1856 United States presidential election in Maryland


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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.

1856 United States presidential election in Maryland
← 1852 November 4, 1856 1860 →
 
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

Fillmore

  50-60%

  60-70%

Buchanan

  50-60%

  60-70%

  80-90%

President before election

Franklin Pierce
Democratic

Elected President

James Buchanan
Democratic

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.

County Millard Fillmore

Know Nothing

James Buchanan

Democratic

John C. Frémont

Republican

Margin Total

Votes

Cast [2]

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 1,938 46.30% 2,248 53.70% 0 0.00% -310 -7.41% 4,186
Anne Arundel 1,043 52.94% 927 47.06% 0 0.00% 116 5.89% 1,970
Baltimore (City) 16,900 62.60% 9,882 36.61% 214 0.79% 7,018 26.00% 26,996
Baltimore (County) 3,504 52.56% 3,155 47.32% 8 0.12% 349 5.23% 6,667
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% 1,382
Carroll 2,348 52.74% 2,099 47.15% 5 0.11% 249 5.59% 4,452
Cecil 1,884 50.25% 1,845 49.21% 20 0.53% 39 1.04% 3,749
Charles 461 37.82% 758 62.18% 0 0.00% -297 -24.36% 1,219
Dorchester 1,292 56.79% 979 43.03% 4 0.18% 313 13.76% 2,275
Frederick 3,724 52.83% 3,304 46.87% 21 0.30% 420 5.96% 7,049
Harford 2,074 59.55% 1,405 40.34% 4 0.11% 669 19.21% 3,483
Howard 899 58.68% 633 41.32% 0 0.00% 266 17.36% 1,532
Kent 833 60.23% 550 39.77% 0 0.00% 283 20.46% 1,383
Montgomery 1,208 51.76% 1,126 48.24% 0 0.00% 82 3.51% 2,334
Prince George's 881 47.26% 983 52.74% 0 0.00% -102 -5.47% 1,864
Queen Anne's 904 54.95% 741 45.05% 0 0.00% 163 9.91% 1,645
St. Mary's 247 19.01% 1,052 80.99% 0 0.00% -805 -61.97% 1,299
Somerset 1,593 54.65% 1,321 45.32% 1 0.03% 272 9.33% 2,915
Talbot 749 45.15% 910 54.85% 0 0.00% -161 -9.70% 1,659
Washington 2,717 50.41% 2,670 49.54% 3 0.06% 47 0.87% 5,390
Worcester 1,224 46.15% 1,428 53.85% 0 0.00% -204 -7.69% 2,652
Total 47,452 54.63% 39,123 45.04% 285 0.33% 8,329 9.59% 86,860

Counties that flipped from Whig to Know Nothing

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Know Nothing

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Counties that flipped from Whig to Democratic

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