See main article: 1856 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1856 United States presidential election in New Jersey |
Country: | New Jersey |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1852 United States presidential election in New Jersey |
Previous Year: | 1852 |
Next Election: | 1860 United States presidential election in New Jersey |
Next Year: | 1860 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1856 |
Image1: | James Buchanan (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | James Buchanan |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Pennsylvania |
Running Mate1: | John C. Breckinridge |
Electoral Vote1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 46,943 |
Percentage1: | 47.23% |
Nominee2: | John C. Frémont |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | California |
Running Mate2: | William L. Dayton |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 28,338 |
Percentage2: | 28.51% |
Image3: | Fillmore (cropped).jpg |
Nominee3: | Millard Fillmore |
Party3: | Know Nothing |
Home State3: | New York |
Running Mate3: | Andrew J. Donelson |
Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 24,115 |
Percentage3: | 24.26% |
Map Size: | 350px |
President | |
Before Election: | Franklin Pierce |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | James Buchanan |
After Party: | Democratic |
The 1856 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Jersey voted for the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, over Republican candidate, John C. Frémont, and the Know Nothing candidate, Millard Fillmore. Buchanan won the state by a margin of 18.72 percentage points, and would be the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry Cumberland County until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, and the last to carry Passaic County until Roosevelt in 1932.[1]