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John C. Fremont
Republican
 
 
James Buchanan
Democratic
 
 
Millard Fillmore
American
 
 
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1856 President General Election

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City/Town Ward Pct
John C. Fremont
James Buchanan
Millard Fillmore
 Write-Ins Blanks Spoiled Total Votes Cast
Totals
39,561
10,577
546
 0 0 0 49,147
Addison
 
125
6
4
 0 0 0 135
Albany
 
133
29
0
 0 0 0 162
Alburgh
 
145
0
0
 0 0 0 145
Andover
 
119
0
0
 0 0 0 119
Arlington
 
121
42
32
 0 0 0 195
Athens
 
76
12
1
 0 0 0 89
Bakersfield
 
144
46
2
 0 0 0 192
Baltimore
 
20
0
0
 0 0 0 20
Barnard
 
165
115
0
 0 0 0 280
Barnet
 
226
111
0
 0 0 0 337
Barre Town
 
332
35
2
 0 0 0 369
Barton
 
130
34
0
 0 0 0 164
Belvidere
 
23
25
0
 0 0 0 48
Bennington
 
383
248
12
 0 0 0 643
Benson
 
193
5
0
 0 0 0 198
Berkshire
 
169
42
1
 0 0 0 212
Berlin
 
110
26
0
 0 0 0 136
Bethel
 
257
88
0
 0 0 0 345
Bloomfield
 
21
23
0
 0 0 0 44
Bolton
 
61
31
0
 0 0 0 92
Bradford
 
244
125
43
 0 0 0 412
Braintree
 
174
28
0
 0 0 0 202
Brandon
 
407
68
0
 0 0 0 475
Brattleboro
 
557
79
20
 0 0 0 656
Bridgewater
 
148
88
0
 0 0 0 236
Bridport
 
140
18
2
 0 0 0 160
Brighton
 
51
21
1
 0 0 0 73
Bristol
 
207
46
3
 0 0 0 256
Brookfield
 
186
58
0
 0 0 0 244
Brookline
 
43
6
0
 0 0 0 49
Brownington
 
85
9
1
 0 0 0 95
Brunswick
 
13
19
0
 0 0 0 32
Burke
 
185
44
0
 0 0 0 229
Burlington
 
592
246
26
 0 0 0 864
Calais
 
209
110
0
 0 0 0 319
Cambridge
 
208
74
1
 0 0 0 283
Canaan
 
40
40
0
 0 0 0 80
Castleton
 
322
90
5
 0 0 0 417
Cavendish
 
250
22
17
 0 0 0 289
Charleston
 
156
15
0
 0 0 0 171
Charlotte
 
183
16
1
 0 0 0 200
Chelsea
 
317
117
0
 0 0 0 434
Chester
 
376
51
0
 0 0 0 427
Chittenden
 
70
7
0
 0 0 0 77
Clarendon
 
174
3
0
 0 0 0 177
Colchester
 
105
50
0
 0 0 0 155
Concord
 
207
37
0
 0 0 0 244
Corinth
 
192
141
5
 0 0 0 338
Cornwall
 
132
13
1
 0 0 0 146
Coventry
 
152
25
0
 0 0 0 177
Craftsbury
 
169
37
0
 0 0 0 206
Danby
 
227
10
0
 0 0 0 237
Danville
 
212
133
15
 0 0 0 360
Derby
 
200
42
2
 0 0 0 244
Dorset
 
213
68
0
 0 0 0 281
Dover
 
124
15
0
 0 0 0 139
Dummerston
 
133
22
2
 0 0 0 157
Duxbury
 
109
16
0
 0 0 0 125
E. Haven
 
20
1
0
 0 0 0 21
E. Montpelier
 
139
40
0
 0 0 0 179
Eden
 
105
10
0
 0 0 0 115
Elmore
 
74
27
0
 0 0 0 101
Enosburgh
 
225
27
0
 0 0 0 252
Essex
 
213
83
5
 0 0 0 301
Fair Haven
 
169
29
5
 0 0 0 203
Fairfax
 
197
61
5
 0 0 0 263
Fairfield
 
97
153
4
 0 0 0 254
Fairlee
 
81
40
1
 0 0 0 122
Fayston
 
42
8
0
 0 0 0 50
Ferrisburgh
 
180
1
0
 0 0 0 181
Fletcher
 
113
44
0
 0 0 0 157
Franklin
 
163
37
0
 0 0 0 200
Georgia
 
200
23
0
 0 0 0 223
Glastenbury
 
2
15
0
 0 0 0 17
Glover
 
137
58
0
 0 0 0 195
Goshen
 
64
0
0
 0 0 0 64
Grafton
 
152
14
1
 0 0 0 167
Granby
 
22
10
0
 0 0 0 32
Grand Isle
 
73
32
9
 0 0 0 114
Granville
 
97
4
3
 0 0 0 104
Greensboro
 
124
44
0
 0 0 0 168
Groton
 
100
28
4
 0 0 0 132
Guildhall
 
56
31
0
 0 0 0 87
Guilford
 
