1856 United States presidential election in New York
1856 United States presidential election in New York Turnout 89.9%[ 1] pp
County Results
Fremont
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Buchanan
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
Fillmore
30–40%
40–50%
The 1856 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election . Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
New York was won by California Senator John C. Frémont (R –California ), running with former Senator William L. Dayton (New Jersey ), with 46.27 percent 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 32.84 percent of the popular vote and the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (American [ a] New York ), running with the 2nd U.S. Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson , with 20.89 percent of the popular vote.[ 2]
James Buchanan went on to win the presidential election but this election would end the Democratic Party 's support from New York which they won five out of seven times since 1828 . A Democrat would not win New York until Horatio Seymour 's narrow victory in 1868 . Frémont, the first presidential nominee of the newly formed Republican Party, would be the first of just three Republicans ever to carry the state without winning the presidency, the other two being Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 and Thomas E. Dewey in 1948 (both New Yorkers).
It was also the first time since voting for DeWitt Clinton in 1812 that New York backed a losing presidential candidate. This remains the only presidential election in history where New York voted Republican while neighboring Pennsylvania voted Democratic. Although New York would vote more Republican than Pennsylvania in the Republican landslides of 1952 , 1956 , and 1984 .
Results
Results by county
County
John Charles Frémont
James Buchanan
Millard Fillmore
Margin
Total votes cast[ 4]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Albany
5,016
27.76%
7,751
42.90%
5,300
29.34%
2,451[ b]
13.57%
18,067
Allegany
6,545
72.39%
1,640
18.14%
856
9.47%
4,905
54.25%
9,041
Broome
4,297
59.73%
2,106
29.27%
791
11.00%
2,191
30.46%
7,194
Cattaraugus
5,166
65.25%
1,773
22.39%
978
12.35%
3,393
42.86%
7,917
Cayuga
7,035
65.28%
1,818
16.87%
1,923
17.85%
5,112[ c]
47.43%
10,776
Chautauqua
7,037
64.55%
1,847
16.94%
2,017
18.50%
5,020[ c]
46.05%
10,901
Chemung
2,664
51.04%
1,789
34.28%
766
14.68%
875
16.76%
5,219
Chenango
5,458
61.09%
2,406
26.93%
1,070
11.98%
3,052
34.16%
8,934
Clinton
2,659
43.56%
2,134
34.96%
1,311
21.48%
525
8.60%
6,104
Columbia
3,818
43.29%
3,020
34.24%
1,981
22.46%
798
9.05%
8,819
Cortland
3,596
66.53%
1,181
21.85%
628
11.62%
2,415
44.68%
5,405
Delaware
4,367
51.48%
2,107
24.84%
2,009
23.68%
2,260
26.64%
8,483
Dutchess
5,512
47.67%
4,039
34.93%
2,013
17.41%
1,473
12.74%
11,564
Erie
6,902
34.58%
7,536
37.76%
5,520
27.66%
-634
-3.18%
19,958
Essex
2,904
57.70%
1,173
23.31%
956
18.99%
1,731
34.39%
5,033
Franklin
1,469
34.86%
1,600
37.97%
1,145
27.17%
-131
-3.11%
4,214
Fulton
2,593
51.85%
1,374
27.47%
1,034
20.68%
1,219
24.38%
5,001
Genesee
3,620
58.82%
1,434
23.30%
1,100
17.87%
2,186
35.52%
6,154
Greene
2,164
35.81%
2,346
38.82%
1,533
25.37%
-182
-3.01%
6,043
Hamilton
149
28.88%
250
48.45%
117
22.67%
-101
-19.57%
516
Herkimer
5,074
63.79%
1,650
20.74%
