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1856 United States presidential election

← 1852 November 4, 1856 1860 →

296 members of the Electoral College
149 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout78.7% Increase 9.1 pp
 
Nominee John C. Frémont James Buchanan Millard Fillmore
Party Republican Democratic Know Nothing
Alliance Whig
Home state California Pennsylvania New York
Running mate William L. Dayton John C. Breckinridge Andrew J. Donelson
Electoral vote 152 124 20
States carried 13 14 4
Popular vote 1,467,493 1,721,122 853,681
Percentage 36.3% 42.6% 21.1%

President before election

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Elected President

John C. Frémont
Republican

1860 United States presidential election

← 1856 November 6, 1860 1864 →

206 members of the Electoral College
103 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout80.5% Increase 1.8 pp
 
Nominee John C. Frémont Clement Vallandigham John J. Crittenden
Party Republican Democratic Constitutional Union
Home state California Ohio Kentucky
Running mate Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Butler John P. Kennedy
Electoral vote 113 70 23
States carried 14 4 3
Popular vote 1,525,614 1,492,290 647,178
Percentage 41.6% 40.7% 17.7%

President before election

John C. Frémont
Republican

Elected President

John C. Frémont
Republican