UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1856 ============================================================================ In South Carolina the legislature cast the state's votes. POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ============================================================================ James Millard John C Buchanan Fillmore Fremont (Democrat, PA) (Whig, NY) (Republican, CA) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV vote % ECV --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 46,739 62.1 9 28,552 37.9 - - - ARKANSAS 21,910 67.1 4 10,732 32.9 - - - CALIFORNIA 53,342 48.4 4 36,195 32.8 - 20,704 18.8 - CONNECTICUT 35,028 43.6 - 2,615 03.3 - 42,717 53.2 6 DELAWARE 8,004 54.8 3 6,275 43.0 - 310 02.1 - FLORIDA 6,358 56.8 3 4,833 43.2 - - - GEORGIA 56,581 57.1 10 42,439 42.9 - - - ILLINOIS 105,528 44.1 11 37,531 15.7 - 96,275 40.2 - INDIANA 118,670 50.4 13 22,356 09.5 - 94,375 40.1 - IOWA 37,568 50.7 - 9,669 10.5 - 45,073 48.8 4 KENTUCKY 74,642 52.5 12 67,416 47.5 - - - LOUISIANA 22,164 51.7 6 20,709 48.3 - - - MAINE 39,140 35.7 - 3,270 03.0 - 67,279 61.3 8 MARYLAND 39,123 45.0 - 47,452 54.6 8 285 00.3 - MASSACHUSETTS 39,244 23.1 - 19,626 11.5 - 108,172 63.6 13 MICHIGAN 52,136 41.5 - 1,660 01.3 - 71,762 57.2 6 MISSISSIPPI 35,456 59.4 7 24,191 40.6 - - - MISSOURI 57,964 54.4 9 48,522 45.6 - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE 31,891 45.7 - 410 00.6 - 37,473 53.7 5 NEW JERSEY 46,943 47.2 7 24,114 24.3 - 28,338 28.5 - NEW YORK 195,878 32.8 - 124,604 20.9 - 276,004 46.3 35 NTH CAROLINA 48,243 56.8 10 36,720 43.2 - - - OHIO 170,874 44.2 - 28,121 07.3 - 187,497 48.5 23 PENNSYLVANIA 230,772 50.1 27 82,202 17.8 - 147,963 32.1 - RHODE ISLAND 6,680 33.7 - 1,675 08.5 - 11,467 57.9 4 STH CAROLINA * 8 * - * - TENNESSEE 69,704 52.2 12 63,878 47.8 - - - TEXAS 31,995 66.7 4 16,010 33.4 - - - VERMONT 10,569 20.9 - 545 01.1 - 39,561 78.1 5 VIRGINIA 90,083 60.0 15 60,150 40.0 - - - WISCONSIN 52,843 43.9 - 580 00.5 - 67,090 55.7 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,836,072 45.3 174 873,053 21.5 8 1,342,345 33.1 114 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------