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The1856 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ohio was won byCaliforniaSenatorJohn C. Frémont, running withNew JerseySenatorWilliam L. Dayton, with 48.51% of the popular vote, againstSenatorJames Buchanan (D–Pennsylvania), running withRepresentative and future presidential candidate in the1860 presidential electionJohn C. Breckinridge, with 44.21% of the popular vote and the13th president of the United StatesMillard Fillmore (A–New York), running with the 2ndUnited States Ambassador to GermanyAndrew Jackson Donelson, with 7.28% of the popular vote.[1]
This election began a streak of 14 consecutive victories for the Republican party; Indeed, due to the creation of the party only two years prior in1854, no Republican Presidential nominee would lose the state untilWilliam H. Taft in1912. However, this streak was tenuous, and only twice (in1864 and1904) did the Republican margin of victory exceed 10%. Indeed, in1892 the margin was so tight that oneCleveland elector received more votes than the lowestHarrison elector. The nomination of Ohio politiciansRutherford B. Hayes,James Garfield,William McKinley, andWilliam H. Taft certainly helped maintain the light but steady grip their party held on the state. Indeed, even when the nominee was not an Ohio politician, they were often a resident of nearby state like Indiana (Harrison) or Illinois (Lincoln), or, in the case ofGrant, a resident of Illinois who had been born and raised in Ohio. Thus, during the 60-year hegemony of the Republican party in Ohio, only two nominees--James Blaine in 1884 andTheodore Roosevelt in 1904-- had no connection whatsoever to the lower Midwest.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John C. Frémont | 187,497 | 48.51% | |
| Democratic | James Buchanan | 170,874 | 44.21% | |
| Know Nothing | Millard Fillmore | 28,126 | 7.28% | |
| Total votes | 386,497 | 100% | ||
| County | John C. Fremont Republican | James Buchanan Democratic | Millard Fillmore Know Nothing | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,407 | 40.49% | 1,790 | 51.51% | 278 | 8.00% | -383 | -11.02% | 3,475 |
| Allen | 1,415 | 46.90% | 1,508 | 49.98% | 94 | 3.12% | -93 | -3.08% | 3,017 |
| Ashland | 1,912 | 47.33% | 2,089 | 51.71% | 39 | 0.96% | -177 | -4.38% | 4,040 |
| Ashtabula | 5,108 | 80.63% | 975 | 15.39% | 252 | 3.98% | 4,133 | 65.24% | 6,335 |
| Athens | 2,299 | 60.45% | 1,350 | 35.50% | 154 | 4.05% | 949 | 24.95% | 3,803 |
| Auglaize | 912 | 35.02% | 1,604 | 61.60% | 88 | 3.38% | -692 | -26.58% | 2,604 |
| Belmont | 1,817 | 28.48% | 2,810 | 44.04% | 1,753 | 27.48% | -993 | -15.56% | 6,380 |
| Brown | 1,785 | 36.33% | 2,700 | 54.96% | 428 | 8.71% | -915 | -18.63% | 4,913 |
| Butler | 2,301 | 37.68% | 3,509 | 57.47% | 296 | 4.85% | -1,208 | -19.79% | 6,106 |
| Carroll | 1,750 | 56.60% | 1,255 | 40.59% | 87 | 2.81% | 495 | 16.01% | 3,092 |
| Champaign | 1,995 | 49.55% | 1,711 | 42.50% | 320 | 7.95% | 284 | 7.05% | 4,026 |
| Clark | 2,641 | 60.74% | 1,539 | 35.40% | 168 | 3.86% | 1,102 | 25.34% | 4,348 |
| Clermont | 2,188 | 38.32% | 2,741 | 48.00% | 781 | 13.68% | -553 | -9.68% | 5,710 |
