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Election in New Jersey
1856 United States presidential election in New Jersey|
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County Results
Buchanan
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
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Frémont
50-60%
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Fillmore
40-50%
50-60%
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The 1856 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the
1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
New Jersey voted for the
Democratic candidate,
James Buchanan, over
Republican candidate,
John C. Frémont, and the
Know Nothing candidate,
Millard Fillmore. Buchanan won the state by a margin of 18.72 percentage points, and would be the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry
Cumberland County until
Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1936, and the last to carry
Passaic County until Roosevelt in
1932.
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Results
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