1856 United States presidential election in Maryland
November 4, 1856
 
Nominee Millard Fillmore James Buchanan
Party Know Nothing Democratic
Home state New York Pennsylvania
Running mate Andrew J. Donelson John C. Breckinridge
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 47,452 39,123
Percentage 54.63% 45.04%
County Results
President before election

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

 Elected President

James Buchanan
Democratic

The 1856 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland voted for the Know Nothing candidate, former president Millard Fillmore, over the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, and Republican candidate, John C. Frémont.

Fillmore won the state by a margin of 9.59%. Maryland was the only state to vote for Fillmore this election. This was the last time until 1948 that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Maryland.

This was the first Presidential election that Howard County was able to vote in.

Results

1856 United States presidential election in Maryland[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Know Nothing Millard Fillmore of New York Andrew Jackson Donelson of Tennessee 47,452 54.63% 8 100.00%
Democratic James Buchanan of Pennsylvania John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky 39,123 45.04% 0 0.00%
Republican John C. Frémont of California William L. Dayton of New Jersey 285 0.33% 0 0.00%
Total 86,860 100.00% 8 100.00%

Results by county

County Millard Fillmore

Know Nothing

 James Buchanan

Democratic

 John C. Frémont

Republican

 Margin Total

Votes

Cast [2]

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 1938 46.30% 2248 53.70% 0 0.00% -310 -7.41% 4186
Anne Arundel 1043 52.94% 927 47.06% 0 0.00% 116 5.89% 1970
Baltimore (City) 16900 62.60% 9882 36.61% 214 0.79% 7018 26.00% 26996
Baltimore (County) 3504 52.56% 3155 47.32% 8 0.12% 349 5.23% 6667
Calvert 401 52.97% 356 47.03% 0 0.00% 45 5.94% 757
Caroline 638 46.16% 743 53.76% 1 0.07% -105 -7.60% 1382
Carroll 2348 52.74% 2099 47.15% 5 0..11% 249 5.59% 4452
Cecil 1884 50.25% 1845 49.21% 20 0.53% 39 1.04% 3749
Charles 461 37.82% 758 62.18% 0 0.00% -297 -24.36% 1219
Dorchester 1292 56.79% 979 43.03% 4 0.18% 313 13.76% 2275
Frederick 3724 52.83% 3304 46.87% 21 0.30% 420 5.96% 7049
Harford 2074 59.55% 1405 40.34% 4 0.11% 669 19.21% 3483
Howard 899 58.68% 633 41.32% 0 0.00% 266 17.36% 1532
Kent 833 60.23% 550 39.77% 0 0.00% 283 20.46% 1383
Montgomery 1208 51.76% 1126 48.24% 0 0.00% 82 3.51% 2334
Prince George's 881 47.26% 983 52.74% 0 0.00% -102 -5.47% 1864
Queen Anne's 904 54.95% 741 45.05% 0 0.00% 163 9.91% 1645
St. Mary's 247 19.01% 1052 80.99% 0 0.00% -805 -61.97% 1299
Somerset 1593 54.65% 1321 45.32% 1 0.03% 272 9.33% 2915
Talbot 749 45.15% 910 54.85% 0 0.00% -161 -9.70% 1659
Washington 2717 50.41% 2670 49.54% 3 0.06% 47 0.87% 5390
Worcester 1224 46.15% 1428 53.85% 0 0.00% -204 -7.69% 2652
Total 47452 54.63% 39123 45.04% 285 0.33% 8329 9.59% 86860

Counties that flipped from Whig to Know Nothing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Know Nothing

Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1856 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".
  2. ↑ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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