1856 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1856 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1856

November 4, 1856

Nominee James Buchanan Millard Fillmore Party Democratic Know Nothing Home state Pennsylvania New York Running mate John C. Breckinridge Andrew Jackson Donelson Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 69,704 63,878 Percentage 52.18% 47.82%

President before election Franklin Pierce Democratic Elected President James Buchanan Democratic

Elections in Tennessee
Federal government U.S. President 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 Dem GOP 2012 2016 Dem 2020 Dem U.S. Senate 1796 1797 (sp) 1798 1798 (sp) 1799 (sp) 1803 1809 1809 (sp) 1811 (sp) 1815 (sp) 1817 (sp) 1819 (sp) 1821 (sp) 1825 (sp) 1826 1829 1829 (sp) 1833 1835 1838 (sp) 1839 (sp) 1840 (sp) 1841 1843 (sp) 1844 (sp) 1844 1847 1851 1853 1857 (sp) 1858 1866 1867 1875 1877 1877 (sp) 1883 1887 1889 1893 1895 1898 (sp) 1899 1901 1905 1905 (sp) 1907 1911 1913 1913 (sp) 1916 1918 1922 1924 1928 1930 1930 (sp) 1934 1934 (sp) 1936 1938 (sp) 1940 1942 1946 1948 1952 1954 1958 1960 1964 1964 (sp) 1966 1970 1972 1976 1978 1982 1984 1988 1990 1994 1994 (sp) 1996 2000 2002 2006 2008 2012 2014 2018 2020 2024 U.S. House 1795 (Terr) 1796 1797 1797 (sp AL) 1799 1801 1801 (sp AL) 1803 1805 1807 1809 1811 1813 1814 (sp 5th) 1815 (sp 2nd) 1815 1817 1819 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1842 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1865 1867 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1920 1928 1932 1934 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1954 1956 1958 1964 1968 1972 1980 1984 1988 1988 (sp 2nd) 1988 (sp 5th) 1994 1996 1998 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Special elections Senate, 1964 Senate, 1994
State government Gubernatorial elections 1799 1801 1803 1805 1807 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Ballot measures Amendment 1, 2006
Knoxville Mayoral elections 1987 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Memphis Mayoral elections 2015 2019
Nashville Mayoral elections 2011 2015 2018 (special) 2019
Government

Tennessee voted for the Democratic candidate, James Buchanan, over American Party candidate Millard Fillmore. Buchanan won Tennessee by a margin of 4.36%.

Republican Party candidate John C. Frémont was not on the ballot in the state.