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1856 United States presidential election in Alabama
← 1852 November 4, 1856 1860 →
 
Nominee James Buchanan Millard Fillmore
Party Democratic Know Nothing
Home state Pennsylvania New York
Running mate John C. Breckinridge Andrew J. Donelson
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 46,739 28,552
Percentage 62.08% 37.92%
County Results

Buchanan

  50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%

Fillmore

  50–60%   60–70%

President before election

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Elected President

James Buchanan
Democratic

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The 1856 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 4, 1856. Alabama voters chose 9 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president.

Alabama was won by Senator James Buchanan (D–Pennsylvania), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860 presidential election John C. Breckinridge, with 62.08% of the popular vote, against 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 37.92% of the popular vote.

The Republican Party nominee John C. Frémont was not on the ballot.

Results

1856 United States presidential election in Alabama
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Buchanan 46,739 62.08%
Know Nothing Millard Fillmore 28,552 37.92%
Total votes 75,291 100.00%

Results By County

1856 United States Presidential Election in Alabama (By County)
County James Buchanan

Democratic

Millard Fillmore

Know Nothing

Total Votes Cast
# % # %
Autauga 621 56.66% 475 43.34% 1,096
Baldwin 144 39.67% 219 60.33% 363
Barbour 1,445 62.77% 857 37.23% 2,302
Benton 1,687 79.20% 443 20.80% 2,130
Bibb 539 52.95% 479 47.05% 1,018
Blount 770 95.42% 37 4.58% 807
Butler 777 49.52% 792 50.48% 1,569
Chambers 1,141 54.13% 967 45.87% 2,108
Cherokee 1,537 77.16% 455 22.84% 1,992
Choctaw 643 61.41% 404 38.59% 1,047
Clarke 754 77.25% 222 22.75% 976
Coffee 703 70.02% 301 29.98% 1,004
Conecuh 425 51.02% 408 48.98% 833
Coosa 1,167 59.27% 802 40.73% 1,969
Covington 304 51.35% 288 48.65% 592
Dale 945 69.28% 419 30.72% 1,364
Dallas 831 55.14% 676 44.86% 1,507
DeKalb 900 87.38% 130 12.62% 1,030
Fayette 799 64.49% 440 35.51% 1,239
Franklin 1,056 59.76% 711 40.24% 1,767
Greene 694 46.96% 784 53.04% 1,478
Hancock 221 94.04% 14 5.96% 235
Henry 966 67.22% 471 32.78% 1,437
Jackson 1,790 94.86% 97 5.14% 1,887
Jefferson 697 78.05% 196 21.95% 893
Lauderdale 1,141 67.28% 555 32.72% 1,696
Lawrence 699 52.56% 631 47.44% 1,330
Limestone 790 73.76% 281 26.24% 1,071
Lowndes 699 49.86% 703 50.14% 1,402
Macon 1,039 45.61% 1,239 54.39% 2,278
Madison 1,476 78.64% 401 21.36% 1,877
Marengo 789 58.19% 567 41.81% 1,356
Marion 700 77.95% 198 22.05% 898
Marshall 883 90.84% 89 9.16% 972
Mobile 1,838 50.93% 1,771 49.07% 3,609
Monroe 604 56.29% 469 43.71% 1,073
Montgomery 1,100 48.72% 1,158 51.28% 2,258
Morgan 808 78.45% 222 21.55% 1,030
Perry 808 49.51% 824 50.49% 1,632
Pickens 1,037 60.79% 669 39.21% 1,706
Pike 1,262 51.72% 1,178 48.28% 2,440
Randolph 1,460 68.13% 683 31.87% 2,143
Russell 994 53.76% 855 46.24% 1,849
Shelby 787 62.71% 468 37.29% 1,255
St. Clair 818 90.79% 83 9.21% 901
Sumter 703 56.92% 532 43.08% 1,235
Talladega 1,134 55.86% 896 44.14% 2,030
Tallapoosa 1,478 53.67% 1,276 46.33% 2,754
Tuscaloosa 680 41.14% 973 58.86% 1,653
Walker 449 75.46% 146 24.54% 595
Washington 194 56.07% 152 43.93% 346
Wilcox 813 64.58% 446 35.42% 1,259
Totals 46,739 62.08% 28,552 37.92% 75,291

See also

References

  1. "1856 Presidential Election Results Alabama".
  2. Dubin, Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. ISBN 978-0-7864-6422-7.
State results of the 1856 U.S. presidential election
Electoral map, 1856 election
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