This is the electoral history of James Buchanan. He was the 15th president of the United States (1856-1860); 17th United States Secretary of State; United States Minister to the United Kingdom and Russia; U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's third (1821-1823) and fourth congressional district (1823-1831); and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1834-1845).
United States House of Representatives elections
1820
1822
1824
1826
1828
United States Senate election
1834
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 133 | align="right" | 100.00%
1836
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 133 | align="right" | 100.00%
1843
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 132 | align="right" | 100.00%
Democratic National Conventions
1844 1844 Democratic National ConventionBallots1234567899Martin Van Buren1461271211111031019910420Lewis Cass839492105107116123114290Richard M. Johnson24333832292321000James Buchanan491117262522200John C. Calhoun6121111220Levi Woodbury2020000000Charles Stewart1100000000Marcus Morton0000000010James K. Polk000000044231266Blank0100000010
Notes
1848 1848 Democratic National ConventionBallots1234Lewis Cass125133156179Levi Woodbury53565338James Buchanan55544033John C. Calhoun9000William Jenkins Worth6551George M. Dallas3300William Orlando Butler0003Abstaining39393636
1852 1852 Democratic National Convention Presidential Ballot Ballot1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24th25thFranklin Pierce0000000000000000000000000Lewis Cass1161181191151141141131131121111019898999999999689816043373334James Buchanan9395948989888888878687888887878787858592102104103103101William L. Marcy27272625262626262727272726262626262526262626262626Stephen A. Douglas20232131343234343940505251515151505663646477788079William Butler211111111111111111111315202324Daniel S. Dickinson1100111111111111111111111Joseph Lane13131313131313131314131313131313131313131313131313Sam Houston867788998889101010109119109910910John B. Weller4000000000000000000000000Henry Dodge3333303300000000000000000Linn Boyd0000000000000000000000000William R. King0000000000000000000000000Charles Ingersoll0000000000000000000000000Blank99121271388888788881089888888 +Presidential BallotBallot26th27th28th29th30th31st32nd33rd34th35th36th37th38th39th40th41st42nd43rd44th45th46th47th48th49thFranklin Pierce0000000001530292929292929292929444955283Lewis Cass33322827336598123130131122120107106107107101101101967875722James Buchanan101989693918374724939282828282727272727272828280William Marcy26262626262626253344587084858585919191979895890Stephen Douglas80858891929280605352433433333333333333323233332William Butler242425252017111111111111111111Daniel S. Dickinson1111111116111111111111110Joseph Lane13131313130000000000000000000Sam Houston1091112129865555555555555561Linn Boyd000000000000000000000120William R. King000000000000000000001000Charles Ingersoll000000000000000000000010Blank888883889888888 888888887
1856 1856 Democratic National ConventionPresidential BallotBallot1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17thJames Buchanan135.5139139.5141.5140155143.5147.5146147.5147.5148150152.5168.5168296Franklin Pierce122.5119.5119119119.5107.589878780.5807977.5753.500Stephen Douglas3331.53230312858565662.56363.56363118.51220Lewis Cass565.55.55.55.55.55.575.55.55.55.55.54.560
1856 United States presidential election
Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote):
(a) The popular vote figures exclude South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislature rather than by popular vote.
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