1856 United States presidential election in Maryland

November 4, 1856


Nominee	Millard Fillmore	James Buchanan
Party	Know Nothing	Democratic
Home state	New York	Pennsylvania
Running mate	Andrew J. Donelson	John C. Breckinridge
Electoral vote	8	0
Popular vote	47,452	39,123
Percentage	54.63%	45.04%

County Results

Fillmore

50-60%

60-70%

Buchanan

50-60%

60-70%

80-90%

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Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Elected President

James Buchanan
Democratic

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Question P

The 1856 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland voted for the Know Nothing candidate, former president Millard Fillmore, over the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, and Republican candidate, John C. Frémont.

Fillmore won the state by a margin of 9.59%. Maryland was the only state to vote for Fillmore this election. This was the last time until 1948 that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Maryland.

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Results

1856 United States presidential election in Maryland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Know Nothing	Millard Fillmore of New York	Andrew Jackson Donelson of Tennessee	47,452	54.63%	8	100.00%
	Democratic	James Buchanan of Pennsylvania	John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky	39,123	45.04%	0	0.00%
	Republican	John C. Frémont of California	William L. Dayton of New Jersey	285	0.33%	0	0.00%
Total				86,860	100.00%	8	100.00%

Results by county


County	Millard Fillmore Know Nothing		James Buchanan Democratic		John C. Frémont Republican		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[2]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[2]
Allegany	1938	46.30%	2248	53.70%	0	0.00%	-310	-7.41%	4186
Anne Arundel	1043	52.94%	927	47.06%	0	0.00%	116	5.89%	1970
Baltimore (City)	16900	62.60%	9882	36.61%	214	0.79%	7018	26.00%	26996
Baltimore (County)	3504	52.56%	3155	47.32%	8	0.12%	349	5.23%	6667
Calvert	401	52.97%	356	47.03%	0	0.00%	45	5.94%	757
Caroline	638	46.16%	743	53.76%	1	0.07%	-105	-7.60%	1382
Carroll	2348	52.74%	2099	47.15%	5	0..11%	249	5.59%	4452
Cecil	1884	50.25%	1845	49.21%	20	0.53%	39	1.04%	3749
Charles	461	37.82%	758	62.18%	0	0.00%	-297	-24.36%	1219
Dorchester	1292	56.79%	979	43.03%	4	0.18%	313	13.76%	2275
Frederick	3724	52.83%	3304	46.87%	21	0.30%	420	5.96%	7049
Harford	2074	59.55%	1405	40.34%	4	0.11%	669	19.21%	3483
Howard	899	58.68%	633	41.32%	0	0.00%	266	17.36%	1532
Kent	833	60.23%	550	39.77%	0	0.00%	283	20.46%	1383
Montgomery	1208	51.76%	1126	48.24%	0	0.00%	82	3.51%	2334
Prince George's	881	47.26%	983	52.74%	0	0.00%	-102	-5.47%	1864
Queen Anne's	904	54.95%	741	45.05%	0	0.00%	163	9.91%	1645
St. Mary's	247	19.01%	1052	80.99%	0	0.00%	-805	-61.97%	1299
Somerset	1593	54.65%	1321	45.32%	1	0.03%	272	9.33%	2915
Talbot	749	45.15%	910	54.85%	0	0.00%	-161	-9.70%	1659
Washington	2717	50.41%	2670	49.54%	3	0.06%	47	0.87%	5390
Worcester	1224	46.15%	1428	53.85%	0	0.00%	-204	-7.69%	2652
Total	47452	54.63%	39123	45.04%	285	0.33%	8329	9.59%	86860

Counties that flipped from Whig to Know Nothing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Know Nothing

Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

References

^ "1856 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".
^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

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(← 1852) 1856 United States presidential election (1860 →)

Democratic Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: James Buchanan Vice President: John C. Breckinridge
Other candidates	Lewis Cass Stephen A. Douglas Franklin Pierce (incumbent)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: John C. Frémont Vice President: William L. Dayton
Other candidates	Nathaniel P. Banks Abraham Lincoln John McLean Robert F. Stockton

American Party

Nominees	President: Millard Fillmore Vice President: Andrew J. Donelson
Other candidates	George Law

Other 1856 elections: House
Senate

v t e Elections in Maryland
General	1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1982 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Governor	1857 1861 1864 1867 1871 1875 1879 1883 1887 1891 1895 1899 1903 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 (sp) 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
State Senate	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
House of Delegates	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
U.S. President	1788 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
U.S. Senate	1788 1790 1791 1793 1793 (sp) 1795 1796 1796 (sp) 1797 (sp) 1800 (sp) 1801 (sp) 1802 1806 1806 (sp) 1808 1809 1813 (sp) 1816 (sp) 1819 1819 (sp) 1821 1822 (sp) 1825 1826 (sp) 1827 1831 1833 1835 (sp) 1836 (sp) 1837 1838 (sp) 1839 1839 (sp) 1841 (sp) 1843 1849 1850 (sp) 1851 1855 1861 1864 (sp) 1865 (sp) 1868 (sp) 1874 1880 1884 1886 1890 1892 1892 (sp) 1896 1898 1902 1904 1908 1908 (sp) 1910 1913 (sp) 1914 1916 1920 1922 1926 1928 1932 1934 1938 1940 1944 1946 1950 1952 1956 1958 1962 1964 1968 1970 1974 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016 2018 2022 2024
U.S. House	1789 1790 1792 1794 1798 1803 1806 1822 1826 1829 1831 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1844 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Attorney General	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Comptroller	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County Executive	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County offices	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
See also: Political party strength in Maryland

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