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The 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election . Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Ohio was won by California Senator John C. Frémont (R –Georgia ), running with New Jersey Senator William L. Dayton , with 48.51% of the popular vote, against Senator James Buchanan (D –Pennsylvania ), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860 presidential election John C. Breckinridge , with 44.21% of the popular vote and the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (A –New York ), running with the 2nd United States Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson , with 7.28% of the popular vote.[ 1]
Results
Results by county
County
John C. Fremont [ 2] Republican
James Buchanan [ 2] Democratic
Millard Fillmore [ 2] Know Nothing
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Adams
1,407
40.49%
1,790
51.51%
278
8.00%
-383
-11.02%
3,475
Allen
1,415
46.90%
1,508
49.98%
94
3.12%
-93
-3.08%
3,017
Ashland
1,912
47.33%
2,089
51.71%
39
0.97%
-177
-4.38%
4,040
Ashtabula
5,108
80.63%
975
15.39%
252
3.98%
4,133
65.24%
6,335
Athens
2,299
60.45%
1,350
35.50%
154
4.05%
949
24.95%
3,803
Auglaize
912
35.02%
1,604
61.60%
88
3.38%
-692
-26.57%
2,604
Belmont
1,817
28.48%
2,810
44.04%
1,753
27.48%
-993
-15.56%
6,380
Brown
1,785
36.33%
2,700
54.96%
428
8.71%
-915
-18.62%
4,913
Butler
2,301
37.68%
3,509
57.47%
296
4.85%
-1,208
-19.78%
6,106
Carroll
1,750
56.60%
1,255
40.59%
87
2.81%
495
16.01%
3,092
Champaign
1,995
49.55%
1,711
42.50%
320
7.95%
284
7.05%
4,026
Clark
2,641
60.74%
1,539
35.40%
168
3.86%
1,102
25.34%
4,348
Clermont
2,188
38.32%
2,741
48.00%
781
13.68%
-553
-9.68%
5,710
Clinton
2,117
60.02%
1,170
33.17%
240
6.80%
947
26.85%
3,527
Columbiana
3,516
57.55%
2,497
40.87%
96
1.57%
1,019
16.68%
6,109
Coshocton
2,162
48.06%
2,281
50.70%
56
1.24%
-119
-2.65%
4,499
Crawford
1,685
43.53%
2,154
55.64%
32
0.83%
-469
-12.12%
3,871
Cuyahoga
6,360
57.29%
4,446
40.05%
296
2.67%
1,914
17.24%
11,102
Darke
2,086
48.70%
1,988
46.42%
209
4.88%
98
2.29%
4,283
Defiance
821
46.81%
895
51.03%
38
2.17%
-74
-4.22%
1,754
Delaware
2,367
55.75%
1,649
38.84%
230
5.42%
718
16.91%
4,246
Erie
2,258
60.86%
1,377
37.12%
75
2.02%
881
23.75%
3,710
Fairfield
1,700
30.12%
3,233
57.28%
711
12.60%
-1,533
-27.16%
5,644
Fayette
1,209
49.11%
880
35.74%
373
15.15%
329
13.36%
2,462
Franklin
3,488
44.42%
3,791
48.27%
574
7.31%
-303
-3.86%
7,853
Fulton
1,098
56.77%
772
39.92%
64
3.31%
326
16.86%
1,934
Gallia
610
19.32%
1,341
42.48%
1,206
38.20%
-731
-23.15%
3,157
Geauga
2,694
80.97%
575
17.28%
58
1.74%
2,119
63.69%
3,327
Greene
3,032
64.36%
1,465
31.10%
214
18.46%
1,567
33.26%
4,711
Guernsey
2,392
52.76%
1,932
42.61%
210
4.63%
460
10.15%
4,534
Hamilton
9,345
33.28%
13,051
46.48%
5,685
20.25%
-3,706
-13.20%
28,081
Hancock
1,773
47.23%
1,944
51.78%
37
0.99%
-171
-4.56%
3,754
Hardin
1,091
53.09%
882
42.92%
82
3.99%
209
10.17%
2,055
Harrison
2,060
56.55%
1,473
40.43%
110
3.02%
587
16.11%
3,643
Henry
587
46.44%
655
51.82%
22
1.74%
-68
-5.38%
1,264
Highland
1,810
37.37%
2,140
44.18%
894
18.46%
-330
-6.81%
4,844
Hocking
1,092
41.04%
1,454
54.64%
115
4.32%
-362
