1856 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1856 United States presidential election 1856 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia 1788 presidential no 1852 United States presidential election in Virginia 1852 1860 United States presidential election in Virginia 1860 November 4, 1856 x200px James Buchanan (cropped).jpg James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge 15 90,083 59.96% Fillmore (cropped).jpg Millard Fillmore Know Nothing New York Andrew Jackson Donelson 0 60,150 40.04% 1856 United States presidential election in Virginia results map by county.svg 350px County results Buchanan #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Fillmore #c88fe4 50–60% #b368d9 60–70% #9d40cc 70–80% President Franklin Pierce Democratic Party (United States) James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) The 1856 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, former United States Minister to the United Kingdom James Buchanan over the American candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. Former U.S. Senator John C. Frémont was also the Republican candidate in this election, but he was not on the ballot in the state. Buchanan won Virginia with a margin of 19.92%. Campaign John Curtiss Underwood, George Rye, and H. Carpenter were the state's delegates to the 1856 Republican National Convention. They wanted to cast forty-five votes, three per congressional district and six at-large, but the convention only allotted them nine votes. They refused to vote in protest on both ballots. The delegation initially supported David Wilmot for the vice-presidential nomination, but later supported William L. Dayton. The Republican Party of Virginia held its first state convention on September 18, 1856, while Underwood was in another state due to threats of violence. William E. Stevenson, a future governor of West Virginia, was indicted for distributing an anti-slavery pamphlet.Lowe 1973 260-267 John C. Frémont received 291 votes in the state. 280 votes came from the northwest, 5 from Shenandoah County, 5 from Scott County, and one from Alexandria, Virginia.Lowe 1973 267 Democrats would not win Preston County and Upshur County again until 1964 (as part of West Virginia).Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 334–336 0786422173 Results 1856 United States presidential election in Virginia1856 Presidential General Election Results - Virginia http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1856&fips=51&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 12 April 2013PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic James Buchanan 90,083 59.96% 15 American Millard Fillmore 60,150 40.04% 0 Totals 150,233 100.00% 15 See also United States presidential elections in Virginia References Works cited Lowe Richard The Republican Party in Antebellum Virginia, 1856-1860 The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Virginia Historical Society 1973 81 3 259–79 10.2307/4247810 4247810 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4247810 Virginia 1856 Category:1856 Virginia elections