2,081Montgomery2,08850.43%1,91046.14%1423.13%4,140Morgan1,52848.22%1,57349.64%632.15%3,164Noble1,19847.86%1,25750.22%481.92%2,503Ohio50551.11%10410.53%37938.36%988Orange1,20764.82%492.63%60632.55%1,862Owen1,23953.59%48721.06%58625.35%2,312Parke1,28443.23%1,49450.30%1926.46%2,970Perry1,06659.42%965.35%63235.23%1,794Pike77254.14%805.61%57440.25%1,426Porter61441.74%84757.58%100.68%1,471Posey1,81966.15%30611.13%62522.73%2,750Pulaski55760.22%34136.86%272.92%925Putnam1,88251.56%1,34536.85%42311.59%3,650Randolph1,25337.36%2,04260.88%591.76%3,354Ripley1,66150.80%1,42543.58%1845.63%3,270Rush1,68549.38%1,64448.18%832.43%3,412St. Joseph1,50945.36%1,81254.46%60.18%3,327Scott69356.11%27822.51%26421.38%1,235Shelby2,07555.67%1,51040.52%1423.81%3,727Spencer1,26054.71%23510.20%80835.08%2,303Starke15556.57%11240.88%72.55%274Steuben55330.95%1,21567.99%191.06%1,787Sullivan1,65071.61%25711.15%39717.23%2,304Switzerland1,12146.92%2289.54%1,04043.53%2,389Tippecanoe2,30744.97%2,77854.15%450.88%5,130Tipton73856.86%54642.06%141.08%1,298Union71047.59%76351.14%191.27%1,492Vanderburgh1,88060.80%37212.03%84027.17%3,092Vermillion82446.55%86648.93%804.52%1,770Vigo1,80846.89%1,16530.21%88322.90%3,856Wabash1,09636.67%1,78559.72%1083.61%2,989Warren76738.16%1,16758.06%763.78%2,010Warrick1,50671.95%1075.11%48022.93%2,093Washington1,77863.50%33111.82%69124.68%2,800Wayne1,95834.08%3,68864.18%1001.74%5,746Wells93155.65%72643.40%160.96%1,673White74650.03%70347.15%422.82%1,491Whitley85149.91%79746.74%573.34%1,705Totals118,67050.41%94,37640.09%22,3869.50%235,401 See also United States presidential elections in Indiana References Bibliography 1856 Electoral College Results https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1856 National Archives October 8, 2025 Dubin Michael J. United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860 2002 McFarland & Co. Jefferson, NC 978-0-7864-6422-7 Lampi Philip J. Electoral College https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/?f%5Boffice_id_ssim%5D%5B%5D=ON056 A New Nation Votes American Antiquarian Society n.d. October 5, 2025 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Ratcliffe Donald J. Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824 Journal of the Early Republic Spring 2014 34 1 45–77 24486931 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24486931 Indiana 1856 Category:1856 Indiana elections Category:Long stubs with short prose