See main article: 1856 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1856 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Country: | Michigan |
| Flag Year: | 1856 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1852 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Previous Year: | 1852 |
| Next Election: | 1860 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Next Year: | 1860 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1856 |
| Image1: | John Charles Fremont crop.jpg |
| Nominee1: | John C. Frémont |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | California |
| Running Mate1: | William L. Dayton |
| Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 71,762 |
| Percentage1: | 57.15% |
| Nominee2: | James Buchanan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Pennsylvania |
| Running Mate2: | John C. Breckinridge |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 52,139 |
| Percentage2: | 41.52% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Franklin Pierce |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | James Buchanan |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 1856 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Michigan voted for the Republican candidate, John C. Frémont, over Democratic candidate, James Buchanan. Frémont won Michigan by a margin of 15.63%.
With 57.15% of the popular vote, Michigan proved to be Fremont's fifth strongest in the 1856 election after Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island.[1]
This marked the first of eighteen Republican victories in Michigan over the next nineteen presidential election cycles. Michigan would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, and would not vote for a different candidate until Theodore Roosevelt’s third-party bid in 1912. Michigan would also not send any Democratic electors to the Electoral College until Grover Cleveland won 5 of the state's 14 electoral votes in 1892.