1,230
15.46%
3,424
43.05%
7,954
Jefferson
8,249
64.43%
3,496
27.31%
1,058
8.26%
4,753
37.12%
12,803
Kings
7,846
25.58%
14,174
46.22%
8,647
28.20%
5,527[ b]
18.02%
30,667
Lewis
3,124
67.10%
1,114
23.93%
418
8.98%
2,010
43.17%
4,656
Livingston
3,597
49.76%
1,652
22.86%
1,979
27.38%
1,618[ c]
22.38%
7,228
Madison
6,312
69.84%
1,861
20.59%
865
9.57%
4,451
49.25%
9,038
Monroe
7,584
49.45%
4,683
30.53%
3,070
20.02%
2,901
18.92%
15,337
Montgomery
3,076
49.03%
1,485
23.67%
1,713
27.30%
1,363[ c]
21.73%
6,274
New York
17,771
22.32%
41,913
52.65%
19,922
25.03%
21,991[ b]
27.62%
79,606
Niagara
3,906
50.37%
1,864
24.04%
1,985
25.60%
1,921[ c]
24.77%
7,755
Oneida
11,174
58.32%
6,386
33.33%
1,601
8.36%
4,788
24.99%
19,161
Onondaga
10,071
62.86%
4,227
26.38%
1,724
10.76%
5,844
36.48%
16,022
Ontario
4,551
54.29%
1,642
19.59%
2,189
26.12%
2,362[ c]
28.17%
8,382
Orange
4,274
41.12%
3,948
37.98%
2,172
20.90%
326
3.14%
10,394
Orleans
3,088
55.62%
1,052
18.95%
1,412
25.43%
1,676[ c]
30.19%
5,552
Oswego
8,246
62.93%
3,683
28.11%
1,175
8.97%
4,563
34.82%
13,104
Otsego
6,373
56.92%
3,595
32.11%
1,229
10.98%
2,778
24.81%
11,197
Putnam
963
37.94%
1,096
43.18%
479
18.87%
-133
-5.24%
2,538
Queens
1,886
27.73%
2,394
35.20%
2,521
37.07%
-127[ b]
-1.87%
6,801
Rensselaer
5,153
36.50%
4,415
31.28%
4,548
32.22%
605[ c]
4.28%
14,116
Richmond
736
22.77%
1,550
47.96%
946
29.27%
604[ b]
18.69%
3,232
Rockland
668
21.34%
1,526
48.74%
937
29.93%
589[ b]
18.81%
3,131
St. Lawrence
9,698
74.71%
1,950
15.02%
1,332
10.26%
7,748
59.69%
12,980
Saratoga
4,524
47.37%
2,446
25.61%
2,581
27.02%
1,943[ c]
20.35%
9,551
Schenectady
1,714
46.15%
787
21.19%
1,213
32.66%
501[ c]
13.49%
3,714
Schoharie
2,376
34.72%
2,837
41.46%
1,630
23.82%
-461
-6.74%
6,843
Schuyler
2,542
63.81%
981
24.62%
461
11.57%
1,561
39.19%
3,984
Seneca
2,163
42.81%
1,625
32.16%
1,265
25.03%
538
10.65%
5,053
Steuben
7,270
58.06%
3,217
25.69%
2,034
16.24%
4,053
32.37%
12,521
Suffolk
2,393
37.29%
2,045
31.86%
1,980
30.85%
348
5.43%
6,418
Sullivan
1,690
31.83%
1,583
29.81%
2,037
38.36%
-347[ c]
-6.53%
5,310
Tioga
3,331
56.27%
2,154
36.39%
435
7.35%
1,177
19.88%
5,920
Tompkins
4,019
58.09%
1,430
20.67%
1,470
21.25%
2,549[ c]
36.84%
6,919
Ulster
2,932
25.14%
4,030
34.55%
4,703
40.32%
-673[ b]
-5.77%
11,665
Warren
2,202
55.85%
1,006
25.51%
735
18.64%
1,196
30.34%
3,943
Washington
5,174
59.79%
1,632
18.86%
1,848
21.35%
3,326[ c]
38.44%
8,654
Wayne
5,776
62.63%
1,999
21.67%
1,448
15.70%
3,777
40.96%
9,223
Westchester
4,450
35.06%
4,600
36.25%
3,641
28.69%
-150
-1.19%
12,691
Wyoming
4,066
62.10%
1,911
29.18%
571
8.72%
2,155
32.92%
6,548
Yates
2,994
70.28%
915
21.48%
351
8.24%
2,079
48.80%
4,260
Totals
276,007
46.27%
195,878
32.84%
124,603
20.89%
80,129
13.43%
596,488
See also
Notes
^ In New York Fillmore and Donelson ran under the official name of American Party .
^ a b c d e f g In this county where Frémont ran third behind Buchanan and Fillmore, margin given is Buchanan vote minus Fillmore vote and percentage margin Buchanan percentage minus Fillmore percentage.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m In this county where Buchanan ran third behind both Frémont and Fillmore, margin given is Frémont vote minus Fillmore vote and percentage margin Frémont percentage minus Fillmore percentage.
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