See main article: 1856 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Flag Year: | 1778 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1852 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1852 |
| Next Election: | 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| 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: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 187,497 |
| Percentage1: | 48.51% |
| Nominee2: | James Buchanan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Pennsylvania |
| Running Mate2: | John C. Breckinridge |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 170,874 |
| Percentage2: | 44.21% |
| Image3: | Fillmore (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee3: | Millard Fillmore |
| Party3: | Know Nothing |
| Home State3: | New York |
| Running Mate3: | Andrew J. Donelson |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 28,126 |
| Percentage3: | 7.28% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Ohio took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by California Senator John C. Frémont, running with New Jersey Senator William L. Dayton, with 48.51% 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 44.21% of the popular vote and the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (A–New York), running with the 2nd United States Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson, with 7.28% of the popular vote.[1]
| 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 | ||||||||||