Electoral history of James Buchanan explained

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).

United States House of Representatives elections

1828

United States Senate election

1834

|-|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals| align="right" | 133| align="right" | 100.00%|}

1836

|-|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals| align="right" | 133| align="right" | 100.00%|}

1843

|-|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals| align="right" | 132| align="right" | 100.00%|}

Democratic National Conventions

1844

1844 Democratic National Convention^[1] !Ballots!1!2!3!4!5!6!7!8!9!9

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

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^[2] Presidential Ballot ^[3]

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

1856

1856 United States presidential election

Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote):

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

Notes and References

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3. Book: Johnson, Charles W.. Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention Held at Baltimore, June 1-5, 1852. 1852. Robert Armstrong. Washington, DC. 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t3806c46m. HathiTrust. 2021-05-13. 2021-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616100431/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3806c46m. live.
4. Book: Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention. 1856. National Document Publishers. en. 2021-05-13. 2021-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513120231/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tEQzAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y. live.