1856 United States presidential election in Ohio
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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 23 0 0
Popular vote 187,497 170,874 28,126
Percentage 48.51% 44.21% 7.28%
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President before election

Franklin Pierce
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James Buchanan
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The 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was won by California Senator John C. Frémont, running with New Jersey Senator William L. Dayton, with 48.51% of the popular vote, against Senator James Buchanan (D–Pennsylvania), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860 presidential election John C. Breckinridge, with 44.21% of the popular vote and the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (A–New York), running with the 2nd United States Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson, with 7.28% of the popular vote.[1]

Results

1856 United States presidential election in Ohio
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John C. Frémont 187,497 48.51%
Democratic James Buchanan 170,874 44.21%
Know Nothing Millard Fillmore 28,126 7.28%
Total votes 386,497 100%

Results by county

County John C. Fremont
Republican 		James Buchanan
Democratic 		Millard Fillmore
Know Nothing 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % #
Adams 1,407 40.49% 1,790 51.51% 278 8.00% -383 -11.02% 3,475
Allen 1,415 46.90% 1,508 49.98% 94 3.12% -93 -3.08% 3,017
Ashland 1,912 47.33% 2,089 51.71% 39 0.96% -177 -4.38% 4,040
Ashtabula 5,108 80.63% 975 15.39% 252 3.98% 4,133 65.24% 6,335
Athens 2,299 60.45% 1,350 35.50% 154 4.05% 949 24.95% 3,803
Auglaize 912 35.02% 1,604 61.60% 88 3.38% -692 -26.58% 2,604
Belmont 1,817 28.48% 2,810 44.04% 1,753 27.48% -993 -15.56% 6,380
Brown 1,785 36.33% 2,700 54.96% 428 8.71% -915 -18.63% 4,913
Butler 2,301 37.68% 3,509 57.47% 296 4.85% -1,208 -19.79% 6,106
Carroll 1,750 56.60% 1,255 40.59% 87 2.81% 495 16.01% 3,092
Champaign 1,995 49.55% 1,711 42.50% 320 7.95% 284 7.05% 4,026
Clark 2,641 60.74% 1,539 35.40% 168 3.86% 1,102 25.34% 4,348
Clermont 2,188 38.32% 2,741 48.00% 781 13.68% -553 -9.68% 5,710
Clinton 2,117 60.02% 1,170 33.17% 240 6.81% 947 26.85% 3,527
Columbiana 3,516 57.55% 2,497 40.87% 96 1.58% 1,019 16.68% 6,109
Coshocton 2,162 48.06% 2,281 50.70% 56 1.24% -119 -2.64% 4,499
Crawford 1,685 43.53% 2,154 55.64% 32 0.83% -469 -12.11% 3,871
Cuyahoga 6,360 57.29% 4,446 40.05% 296 2.66% 1,914 17.24% 11,102
Darke 2,086 48.70% 1,988 46.42% 209 4.88% 98 2.28% 4,283
Defiance 821 46.81% 895 51.03% 38 2.16% -74 -4.22% 1,754
Delaware 2,367 55.75% 1,649 38.84% 230 5.41% 718 16.91% 4,246
Erie 2,258 60.86% 1,377 37.12% 75 2.02% 881 23.74% 3,710
Fairfield 1,700 30.12% 3,233 57.28% 711 12.60% -1,533 -27.16% 5,644
Fayette 1,209 49.11% 880 35.74% 373 15.15% 329 13.37% 2,462
Franklin 3,488 44.42% 3,791 48.27% 574 7.31% -303 -3.85% 7,853
Fulton 1,098 56.77% 772 39.92% 64 3.31% 326 16.85% 1,934
Gallia 610 19.32% 1,341 42.48% 1,206 38.20% -731 -23.16% 3,157
Geauga 2,694 80.97% 575 17.28% 58 1.75% 2,119 63.69% 3,327
Greene 3,032 64.36% 1,465 31.10% 214 4.54% 1,567 33.26% 4,711
Guernsey 2,392 52.76% 1,932 42.61% 210 4.63% 460 10.15% 4,534
Hamilton 9,345 33.28% 13,051 46.48% 5,680 20.24% -3,706 -13.20% 28,076
Hancock 1,773 47.23% 1,944 51.78% 37 0.99% -171 -4.55% 3,754
Hardin 1,091 53.09% 882 42.92% 82 3.99% 209 10.17% 2,055
