A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the U.S. minister to Great Britain James Buchanan and the former U.S. representative from Kentucky's 8th congressional district John C. Breckinridge defeated the Republican ticket of the former U.S. senator from California John C. Frémont and the former U.S. senator from New Jersey William L. Dayton by a margin of 10.3%. The Know Nothing ticket of former president Millard Fillmore and the former U.S. envoy to Prussia Andrew Jackson Donelson finished third. Buchanan defeated Frémont in the national election with 174 electoral votes.
General election Summary Indiana chose 13 electors in a statewide general election. Nineteenth-century presidential elections used a form of block voting that allowed voters to modify the electoral list nominated by a political party before submitting their ballots. Because voters elected each member of the Electoral College individually, electors nominated by the same party often received differing numbers of votes as a consequence of voter rolloff, split-ticket voting, or electoral fusion. This table reflects the statewide popular vote as calculated by Michael J. Dubin.
Results by county + 1856 United States presidential election in Indiana by county County James BuchananDemocratic John C. FrémontRepublican Millard FillmoreKnow Nothing Total Votes % Votes % Votes %Adams84763.73%41331.08%695.19%1,329Allen3,21164.88%1,59332.19%1452.93%4,949Bartholomew1,84456.25%1,29239.41%1424.33%3,278Benton21740.19%31558.33%81.48%540Blackford40458.64%23834.54%476.82%689Boone1,49351.97%1,29945.21%812.82%2,873Brown68174.10%14816.10%909.79%919Carroll1,34451.16%1,26148.00%220.84%2,627Cass1,53949.92%1,50448.78%401.30%3,083Clark1,95055.46%49213.99%1,07430.55%3,516Clay1,10862.63%36520.63%29616.73%1,769Clinton1,36451.30%1,26147.42%341.28%2,659Crawford73557.97%241.89%50940.14%1,268Daviess1,11553.61%261.25%93945.14%2,080Dearborn2,61958.34%1,57335.04%2976.62%4,489Decatur1,63947.95%1,71850.26%611.78%3,418DeKalb1,24751.55%1,09745.35%753.10%2,419Delaware99235.94%1,73662.90%321.16%2,760Dubois1,19182.25%211.45%23616.30%1,448Elkhart1,65145.36%1,97154.15%180.49%3,640Fayette1,00244.91%1,18953.29%401.79%2,231Floyd1,76754.25%2287.00%1,26238.75%3,257Fountain1,58849.16%1,60649.72%361.11%3,230Franklin2,25960.45%1,43738.45%411.10%3,737Fulton83550.12%82249.34%90.54%1,666Gibson1,28653.21%36515.10%76631.69%2,417Grant1,03540.93%1,39555.16%993.91%2,529Greene1,12955.32%37918.57%53326.11%2,041Hamilton1,18539.89%1,74858.84%381.28%2,971Hancock1,34357.66%96241.31%241.03%2,329Harrison1,68154.63%77325.12%62320.25%3,077Hendricks1,37844.00%1,68053.64%742.36%3,132Henry1,22930.58%2,74168.20%491.22%4,019Howard68638.63%1,05759.52%331.86%1,776Huntington1,18147.79%1,23249.86%582.35%2,471Jackson1,70067.59%29911.89%51620.52%2,515Jasper54844.05%63350.88%635.06%1,244Jay88048.43%88348.60%542.97%1,817Jefferson1,93641.41%2,31449.50%4259.09%4,675Jennings1,15944.17%1,29349.28%1726.55%2,624Johnson1,60856.30%1,09538.34%1535.36%2,856Knox1,51258.06%55721.39%53520.55%2,604Kosciusko1,07539.09%1,66260.44%130.47%2,750LaGrange64031.19%1,40668.52%60.29%2,052Lake34627.20%92372.56%30.24%1,272LaPorte2,23946.48%2,53352.58%450.93%4,817Lawrence1,12649.69%48021.18%66029.13%2,266Madison1,60353.50%1,30943.69%842.80%2,996Marion3,73848.93%3,69648.38%2052.68%7,639Marshall1,03952.85%92747.15%00.00%1,966Martin76964.35%766.36%35029.29%1,195Miami1,51351.45%1,39047.26%381.29%2,941Monroe1,19157.23%49823.93%39218.84%2,081Montgomery2,08850.43%1,91046.14%1423.13%4,140Morgan1,52848.22%1,57349.64%632.15%3,164Noble1,19847.86%1,25750.22%481.92%2,503Ohio50551.11%10410.53%37938.36%988Orange1,20764.82%492.63%60632.55%1,862Owen1,23953.59%48721.06%58625.35%2,312Parke1,28443.23%1,49450.30%1926.46%2,970Perry1,06659.42%965.35%63235.23%1,794Pike77254.14%805.61%57440.25%1,426Porter61441.74%84757.58%100.68%1,471Posey1,81966.15%30611.13%62522.73%2,750Pulaski55760.22%34136.86%272.92%925Putnam1,88251.56%1,34536.85%42311.59%3,650Randolph1,25337.36%2,04260.88%591.76%3,354Ripley1,66150.80%1,42543.58%1845.63%3,270Rush1,68549.38%1,64448.18%832.43%3,412St. Joseph1,50945.36%1,81254.46%60.18%3,327Scott69356.11%27822.51%26421.38%1,235Shelby2,07555.67%1,51040.52%1423.81%3,727Spencer1,26054.71%23510.20%80835.08%2,303Starke15556.57%11240.88%72.55%274Steuben55330.95%1,21567.99%191.06%1,787Sullivan1,65071.61%25711.15%39717.23%2,304Switzerland1,12146.92%2289.54%1,04043.53%2,389Tippecanoe2,30744.97%2,77854.15%450.88%5,130Tipton73856.86%54642.06%141.08%1,298Union71047.59%76351.14%191.27%1,492Vanderburgh1,88060.80%37212.03%84027.17%3,092Vermillion82446.55%86648.93%804.52%1,770Vigo1,80846.89%1,16530.21%88322.90%3,856Wabash1,09636.67%1,78559.72%1083.61%2,989Warren76738.16%1,16758.06%763.78%2,010Warrick1,50671.95%1075.11%48022.93%2,093Washington1,77863.50%33111.82%69124.68%2,800Wayne1,95834.08%3,68864.18%1001.74%5,746Wells93155.65%72643.40%160.96%1,673White74650.03%70347.15%422.82%1,491Whitley85149.91%79746.74%573.34%1,705Totals118,67050.41%94,37640.09%22,3869.50%235,401
See also United States presidential elections in Indiana
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