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Election in Mississippi
1856 United States presidential election in Mississippi
County Results
Buchanan
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Fillmore
50-60%
60-70%
90-100%
The 1856 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 1856. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to represent the state in the Electoral College , which chose the president and vice president .
Mississippi was won by Senator James Buchanan (D –Pennsylvania ), running with Representative and future presidential candidate in the 1860 presidential election John C. Breckinridge , with 59.44% of the popular vote, against the 13th president of the United States Millard Fillmore (W –New York ), running with the 2nd United States Ambassador to Germany Andrew Jackson Donelson , with 40.56% of the popular vote.
The Republican Party nominee John C. Frémont was not on the ballot in the state.
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