James Buchanan
won the 1856 presidential election defeating John Freemont. In the
1856 presidential election James Buchanan received 174 electoral
votes and John Freemont received 114 electoral votes. The popular
vote totals were Buchanan 1,836,072 and Freemont 1,342,345.
Buchanan won 19
states including all of the southern states. Fremont won 11
northern states.