1856 United States presidential election in Indiana
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The 1856 United States presidential election in Indiana 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.
Indiana voted for the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, over Republican candidate John C. Frémont and American Party candidate Millard Fillmore. Buchanan won Indiana by a margin of 10.32 percentage points.
A Democratic presidential nominee would not win Indiana again until Samuel J. Tilden narrowly won it in 1876, and would not reach a majority of the vote again until 1932.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James Buchanan | 118,670 | 50.41% | |
| Republican | John C. Fremont | 94,375 | 40.09% | |
| Know Nothing | Millard Fillmore | 22,386 | 9.51% | |
| Total votes | 235,431 | 100% | ||
Results by County
[edit]| County | James Buchanan
Democratic |
John C. Frémont
Republican |
Millard Fillmore
Know Nothing |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 847 | 63.73% | 413 | 31.08% | 69 | 5.19% | 1,329 |
| Allen | 3,211 | 64.88% | 1,593 | 32.19% | 145 | 2.93% | 4,949 |
| Bartholomew | 1,844 | 56.25% | 1,292 | 39.41% | 142 | 4.33% | 3,278 |
| Benton | 217 | 40.19% | 315 | 58.33% | 8 | 1.48% | 540 |
| Blackford | 404 | 58.64% | 238 | 34.54% | 47 | 6.82% | 689 |
| Boone | 1,493 | 51.97% | 1,299 | 45.21% | 81 | 2.82% | 2,873 |
| Brown | 681 | 74.10% | 148 | 16.10% | 90 | 9.79% | 919 |
| Carroll | 1,344 | 51.16% | 1,261 | 48.00% | 22 | 0.84% | 2,627 |
| Cass | 1,539 | 49.92% | 1,504 | 48.78% | 40 | 1.30% | 3,083 |
| Clark | 1,950 | 55.46% | 492 | 13.99% | 1,074 | 30.55% | 3,516 |
| Clay | 1,108 | 62.63% | 365 | 20.63% | 296 | 16.73% | 1,769 |
| Clinton | 1,364 | 51.30% | 1,261 | 47.42% | 34 | 1.28% | 2,659 |
| Crawford | 735 | 57.97% | 24 | 1.89% | 509 | 40.14% | 1,268 |
| Daviess | 1,115 | 53.61% | 26 | 1.25% | 939 | 45.14% | 2,080 |
| Dearborn | 2,619 | 58.34% | 1,573 | 35.04% | 297 | 6.62% | 4,489 |
| Decatur | 1,639 | 47.95% | 1,718 | 50.26% | 61 | 1.78% | 3,418 |
| DeKalb | 1,247 | 51.55% | 1,097 | 45.35% | 75 | 3.10% | 2,419 |
| Delaware | 992 | 35.94% | 1,736 | 62.90% | 32 | 1.16% | 2,760 |
| Dubois | 1,191 | 82.25% | 21 | 1.45% | 236 | 16.30% | 1,448 |
| Elkhart | 1,651 | 45.36% | 1,971 | 54.15% | 18 | 0.49% | 3,640 |
| Fayette | 1,002 | 44.91% | 1,189 | 53.29% | 40 | 1.79% | 2,231 |
| Floyd | 1,767 | 54.25% | 228 | 7.00% | 1,262 | 38.75% | 3,257 |
| Fountain | 1,588 | 49.16% | 1,606 | 49.72% | 36 | 1.11% | 3,230 |
| Franklin | 2,259 | 60.45% | 1,437 | 38.45% | 41 | 1.10% | 3,737 |
| Fulton | 835 | 50.12% | 822 | 49.34% | 9 | 0.54% | 1,666 |
| Gibson | 1,286 | 53.21% | 365 | 15.10% | 766 | 31.69% | 2,417 |
| Grant | 1,035 | 40.93% | 1,395 | 55.16% | 99 | 3.91% | 2,529 |
| Greene | 1,129 | 55.32% | 379 | 18.57% | 533 | 26.11% | 2,041 |
| Hamilton | 1,185 | 39.89% | 1,748 | 58.84% | 38 | 1.28% | 2,971 |
| Hancock | 1,343 | 57.66% | 962 | 41.31% | 24 | 1.03% | 2,329 |
| Harrison | 1,681 | 52.91% | 873 | 27.48% | 623 | 19.61% | 3,177 |
| Hendricks | 1,378 | 44.00% | 1,680 | 53.64% | 74 | 2.36% | 3,132 |
| Henry | 1,229 | 30.58% | 2,741 | 68.20% | 49 | 1.22% | 4,019 |
| Howard | 686 | 38.63% | 1,057 | 59.52% | 33 | 1.86% | 1,776 |
| Huntington | 1,181 | 47.79% | 1,232 | 49.86% | 58 | 2.35% | 2,471 |
| Jackson | 1,700 | 67.59% | 299 | 11.89% | 516 | 20.52% | 2,515 |
| Jasper | 548 | 44.05% | 633 | 50.88% | 63 | 5.06% | 1,244 |
| Jay | 880 | 48.43% | 883 | 48.60% | 54 | 2.97% | 1,817 |
| Jefferson | 1,936 | 41.41% | 2,314 | 49.50% | 425 | 9.09% | 4,675 |
| Jennings | 1,159 | 44.17% | 1,293 | 49.28% | 172 | 6.55% | 2,624 |
| Johnson | 1,608 | 56.30% | 1,095 | 38.34% | 153 | 5.36% | 2,856 |
