U.S. presidential election, 1856

The U.S. presidential election of 1856 was waged almost entirely on the issue of slavery, pitted as a struggle between democracy and aristocracy, and focusing specifically on Kansas. The newly formed Republican Party condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act and expansion of slavery, while Democrats took more of a laissez-faire approach to slavery expansion, taking the official position that it was a state-by-state decision. A third party, the new-minted American Party or "Know-Nothings", ignored the slavery issue (in favor of anti-immigration policies) and paid for it, getting under a quarter of the vote.

General election

Results

Source (Popular Vote): {{Leip PV source| year=1856| as of=July 27, 2005}}

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July 27 - 2005

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Source (Electoral Vote): {{National Archives EV source| year=1856| as of=July 31, 2005}}

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July 31 - 2005

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(a) The popular vote figures exclude South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislature rather than by popular vote.

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