Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan won the 1856 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John Freemont and American Party candidate Millard Fillmore.
John C. Fremont.
Prior to the 1856 election campaign, Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan served as the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.
Prior to the 1856 election campaign, Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan served as the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.
Prior to the election campaign James Buchanan served as the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.
The Republicans did not win in 1856- the Democrat Buchanan won the election in 1856. The Republican candidate, Lincoln won in 1860 and so became the first Republican president.
William Howard Taft, the incumbent President, was nominated by the Republicans for a second term in 1912.
It was the first election in which the Republicans ran a national presidential candidate. They lost, but did pretty well and won four years later.
American party or "no nothing" party
I may not understand your question but Gerald Ford did seek the presidency in 1976. He was nominated by the Republicans but lost the election to Jimmy Carter.
November 4, 1856 was the date of the Presidential election for that year.
James Buchanan was the 9th Minister to the United Kingdom. In 1956 he got the Democratic nomination and won the election.
Slavery was the major issue in the 1856 election. Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan endorsed popular sovereignty giving the power to determine the legality of slavery to the inhabitants of the territory seeking statehood, rather than to Congress. The Republican Party opposed the extension of slavery into the territories. Buchanan warned that if the Republicans won the election, their anti-slavery position would lead to civil war.