1856 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 1856 United States presidential election was a pivotal contest marked by the rise of the Republican Party, the sectional crisis over slavery, and the fragmentation of older parties amid growing tensions that foreshadowed the Civil War.

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1856 United States presidential election canonical 5
United States presidential election, 1856 2
United States presidential election of 1856 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
americanPartyConventionLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
americanPartyNominee Millard Fillmore ⓘ
context Bleeding Kansas crisis ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
surface form: Kansas–Nebraska Act controversy

collapse of the Second Party System ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
democraticNationalConventionLocation Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio
democraticNominee James Buchanan ⓘ
electoralSystem Electoral College ⓘ
endDate 1856-12-01 ⓘ
incumbentPresident Franklin Pierce ⓘ
incumbentPresidentParty Democratic Party ⓘ
incumbentPresidentSoughtRenomination no ⓘ
longTermImpact consolidation of the Republican Party as the main anti-slavery party in the North ⓘ
further polarization of North and South over slavery ⓘ
mainIssue expansion of slavery into the territories ⓘ
sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
nextElection 1860 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableFor foreshadowing of the American Civil War ⓘ
fragmentation of the Whig Party ⓘ
rise of the Republican Party as a major national party ⓘ
strength of the American Party (Know Nothings) ⓘ
numberOfStatesParticipating 31 ⓘ
previousElection 1852 United States presidential election ⓘ
republicanNationalConventionLocation Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
republicanNominee John C. Frémont ⓘ
secondPlaceCandidate John C. Frémont ⓘ
secondPlaceElectoralVotes 114 ⓘ
secondPlaceHomeState California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
secondPlaceParty Republican Party ⓘ
secondPlacePopularVotes 1341506 ⓘ
secondPlacePopularVoteShare 33.1% ⓘ
secondPlaceRunningMate William L. Dayton ⓘ
startDate 1856-11-04 ⓘ
thirdPlaceCandidate Millard Fillmore ⓘ
thirdPlaceElectoralVotes 8 ⓘ
thirdPlaceHomeState New York ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty American Party ⓘ
thirdPlacePopularVotes 873053 ⓘ
thirdPlacePopularVoteShare 21.6% ⓘ
thirdPlaceRunningMate Andrew Jackson Donelson ⓘ
surface form: Andrew J. Donelson
turnoutEstimate approximately 79.4% ⓘ
votingSystem popular vote to choose presidential electors ⓘ
winner James Buchanan ⓘ
winnerElectoralVotes 174 ⓘ
winnerHomeState Pennsylvania ⓘ
winnerParty Democratic Party ⓘ
winnerPopularVotes 1836242 ⓘ
winnerPopularVoteShare 45.3% ⓘ
winnerRunningMate John C. Breckinridge ⓘ

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Know-Nothing movement → participatedIn → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
American Party → notableElection → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election of 1856
Millard Fillmore → ranForOffice → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
1852 United States presidential election → nextElection → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
William L. Dayton → candidateIn → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1856
Andrew Jackson Donelson → candidateInElection → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1856
1860 United States presidential election → follows → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
Pierce–Scott presidential election → followedBy → 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