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1856 United States presidential election
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1856 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1852 United States presidential election in Maryland 1852 1860 United States presidential election in Maryland 1860 November 4, 1856 x200px Fillmore (cropped).jpg Millard Fillmore Know Nothing New York Andrew Jackson Donelson 8 47,452 54.63% James Buchanan (cropped).jpg James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge 0 39,123 45.04% 1856 United States presidential election in Maryland results map by county.svg 390px County results
Fillmore
#C88FE4 50–60%
#B368D9 60–70%
Buchanan
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#0645b4 80–90% President Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) James Buchanan Democratic
The 1856 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maryland voted for the Know Nothing candidate, former president Millard Fillmore, over the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, and Republican candidate, John C. Frémont.
Fillmore won the state by a margin of 9.59%. Maryland was the only state to vote for Fillmore this election. This was the last time until 1948 that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Maryland.
Results
1856 United States presidential election in Maryland1856 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1856&fips=24&f=0&off=0&elect=0
Millard Fillmore Know Nothing #4F990C 47,452 54.63%
James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) #3333FF 39,123 45.04%
John C. Frémont Republican Party (United States) 285 0.33%
86,860 100%
Results by county
+CountyMillard FillmoreKnow NothingJames BuchananDemocraticJohn C. FrémontRepublicanMarginTotal votescast County Project (WIP) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qW_PF3ONwrR0pp6tZpxvcin0GN5O2VOZfBrtJNhjv3Y/edit?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook 2022-11-01 Google Docs en-US#%#%#%#% Allegany1,93846.30%2,24853.70%00.00% -310 -7.41%4,186 Anne Arundel1,04352.94%92747.06%00.00% 116 5.89%1,970 Baltimore (City)16,90062.60%9,88236.61%2140.79% 7,018 26.00%26,996 Baltimore (County)3,50452.56%3,15547.32%80.12% 349 5.23%6,667 Calvert40152.97%35647.03%00.00%455.94%757 Caroline63846.16%74353.76%10.07% -105 -7.60%1,382 Carroll2,34852.74%2,09947.15%50.11%2495.59%4,452 Cecil1,88450.25%1,84549.21%200.53%391.04%3,749 Charles46137.82%75862.18%00.00% -297 -24.36%1,219 Dorchester1,29256.79%97943.03%40.18%31313.76%2,275 Frederick3,72452.83%3,30446.87%210.30%4205.96%7,049 Harford2,07459.55%1,40540.34%40.11%66919.21%3,483 Howard89958.68%63341.32%00.00%26617.36%1,532 Kent83360.23%55039.77%00.00%28320.46%1,383 Montgomery1,20851.76%1,12648.24%00.00%823.51%2,334 Prince George's88147.26%98352.74%00.00% -102 -5.47%1,864 Queen Anne's90454.95%74145.05%00.00%1639.91%1,645 St. Mary's24719.01%1,05280.99%00.00% -805 -61.97%1,299 Somerset1,59354.65%1,32145.32%10.03%2729.33%2,915 Talbot74945.15%91054.85%00.00% -161 -9.70%1,659 Washington2,71750.41%2,67049.54%30.06%470.87%5,390 Worcester1,22446.15%1,42853.85%00.00% -204 -7.69%2,652Total47,45254.63%39,12345.04%2850.33%8,3299.59%86,860
Counties that flipped from Whig to Know Nothing
20em
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Carroll
Cecil
Dorchester
Frederick
Harford
Howard
Kent
Montgomery
Queen Anne's
Somerset
Washington
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Know Nothing
Baltimore (city)
Baltimore
Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic
Charles
Prince George's
St. Mary's
Worcester
See also
United States presidential elections in Maryland
1856 United States presidential election
1856 United States elections
References
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