| Clinton | 2,117 | 60.02% | 1,170 | 33.17% | 240 | 6.81% | 947 | 26.85% | 3,527 |
| Columbiana | 3,516 | 57.55% | 2,497 | 40.87% | 96 | 1.58% | 1,019 | 16.68% | 6,109 |
| Coshocton | 2,162 | 48.06% | 2,281 | 50.70% | 56 | 1.24% | -119 | -2.64% | 4,499 |
| Crawford | 1,685 | 43.53% | 2,154 | 55.64% | 32 | 0.83% | -469 | -12.11% | 3,871 |
| Cuyahoga | 6,360 | 57.29% | 4,446 | 40.05% | 296 | 2.66% | 1,914 | 17.24% | 11,102 |
| Darke | 2,086 | 48.70% | 1,988 | 46.42% | 209 | 4.88% | 98 | 2.28% | 4,283 |
| Defiance | 821 | 46.81% | 895 | 51.03% | 38 | 2.16% | -74 | -4.22% | 1,754 |
| Delaware | 2,367 | 55.75% | 1,649 | 38.84% | 230 | 5.41% | 718 | 16.91% | 4,246 |
| Erie | 2,258 | 60.86% | 1,377 | 37.12% | 75 | 2.02% | 881 | 23.74% | 3,710 |
| Fairfield | 1,700 | 30.12% | 3,233 | 57.28% | 711 | 12.60% | -1,533 | -27.16% | 5,644 |
| Fayette | 1,209 | 49.11% | 880 | 35.74% | 373 | 15.15% | 329 | 13.37% | 2,462 |
| Franklin | 3,488 | 44.42% | 3,791 | 48.27% | 574 | 7.31% | -303 | -3.85% | 7,853 |
| Fulton | 1,098 | 56.77% | 772 | 39.92% | 64 | 3.31% | 326 | 16.85% | 1,934 |
| Gallia | 610 | 19.32% | 1,341 | 42.48% | 1,206 | 38.20% | -731 | -23.16% | 3,157 |
| Geauga | 2,694 | 80.97% | 575 | 17.28% | 58 | 1.75% | 2,119 | 63.69% | 3,327 |
| Greene | 3,032 | 64.36% | 1,465 | 31.10% | 214 | 4.54% | 1,567 | 33.26% | 4,711 |
| Guernsey | 2,392 | 52.76% | 1,932 | 42.61% | 210 | 4.63% | 460 | 10.15% | 4,534 |
| Hamilton | 9,345 | 33.28% | 13,051 | 46.48% | 5,680 | 20.24% | -3,706 | -13.20% | 28,076 |
| Hancock | 1,773 | 47.23% | 1,944 | 51.78% | 37 | 0.99% | -171 | -4.55% | 3,754 |
| Hardin | 1,091 | 53.09% | 882 | 42.92% | 82 | 3.99% | 209 | 10.17% | 2,055 |
| Harrison | 2,060 | 56.55% | 1,473 | 40.43% | 110 | 3.02% | 587 | 16.12% | 3,643 |
| Henry | 587 | 46.44% | 655 | 51.82% | 22 | 1.74% | -68 | -5.38% | 1,264 |
| Highland | 1,810 | 37.37% | 2,140 | 44.18% | 894 | 18.45% | -330 | -6.81% | 4,844 |
| Hocking | 1,092 | 41.04% | 1,454 | 54.64% | 115 | 4.32% | -362 | -13.60% | 2,661 |
| Holmes | 1,285 | 37.87% | 2,103 | 61.98% | 5 | 0.15% | -818 | -24.11% | 3,393 |
| Huron | 3,468 | 66.30% | 1,709 | 32.67% | 54 | 1.03% | 1,759 | 33.63% | 5,231 |
| Jackson | 938 | 34.27% | 1,383 | 50.53% | 416 | 15.20% | -445 | -16.26% | 3,269 |
| Jefferson | 2,424 | 51.86% | 1,991 | 42.60% | 259 | 5.54% | 433 | 9.26% | 4,674 |
| Knox | 2,735 | 51.64% | 2,437 | 46.02% | 124 | 2.34% | 298 | 5.62% | 5,296 |
| Lake | 2,371 | 78.04% | 628 | 20.67% | 39 | 1.29% | 1,743 | 57.37% | 3,038 |
| Lawrence | 743 | 26.58% | 1,150 | 41.14% | 902 | 32.28% | -407 | -14.56% | 2,795 |
| Licking | 3,027 | 44.42% | 3,371 | 49.46% | 417 | 6.12% | -344 | -5.04% | 6,815 |
| Logan | 2,093 | 56.75% | 1,328 | 36.01% | 267 | 7.24% | 765 | 20.74% | 3,688 |
| Lorain | 3,604 | 70.97% | 1,420 | 27.96% | 54 | 1.07% | 2,184 | 43.01% | 5,078 |
| Lucas | 1,639 | 41.07% | 1,866 | 46.76% | 486 | 12.17% | -227 | -5.69% | 3,991 |
| Madison | 997 | 46.85% | 656 | 30.83% | 475 | 22.32% | 341 | 16.02% | 2,128 |
| Mahoning | 2,323 | 54.16% | 1,937 | 45.16% | 29 | 0.68% | 386 | 9.00% | 4,289 |
| Marion | 1,367 | 51.66% | 1,275 | 48.19% | 4 | 0.15% | 92 | 3.47% | 2,646 |