| Knox | 1,512 | 58.06% | 557 | 21.39% | 535 | 20.55% | 2,604 |
| Kosciusko | 1,075 | 39.09% | 1,662 | 60.44% | 13 | 0.47% | 2,750 |
| LaGrange | 640 | 31.19% | 1,406 | 68.52% | 6 | 0.29% | 2,052 |
| Lake | 346 | 27.20% | 923 | 72.56% | 3 | 0.24% | 1,272 |
| LaPorte | 2,239 | 46.49% | 2,532 | 52.57% | 45 | 0.93% | 4,816 |
| Lawrence | 1,126 | 49.69% | 480 | 21.18% | 660 | 29.13% | 2,266 |
| Madison | 1,603 | 54.05% | 1,309 | 44.13% | 54 | 0.82% | 2,966 |
| Marion | 3,738 | 48.93% | 3,696 | 48.38% | 205 | 2.68% | 7,639 |
| Marshall | 1,039 | 52.85% | 927 | 47.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,966 |
| Martin | 769 | 64.35% | 76 | 6.36% | 350 | 29.29% | 1,195 |
| Miami | 1,513 | 51.45% | 1,390 | 47.26% | 38 | 1.29% | 2,941 |
| Monroe | 1,191 | 57.23% | 498 | 23.93% | 392 | 18.84% | 2,081 |
| Montgomery | 2,088 | 50.43% | 1,910 | 46.14% | 142 | 3.13% | 4,140 |
| Morgan | 1,528 | 48.22% | 1,573 | 49.64% | 63 | 2.15% | 3,164 |
| Noble | 1,198 | 47.86% | 1,257 | 50.22% | 48 | 1.92% | 2,503 |
| Ohio | 505 | 51.11% | 104 | 10.53% | 379 | 38.36% | 988 |
| Orange | 1,207 | 64.82% | 49 | 2.63% | 606 | 32.55% | 1,862 |
| Owen | 1,239 | 53.59% | 487 | 21.06% | 586 | 25.35% | 2,312 |
| Parke | 1,284 | 43.23% | 1,494 | 50.30% | 192 | 6.46% | 2,970 |
| Perry | 1,066 | 59.42% | 96 | 5.35% | 632 | 35.23% | 1,794 |
| Pike | 772 | 54.14% | 80 | 5.61% | 574 | 40.25% | 1,426 |
| Porter | 614 | 41.74% | 847 | 57.58% | 10 | 0.68% | 1,471 |
| Posey | 1,819 | 66.15% | 306 | 11.13% | 625 | 22.73% | 2,750 |
| Pulaski | 557 | 60.22% | 341 | 36.86% | 27 | 2.92% | 925 |
| Putnam | 1,882 | 51.56% | 1,345 | 36.85% | 423 | 11.59% | 3,650 |
| Randolph | 1,253 | 37.36% | 2,042 | 60.88% | 59 | 1.76% | 3,354 |
| Ripley | 1,661 | 50.80% | 1,425 | 43.58% | 184 | 5.63% | 3,270 |
| Rush | 1,685 | 49.38% | 1,644 | 48.18% | 83 | 2.43% | 3,412 |
| St. Joseph | 1,509 | 45.36% | 1,812 | 54.46% | 6 | 0.18% | 3,327 |
| Scott | 693 | 56.11% | 278 | 22.51% | 264 | 21.38% | 1,235 |
| Shelby | 2,075 | 55.67% | 1,510 | 40.52% | 142 | 3.81% | 3,727 |
| Spencer | 1,260 | 54.71% | 235 | 10.20% | 808 | 35.08% | 2,303 |
| Starke | 155 | 56.57% | 112 | 40.88% | 7 | 2.55% | 274 |
| Steuben | 553 | 30.95% | 1,215 | 67.99% | 19 | 1.06% | 1,787 |
| Sullivan | 1,650 | 71.61% | 257 | 11.15% | 397 | 17.23% | 2,304 |
| Switzerland | 1,121 | 46.92% | 228 | 9.54% | 1,040 | 43.53% | 2,389 |
| Tippecanoe | 2,307 | 44.97% | 2,778 | 54.15% | 45 | 0.88% | 5,130 |
| Tipton | 738 | 56.86% | 546 | 42.06% | 14 | 1.08% | 1,298 |
| Union | 710 | 47.59% | 763 | 51.14% | 19 | 1.27% | 1,492 |
| Vanderburgh | 1,880 | 60.80% | 372 | 12.03% | 840 | 27.17% | 3,092 |
| Vermillion | 824 | 46.55% | 866 | 48.93% | 80 | 4.52% | 1,770 |
| Vigo | 1,808 | 46.89% | 1,165 | 30.21% | 883 | 22.90% | 3,856 |
| Wabash | 1,096 | 36.67% | 1,785 | 59.72% | 108 | 3.61% | 2,989 |
| Warren | 767 | 38.16% | 1,167 | 58.06% | 76 | 3.78% | 2,010 |
| Warrick | 1,506 | 71.95% | 107 | 5.11% | 480 | 22.93% | 2,093 |
| Washington | 1,778 | 63.50% | 331 | 11.82% | 691 | 24.68% | 2,800 |
| Wayne | 1,958 | 34.08% | 3,688 | 64.18% | 100 | 1.74% | 5,746 |
| Wells | 931 | 55.65% | 726 | 43.40% | 16 | 0.96% | 1,673 |
| White | 746 | 50.03% | 703 | 47.15% | 42 | 2.82% | 1,491 |
| Whitley | 851 | 49.91% | 797 | 46.74% | 57 | 3.34% | 1,705 |
| Totals | 118,670 | 50.41% | 94,375 | 40.09% | 22,356 | 9.50% | 235,401 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1856 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "1856 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US President Race - Nov 04, 1856". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
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