1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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The 1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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Turnout	69.8%[1] 12.0 pp
Nominee John C. Frémont James Buchanan Millard Fillmore Party Republican Democratic Know Nothing Home state California Pennsylvania New York Running mate William L. Dayton John C. Breckinridge Andrew J. Donelson Electoral vote 13 0 0 Popular vote 108,172 39,244 19,626 Percentage 63.61% 23.08% 11.54%
County Results Frémont   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%
President before election Franklin Pierce Democratic Elected President James Buchanan Democratic

Massachusetts voted for the Republican candidate, John C. Frémont, over the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, and the Know Nothing candidate, Millard Fillmore. Frémont won Massachusetts by a margin of 40.53%.

With 63.61% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would prove to be Frémont's second strongest state in the 1856 election after neighboring Vermont.^[2]

Results

1856 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	John Charles Frémont of California	William Lewis Dayton of New Jersey	108,172	63.61%	13	100.00%
	Democratic	James Buchanan of Pennsylvania	John Cabell Breckinridge of Kentucky	39,244	23.08%	0	0.00%
	Know Nothing	Millard Fillmore of New York	Andrew Jackson Donelson of Tennessee	19,626	11.54%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	3,006	1.77%	0	0.00%
Total				170,048	100.00%	13	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Massachusetts

References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. "1856 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "1856 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts".

Further reading

• Baum, Dale. "Know-Nothingism and the Republican majority in Massachusetts: The political realignment of the 1850s." Journal of American History 64.4 (1978): 959–986. online
• Baum, Dale. The Civil War Party System: The Case of Massachusetts, 1848-1876 ( University of North Carolina Press, 1984).