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1856 United States presidential election in Michigan

← 1852 November 4, 1856 1860 →
 
Nominee John C. Frémont James Buchanan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Pennsylvania
Running mate William L. Dayton John C. Breckinridge
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 71,762 52,139
Percentage 57.15% 41.52%

County Results

President before election

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Elected President

James Buchanan
Democratic

The 1856 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan voted for the Republican candidate, John C. Frémont, over Democratic candidate, James Buchanan. Frémont won Michigan by a margin of 15.63%.

With 57.15% of the popular vote, Michigan proved to be Fremont's fifth strongest in the 1856 election after Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island.[1]

This marked the first of eighteen Republican victories in Michigan over the next nineteen presidential election cycles. Michigan would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Franklin D. Rooseveltin1932, and would not vote for a different candidate until Theodore Roosevelt’s third-party bid in 1912. Michigan would also not send any Democratic electors to the Electoral College until Grover Cleveland won 5 of the state's 14 electoral votes in 1892.

Results

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1856 United States presidential election in Michigan[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John C. Frémont 71,762 57.15%
Democratic James Buchanan 52,139 41.52%
Know Nothing Millard Fillmore 1,660 1.32%
Total votes 125,561 100%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1856 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  • ^ "1856 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  • ^ "1856 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 3, 2017.

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