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.
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County Results
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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.
1856 United States presidential election in Maryland[1] | ||||||||
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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% |
County | Millard Fillmore
Know Nothing |
James Buchanan
Democratic |
John C. Frémont
Republican |
Margin | Total
Votes Cast [2] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 |