| Medina | 2,635 | 62.22% | 1,572 | 37.12% | 28 | 0.66% | 1,063 | 25.10% | 4,235 |
| Meigs | 1,998 | 50.65% | 1,603 | 40.63% | 344 | 8.72% | 395 | 10.02% | 3,996 |
| Mercer | 629 | 33.07% | 1,159 | 60.94% | 114 | 5.99% | -530 | -27.87% | 1,902 |
| Miami | 3,171 | 59.63% | 1,988 | 37.38% | 159 | 2.99% | 1,183 | 22.25% | 5,318 |
| Monroe | 1,016 | 23.96% | 2,812 | 66.31% | 413 | 9.73% | -1,796 | -42.35% | 4,672 |
| Montgomery | 4,038 | 46.34% | 4,285 | 49.17% | 391 | 4.49% | -247 | -2.83% | 8,714 |
| Morgan | 2,125 | 53.19% | 1,669 | 41.78% | 201 | 5.03% | 456 | 11.41% | 3,995 |
| Morrow | 2,031 | 53.46% | 1,667 | 43.88% | 101 | 2.66% | 364 | 9.58% | 3,799 |
| Muskingum | 3,172 | 41.44% | 3,391 | 44.30% | 1,092 | 14.26% | -219 | -2.86% | 7,655 |
| Noble | 1,603 | 51.81% | 1,337 | 43.21% | 154 | 4.98% | 266 | 8.60% | 3,094 |
| Ottawa | 454 | 48.71% | 477 | 51.18% | 1 | 0.11% | -23 | -2.47% | 932 |
| Paulding | 497 | 73.96% | 170 | 25.30% | 5 | 0.74% | 327 | 48.66% | 672 |
| Perry | 1,385 | 37.19% | 1,847 | 49.60% | 492 | 13.21% | -462 | -12.41% | 3,724 |
| Pickaway | 1,724 | 41.32% | 2,066 | 49.52% | 382 | 9.16% | -342 | -8.20% | 4,172 |
| Pike | 523 | 25.23% | 1,175 | 56.68% | 375 | 18.09% | -652 | -31.45% | 2,073 |
| Portage | 2,983 | 58.94% | 2,072 | 40.94% | 6 | 0.12% | 911 | 18.00% | 5,061 |
| Preble | 2,249 | 55.08% | 1,561 | 38.23% | 273 | 6.69% | 688 | 16.85% | 4,083 |
| Putnam | 790 | 41.36% | 1,116 | 58.43% | 4 | 0.21% | -326 | -17.07% | 1,910 |
| Richland | 2,726 | 47.93% | 2,909 | 51.14% | 53 | 0.93% | -183 | -3.21% | 5,688 |
| Ross | 2,436 | 42.69% | 2,681 | 46.99% | 589 | 10.32% | -245 | -4.30% | 5,706 |
| Sandusky | 1,548 | 48.50% | 1,599 | 50.09% | 45 | 1.41% | -51 | -1.59% | 3,192 |
| Scioto | 546 | 15.60% | 1,634 | 46.67% | 1,321 | 37.73% | -1,088 | -31.07% | 3,501 |
| Seneca | 2,565 | 48.64% | 2,605 | 49.40% | 103 | 1.96% | -40 | -0.76% | 5,273 |
| Shelby | 1,356 | 46.30% | 1,446 | 49.37% | 127 | 4.33% | -90 | -3.07% | 2,929 |
| Stark | 3,770 | 50.73% | 3,633 | 48.88% | 29 | 0.39% | 137 | 1.85% | 7,432 |
| Summit | 3,185 | 63.64% | 1,746 | 34.89% | 74 | 1.47% | 1,439 | 28.75% | 5,005 |
| Trumbull | 4,049 | 67.63% | 1,920 | 32.07% | 18 | 0.30% | 2,129 | 35.56% | 5,987 |
| Tuscarawas | 3,007 | 52.93% | 2,656 | 46.75% | 18 | 0.32% | 351 | 6.18% | 5,681 |
| Union | 1,431 | 52.06% | 1,055 | 38.38% | 263 | 9.56% | 376 | 13.68% | 2,749 |
| Van Wert | 758 | 48.01% | 789 | 49.97% | 32 | 2.02% | -31 | -1.96% | 1,579 |
| Vinton | 932 | 43.21% | 1,174 | 54.43% | 51 | 2.36% | -242 | -11.22% | 2,157 |
| Warren | 2,688 | 55.91% | 1,776 | 36.94% | 344 | 7.15% | 912 | 18.97% | 4,808 |
| Washington | 2,783 | 52.36% | 2,251 | 42.35% | 281 | 5.29% | 532 | 10.01% | 5,315 |
| Wayne | 2,904 | 49.48% | 2,918 | 49.72% | 47 | 0.80% | -14 | -0.24% | 5,869 |
| Williams | 1,327 | 55.34% | 1,022 | 42.62% | 49 | 2.04% | 305 | 12.72% | 2,398 |
| Wood | 1,319 | 55.03% | 935 | 39.01% | 143 | 5.96% | 384 | 16.02% | 2,397 |
| Wyandot | 1,247 | 47.36% | 1,278 | 48.54% | 108 | 4.10% | -31 | -1.18% | 2,633 |
| Totals | 187,497 | 48.51% | 170,874 | 44.21% | 28,126 | 7.28% | 16,623 | 4.30% | 386,497 |
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