Electoral history of James Buchanan

This is the electoral history of James Buchanan. He was the 15th president of the United States (1856-1860); 17th United States Secretary of State; United States Minister to the United Kingdom and Russia; U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's third (1821-1823) and fourth congressional district (1823-1831); and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1834-1845).

James Buchanan

United States House of Representatives elections

1820
1820 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania[1]
Pennsylvania-3 (Plural district with 2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist James Buchanan 7,809 27.9
Federalist John Phillips 7,709 27.5
Democratic-Republican Jacob Hibshman 6,396 22.8
Democratic-Republican James M. Wallace 6,100 21.8

1822
1822 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania[2]
Pennsylvania-4 (Plural district with 3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Jacksonian James Buchanan 7,021 18.6
Jacksonian Isaac Wayne 6,870 18.2
Jacksonian Samuel Edwards 6,839 18.1
Democratic-Republican William Darlington 5,723 15.2
Democratic-Republican William Anderson 5,646 15.0
Democratic-Republican Jacob Hibshman 5,639 14.9

1824
1824 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania[3]
Pennsylvania-4 (Plural district with 3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Jacksonian James Buchanan 6,968 18.0
Jacksonian Samuel Edwards 6,802 17.5
Anti-Jacksonian Charles Miner 6,756 17.4
Democratic-Republican Isaac D. Barnard 6,129 15.8
Democratic-Republican William Anderson 6,098 15.7
Democratic-Republican Samuel Houston 6,028 15.5

1826
1826 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania[4]
Pennsylvania-4 (Plural district with 3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Jacksonian James Buchanan 5,950 18.5
Anti-Jacksonian Samuel Anderson 5,732 17.8
Anti-Jacksonian Charles Miner 5,670 17.6
Jacksonian Joshua Evans Jr. 4,983 15.5
Jacksonian John McCamant 4,933 15.3
Jacksonian George Gray Leiper 4,902 15.2

1828
1828 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania[5]
Pennsylvania-4 (Plural district with 3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Jacksonian James Buchanan 10,004 17.6
Jacksonian Joshua Evans Jr. 9,932 17.5
Jacksonian George Gray Leiper 9,538 17.4
Anti-Jacksonian Samuel Anderson 9,023 15.9
Anti-Jacksonian Townsend Haines 9,006 15.9
Anti-Jacksonian William Hiester 8,957 15.8

United States Senate election

1834
1834 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania[6]
State Legislature Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Buchanan 66 49.62
Anti-Masonic Amos Ellmaker 31 23.31
Democratic James Clarke 26 19.55
National Republican Joseph Lawrence 6 4.51
Democratic Joel Sutherland 1 0.75
N/A Not voting 3 2.26
Totals 133 100.00%

1836
1836 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[7]
State Legislature Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Buchanan 85 63.91
Whig Thomas M. T. McKennan 24 18.05
Whig Charles B. Penrose 21 15.79
Democratic Thomas Cunningham 1 0.75
Democratic Isaac Leet 1 0.75
N/A Not voting 1 0.75
Totals 133 100.00%

1843
1843 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania[8]
State Legislature Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Buchanan 74 56.06
Whig John Banks 54 40.91
Democratic Richard Brodhead 1 0.76
Unknown John Gibons 1 0.76
N/A Not voting 2 1.52
Totals 132 100.00%

Democratic National Conventions

1844
1844 Democratic National Convention[9]
Ballots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9[lower-alpha 1] 9[lower-alpha 2]
Martin Van Buren 146 127 121 111 103 101 99 104 2 0
Lewis Cass 83 94 92 105 107 116 123 114 29 0
Richard M. Johnson 24 33 38 32 29 23 21 0 0 0
James Buchanan 4 9 11 17 26 25 22 2 0 0
John C. Calhoun 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0
Levi Woodbury 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Stewart 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
James K. Polk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 231 266
Blank 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Notes
  1. before shifts
  2. after shifts

1848
1848 Democratic National Convention
Ballots 1 2 3 4
Lewis Cass 125 133 156 179
Levi Woodbury 53 56 53 38
James Buchanan 55 54 40 33
John C. Calhoun 9 0 0 0
William Jenkins Worth 6 5 5 1
George M. Dallas 3 3 0 0
William Orlando Butler 0 0 0 3
Abstaining 39 39 36 36

1852
1852 Democratic National Convention[10]
Presidential Ballot [11]
Ballot 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th
Franklin Pierce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewis Cass 116 118 119 115 114 114 113 113 112 111 101 98 98 99 99 99 99 96 89 81 60 43 37 33 34
James Buchanan 93 95 94 89 89 88 88 88 87 86 87 88 88 87 87 87 87 85 85 92 102 104 103 103 101
William L. Marcy 27 27 26 25 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 26 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
Stephen A. Douglas 20 23 21 31 34 32 34 34 39 40 50 52 51 51 51 51 50 56 63 64 64 77 78 80 79
William Butler 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 15 20 23 24
Daniel S. Dickinson 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Joseph Lane 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Sam Houston 8 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 11 9 10 9 9 10 9 10
John B. Weller 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry Dodge 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Linn Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
William R. King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Ingersoll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blank 9 9 12 12 7 13 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 10 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
Presidential Ballot
Ballot 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th
Franklin Pierce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 30 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 44 49 55 283
Lewis Cass 33 32 28 27 33 65 98 123 130 131 122 120 107 106 107 107 101 101 101 96 78 75 72 2
James Buchanan 101 98 96 93 91 83 74 72 49 39 28 28 28 28 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 0
William Marcy 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 25 33 44 58 70 84 85 85 85 91 91 91 97 98 95 89 0
Stephen Douglas 80 85 88 91 92 92 80 60 53 52 43 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 32 32 33 33 2
William Butler 24 24 25 25 20 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Daniel S. Dickinson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Joseph Lane 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Houston 10 9 11 12 12 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 1
Linn Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
William R. King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Charles Ingersoll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blank 8 8 8 8 8 3 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
Buchanan - Breckinridge campaign poster

1856
1856 Democratic National Convention[12]
Presidential Ballot
Ballot 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
James Buchanan 135.5 139 139.5 141.5 140 155 143.5 147.5 146 147.5 147.5 148 150 152.5 168.5 168 296
Franklin Pierce 122.5 119.5 119 119 119.5 107.5 89 87 87 80.5 80 79 77.5 75 3.5 0 0
Stephen Douglas 33 31.5 32 30 31 28 58 56 56 62.5 63 63.5 63 63 118.5 122 0
Lewis Cass 5 6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 7 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 4.5 6 0
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  • 16th Presidential Ballot
  • 17th and Final Presidential Ballot

1856 United States presidential election
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Buchanan/Breckinridge, red by Frémont/Dayton, and lilac by Fillmore/Donelson. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes cast by each state.
Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote(a) Electoral
vote		 Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
James Buchanan Jr. Democratic Pennsylvania 1,836,072 45.28% 174 John Cabell Breckinridge Kentucky 174
John Charles Frémont Republican California 1,342,345 33.11% 114 William Lewis Dayton New Jersey 114
Millard Fillmore American New York 873,053 21.53% 8 Andrew Jackson Donelson Tennessee 8
Other 3,177 0.08% — Other —
Total 4,054,647 100% 296 296
Needed to win 149 149

Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. "1856 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 27, 2005. Source (Electoral Vote): "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 31, 2005.

(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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