Harrison 2,060 56.55% 1,473 40.43% 110 3.02% 587 16.12% 3,643
Henry 587 46.44% 655 51.82% 22 1.74% -68 -5.38% 1,264
Highland 1,810 37.37% 2,140 44.18% 894 18.45% -330 -6.81% 4,844
Hocking 1,092 41.04% 1,454 54.64% 115 4.32% -362 -13.60% 2,661
Holmes 1,285 37.87% 2,103 61.98% 5 0.15% -818 -24.11% 3,393
Huron 3,468 66.30% 1,709 32.67% 54 1.03% 1,759 33.63% 5,231
Jackson 938 34.27% 1,383 50.53% 416 15.20% -445 -16.26% 3,269
Jefferson 2,424 51.86% 1,991 42.60% 259 5.54% 433 9.26% 4,674
Knox 2,735 51.64% 2,437 46.02% 124 2.34% 298 5.62% 5,296
Lake 2,371 78.04% 628 20.67% 39 1.29% 1,743 57.37% 3,038
Lawrence 743 26.58% 1,150 41.14% 902 32.28% -407 -14.56% 2,795
Licking 3,027 44.42% 3,371 49.46% 417 6.12% -344 -5.04% 6,815
Logan 2,093 56.75% 1,328 36.01% 267 7.24% 765 20.74% 3,688
Lorain 3,604 70.97% 1,420 27.96% 54 1.07% 2,184 43.01% 5,078
Lucas 1,639 41.07% 1,866 46.76% 486 12.17% -227 -5.69% 3,991
Madison 997 46.85% 656 30.83% 475 22.32% 341 16.02% 2,128
Mahoning 2,323 54.16% 1,937 45.16% 29 0.68% 386 9.00% 4,289
Marion 1,367 51.66% 1,275 48.19% 4 0.15% 92 3.47% 2,646
Medina 2,635 62.22% 1,572 37.12% 28 0.66% 1,063 25.10% 4,235
Meigs 1,998 50.65% 1,603 40.63% 344 8.72% 395 10.02% 3,996
Mercer 629 33.07% 1,159 60.94% 114 5.99% -530 -27.87% 1,902
Miami 3,171 59.63% 1,988 37.38% 159 2.99% 1,183 22.25% 5,318
Monroe 1,016 23.96% 2,812 66.31% 413 9.73% -1,796 -42.35% 4,672
Montgomery 4,038 46.34% 4,285 49.17% 391 4.49% -247 -2.83% 8,714
Morgan 2,125 53.19% 1,669 41.78% 201 5.03% 456 11.41% 3,995
Morrow 2,031 53.46% 1,667 43.88% 101 2.66% 364 9.58% 3,799
Muskingum 3,172 41.44% 3,391 44.30% 1,092 14.26% -219 -2.86% 7,655
Noble 1,603 51.81% 1,337 43.21% 154 4.98% 266 8.60% 3,094
Ottawa 454 48.71% 477 51.18% 1 0.11% -23 -2.47% 932
Paulding 497 73.96% 170 25.30% 5 0.74% 327 48.66% 672
Perry 1,385 37.19% 1,847 49.60% 492 13.21% -462 -12.41% 3,724
Pickaway 1,724 41.32% 2,066 49.52% 382 9.16% -342 -8.20% 4,172
Pike 523 25.23% 1,175 56.68% 375 18.09% -652 -31.45% 2,073
Portage 2,983 58.94% 2,072 40.94% 6 0.12% 911 18.00% 5,061
Preble 2,249 55.08% 1,561 38.23% 273 6.69% 688 16.85% 4,083
Putnam 790 41.36% 1,116 58.43% 4 0.21% -326 -17.07% 1,910
Richland 2,726 47.93% 2,909 51.14% 53 0.93% -183 -3.21% 5,688
Ross 2,436 42.69% 2,681 46.99% 589 10.32% -245 -4.30% 5,706
Sandusky 1,548 48.50% 1,599 50.09% 45 1.41% -51 -1.59% 3,192
Scioto 546 15.60% 1,634 46.67% 1,321 37.73% -1,088 -31.07% 3,501
Seneca 2,565 48.64% 2,605 49.40% 103 1.96% -40 -0.76% 5,273
Shelby 1,356 46.30% 1,446 49.37% 127 4.33% -90 -3.07% 2,929
Stark 3,770 50.73% 3,633 48.88% 29 0.39% 137 1.85% 7,432
Summit 3,185 63.64% 1,746 34.89% 74 1.47% 1,439 28.75% 5,005
Trumbull 4,049 67.63% 1,920 32.07% 18 0.30% 2,129 35.56% 5,987
Tuscarawas 3,007 52.93% 2,656 46.75% 18 0.32% 351 6.18% 5,681
Union 1,431 52.06% 1,055 38.38% 263 9.56% 376 13.68% 2,749
Van Wert 758 48.01% 789 49.97% 32 2.02% -31 -1.96% 1,579
Vinton 932 43.21% 1,174 54.43% 51 2.36% -242 -11.22% 2,157
Warren 2,688 55.91% 1,776 36.94% 344 7.15% 912 18.97% 4,808
Washington 2,783 52.36% 2,251 42.35% 281 5.29% 532 10.01% 5,315
Wayne 2,904 49.48% 2,918 49.72% 47 0.80% -14 -0.24% 5,869
Williams 1,327 55.34% 1,022 42.62% 49 2.04% 305 12.72% 2,398
Wood 1,319 55.03% 935 39.01% 143 5.96% 384 16.02% 2,397
Wyandot 1,247 47.36% 1,278 48.54% 108 4.10% -31 -1.18% 2,633
Totals 187,497 48.51% 170,874 44.21% 28,126 7.28% 16,623 4.30% 386,497

See also

References

  1. ^ "1856 Presidential Election Results Ohio".
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