-13.60%
2,661
Holmes
1,285
37.87%
2,103
61.98%
5
0.15%
-818
-24.11%
3,393
Huron
3,468
66.30%
1,709
32.67%
54
1.03%
1,759
33.63%
5,231
Jackson
938
34.27%
1,383
50.53%
416
15.20%
-445
-16.26%
3,269
Jefferson
2,424
51.86%
1,991
42.60%
259
5.54%
433
9.26%
4,674
Knox
2,735
51.64%
2,437
46.02%
124
2.34%
298
5.63%
5,296
Lake
2,371
78.04%
628
20.67%
39
1.28%
1,743
57.37%
3,038
Lawrence
743
26.58%
1,150
41.14%
902
32.27%
-407
-14.56%
2,795
Licking
3,027
44.42%
3,371
49.46%
417
6.12%
-344
-5.05%
6,815
Logan
2,093
56.75%
1,328
36.01%
267
7.24%
765
20.74%
3,688
Lorain
3,604
70.97%
1,420
27.96%
54
1.06%
2,184
43.01%
5,078
Lucas
1,639
41.07%
1,866
46.76%
486
12.18%
-227
-5.69%
3,991
Madison
997
46.85%
656
30.83%
475
22.32%
341
16.02%
2,128
Mahoning
2,323
54.16%
1,937
45.16%
29
0.68%
386
9.00%
4,289
Marion
1,367
51.66%
1,275
48.19%
4
0.15%
92
3.48%
2,646
Medina
2,635
62.22%
1,572
37.12%
28
0.66%
1,063
25.10%
4,235
Meigs
1,998
50.65%
1,603
40.63%
344
8.72%
395
10.01%
3,996
Mercer
629
33.07%
1,159
60.94%
114
5.99%
-530
-27.87%
1,902
Miami
3,171
59.63%
1,988
37.38%
159
2.99%
1,183
22.25%
5,318
Monroe
1,016
23.96%
2,812
66.31%
413
9.74%
-1,796
-42.35%
4,672
Montgomery
4,038
46.34%
4,285
49.17%
391
4.49%
-247
-2.83%
8,714
Morgan
2,125
53.19%
1,669
41.78%
201
5.03%
456
11.41%
3,995
Morrow
2,031
53.46%
1,667
43.88%
101
2.66%
364
9.58%
3,799
Muskingum
3,172
41.44%
3,391
44.30%
1,092
14.27%
-219
-2.86%
7,655
Noble
1,603
51.81%
1,337
43.21%
154
4.98%
266
8.60%
3,094
Ottawa
454
48.71%
477
51.18%
1
0.11%
-23
-2.47%
932
Paulding
497
73.96%
170
25.30%
5
0.74%
327
48.66%
672
Perry
1,385
37.19%
1,847
49.60%
492
13.21%
-462
-12.41%
3,724
Pickaway
1,724
41.32%
2,066
49.52%
382
9.16%
-342
-8.20%
4,172
Pike
523
25.23%
1,175
56.68%
375
18.09%
-652
-31.45%
2,073
Portage
2,983
58.94%
2,072
40.94%
6
0.12%
911
18.00%
5,061
Preble
2,249
55.08%
1,561
38.23%
273
6.69%
688
16.85%
4,083
Putnam
790
41.36%
1,116
58.43%
4
0.21%
-326
-17.07%
1,910
Richland
2,726
47.93%
2,909
51.14%
53
0.93%
-183
-3.22%
5,688
Ross
2,436
42.69%
2,681
46.99%
589
10.32%
-245
-4.29%
5,706
Sandusky
1,548
48.50%
1,599
50.09%
45
1.41%
-51
-1.60%
3,192
Scioto
546
15.60%
1,634
46.67%
1,321
37.73%
-1,088
-31.08%
3,501
Seneca
2,565
48.64%
2,605
49.40%
103
1.95%
-40
-0.76%
5,273
Shelby
1,356
46.30%
1,446
49.37%
127
4.34%
-90
-3.07%
2,929
Stark
3,770
50.73%
3,633
48.88%
28
0.38%
137
1.84%
7,431
Summit
3,185
63.64%
1,746
34.89%
74
1.48%
1,439
28.75%
5,005
Trumbull
4,049
67.63%
1,920
32.07%
18
0.30%
2,129
35.56%
5,987
Tuscarawas
3,007
52.93%
2,656
46.75%
18
0.32%
351
6.18%
5,681
Union
1,431
52.06%
1,055
38.38%
263
9.57%
376
13.68%
2,749
Van Wert
758
48.01%
789
49.97%
32
2.03%
-31
-1.96%
1,579
Vinton
932
43.21%
1,174
54.43%
51
2.36%
-242
-11.22%
2,157
Warren
2,688
55.91%
1,776
36.94%
344
7.15%
912
18.97%
4,808
Washington
2,783
52.36%
2,251
42.35%
281
5.29%
532
10.01%
5,315
Wayne
2,904
49.48%
2,918
49.72%
47
0.80%
-14
-0.24%
5,869
Williams
1,327
55.34%
1,022
42.62%
49
2.04%
305
12.72%
2,398
Wood
1,319
55.03%
935
39.01%
143
5.97%
384
16.02%
2,397
Wyandot
1,247
47.36%
1,278
48.54%
108
4.10%
-31
-1.18%
2,633
Totals
187,497
48.51%
170,874
44.21%
28,121
7.28%
16,623
4.30%
386,492
See also
References