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, 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]
County | John C. Fremont Republican | James Buchanan Democratic | Millard Fillmore 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 | 0.96% | -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 | -26.58% | 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 | -18.63% | 4,913 |
Butler | 2,301 | 37.68% | 3,509 | 57.47% | 296 | 4.85% | -1,208 | -19.79% | 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 | 6.81% | 947 | 26.85% | 3,527 |
Columbiana | 3,516 | 57.55% | 2,497 | 40.87% | 96 | 1.58% | 1,019 | 16.68% | 6,109 |
Coshocton | 2,162 | 48.06% | 2,281 | 50.70% | 56 | 1.24% | -119 | -2.64% | 4,499 |
Crawford | 1,685 | 43.53% | 2,154 | 55.64% | 32 | 0.83% | -469 | -12.11% | 3,871 |
Cuyahoga | 6,360 | 57.29% | 4,446 | 40.05% | 296 | 2.66% | 1,914 | 17.24% | 11,102 |
Darke | 2,086 | 48.70% | 1,988 | 46.42% | 209 | 4.88% | 98 | 2.28% | 4,283 |
Defiance | 821 | 46.81% | 895 | 51.03% | 38 | 2.16% | -74 | -4.22% | 1,754 |
Delaware | 2,367 | 55.75% | 1,649 | 38.84% | 230 | 5.41% | 718 | 16.91% | 4,246 |
Erie | 2,258 | 60.86% | 1,377 | 37.12% | 75 | 2.02% | 881 | 23.74% | 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 | 13.37% | 2,462 |
Franklin | 3,488 | 44.42% | 3,791 | 48.27% | 574 | 7.31% | -303 | -3.85% | 7,853 |
Fulton | 1,098 | 56.77% | 772 | 39.92% | 64 | 3.31% | 326 | 16.85% | 1,934 |
Gallia | 610 | 19.32% | 1,341 | 42.48% | 1,206 | 38.20% | -731 | -23.16% | 3,157 |
Geauga | 2,694 | 80.97% | 575 | 17.28% | 58 | 1.75% | 2,119 | 63.69% | 3,327 |
Greene | 3,032 | 64.36% | 1,465 | 31.10% | 214 | 4.54% | 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% | 5,680 | 20.24% | -3,706 | -13.20% | 28,076 |
Hancock | 1,773 | 47.23% | 1,944 | 51.78% | 37 | 0.99% | -171 | -4.55% | 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 | 16.12% | 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 | 18.45% | -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 | 5.62% | 5,296 |
Lake | 2,371 | 78.04% | 628 | 20.67% | 39 | 1.29% | 1,743 | 57.37% | 3,038 |
Lawrence | 743 | 26.58% | 1,150 | 41.14% | 902 | 32.28% | -407 | -14.56% | 2,795 |
Licking | 3,027 | 44.42% | 3,371 | 49.46% | 417 | 6.12% | -344 | -5.04% | 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 | 1.07% | 2,184 | 43.01% | 5,078 |
Lucas | 1,639 | 41.07% | 1,866 | 46.76% | 486 | 12.17% | -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 | 3.47% | 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 | 10.02% | 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 | 9.73% | -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 | 14.26% | -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 | -3.21% | 5,688 |
Ross | 2,436 | 42.69% | 2,681 | 46.99% | 589 | 10.32% | -245 | -4.30% | 5,706 |
Sandusky | 1,548 | 48.50% | 1,599 | 50.09% | 45 | 1.41% | -51 | -1.59% | 3,192 |
Scioto | 546 | 15.60% | 1,634 | 46.67% | 1,321 | 37.73% | -1,088 | -31.07% | 3,501 |
Seneca | 2,565 | 48.64% | 2,605 | 49.40% | 103 | 1.96% | -40 | -0.76% | 5,273 |
Shelby | 1,356 | 46.30% | 1,446 | 49.37% | 127 | 4.33% | -90 | -3.07% | 2,929 |
Stark | 3,770 | 50.73% | 3,633 | 48.88% | 29 | 0.39% | 137 | 1.85% | 7,432 |
Summit | 3,185 | 63.64% | 1,746 | 34.89% | 74 | 1.47% | 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 | 9.56% | 376 | 13.68% | 2,749 |
Van Wert | 758 | 48.01% | 789 | 49.97% | 32 | 2.02% | -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 | 5.96% | 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% | 28,126 | 7.28% | 16,623 | 4.30% | 386,497 |