232
16
4
 0 0 0 252
Halifax
 
159
14
0
 0 0 0 173
Hancock
 
64
6
1
 0 0 0 71
Hardwick
 
207
55
0
 0 0 0 262
Hartford
 
289
75
8
 0 0 0 372
Hartland
 
205
109
3
 0 0 0 317
Highgate
 
179
93
2
 0 0 0 274
Hinesburg
 
228
14
2
 0 0 0 244
Holland
 
50
31
0
 0 0 0 81
Hubbardton
 
88
14
0
 0 0 0 102
Huntington
 
173
29
0
 0 0 0 202
Hyde Park
 
132
75
5
 0 0 0 212
Irasburg
 
146
11
0
 0 0 0 157
Isle La Motte
 
60
23
0
 0 0 0 83
Jamaica
 
210
19
0
 0 0 0 229
Jay
 
41
15
0
 0 0 0 56
Jericho
 
228
37
25
 0 0 0 290
Johnson
 
261
24
2
 0 0 0 287
Kirby
 
56
18
0
 0 0 0 74
Landgrove
 
59
2
0
 0 0 0 61
Leicester
 
88
8
0
 0 0 0 96
Lemington
 
9
17
3
 0 0 0 29
Lincoln
 
184
3
2
 0 0 0 189
Londonderry
 
189
32
14
 0 0 0 235
Lowell
 
80
56
0
 0 0 0 136
Ludlow
 
263
24
1
 0 0 0 288
Lunenburg
 
152
37
0
 0 0 0 189
Lyndon
 
224
153
0
 0 0 0 377
Maidstone
 
22
14
0
 0 0 0 36
Manchester
 
285
57
10
 0 0 0 352
Marlboro
 
127
26
0
 0 0 0 153
Marshfield
 
146
42
0
 0 0 0 188
Mendon
 
75
8
0
 0 0 0 83
Middlebury
 
435
76
40
 0 0 0 551
Middlesex
 
101
28
0
 0 0 0 129
Middletown Springs
 
117
10
0
 0 0 0 127
Milton
 
241
47
2
 0 0 0 290
Monkton
 
148
13
1
 0 0 0 162
Montgomery
 
120
20
0
 0 0 0 140
Montpelier
 
726
198
1
 0 0 0 925
Moretown
 
97
43
0
 0 0 0 140
Morgan
 
56
7
1
 0 0 0 64
Morristown
 
265
58
5
 0 0 0 328
Mount Holly
 
245
16
8
 0 0 0 269
Mount Tabor
 
46
0
0
 0 0 0 46
New Haven
 
194
9
2
 0 0 0 205
Newark
 
46
41
0
 0 0 0 87
Newbury
 
227
120
0
 0 0 0 347
Newfane
 
169
49
0
 0 0 0 218
Newport City
 
72
19
2
 0 0 0 93
N. Hero
 
70
1
0
 0 0 0 71
Northfield
 
477
332
2
 0 0 0 811
Norwich
 
222
109
0
 0 0 0 331
Orange
 
111
36
0
 0 0 0 147
Orwell
 
164
23
2
 0 0 0 189
Panton
 
52
5
0
 0 0 0 57
Pawlet
 
221
44
1
 0 0 0 266
Peacham
 
160
78
2
 0 0 0 240
Peru
 
87
22
0
 0 0 0 109
Pittsfield
 
104
11
0
 0 0 0 115
Pittsford
 
225
50
5
 0 0 0 280
Plainfield
 
160
75
0
 0 0 0 235
Plymouth
 
150
34
2
 0 0 0 186
Pomfret
 
181
41
0
 0 0 0 222
Poultney
 
372
47
3
 0 0 0 422
Pownal
 
175
69
0
 0 0 0 244
Putney
 
279
27
0
 0 0 0 306
Randolph
 
397
91
0
 0 0 0 488
Reading
 
155
27
0
 0 0 0 182
Readsboro
 
101
43
3
 0 0 0 147
Richford
 
102
39
0
 0 0 0 141
Richmond
 
150
34
3
 0 0 0 187
Ripton
 
96
0
0
 0 0 0 96
Rochester
 
291
11
1
 0 0 0 303
Rockingham
 
363
183
0
 0 0 0 546
Roxbury
 
107
70
0
 0 0 0 177
Royalton
 
249
59
7
 0 0 0 315
Rupert
 
143
7
0
 0 0 0 150
Rutland Town
 
786
223
6
 0 0 0 1,015
Ryegate
 
94
44
0
 0 0 0 138
Salem
 
25
0
0
 0 0 0 25
Salisbury
 
114
21
4
 0 0 0 139
Sandgate
 
115
13
0
 0 0 0 128
Searsburg
 
24
8
0
 0 0 0 32
Shaftsbury
 
162
92
3
 0 0 0 257
Sharon
 
138
75
0
 0 0 0 213
Sheffield
 
119
61
0
 0 0 0 180
Shelburne
 
101
31
6
 0 0 0 138
Sheldon
 
172
79
0
 0 0 0 251
Sherburne
 
56
36
0
 0 0 0 92
Shoreham
 
194
11
1
 0 0 0 206
Shrewsbury
 
153
35
0
 0 0 0 188
Somerset
 
28
6
0
 0 0 0 34
S. Hero
 
57
36
0
 0 0 0 93
Springfield
 
506
70
2
 0 0 0 578
St. Albans City
 
426
106
36
 0 0 0 568
St. George
 
30
0
0
 0 0 0 30
St. Johnsbury
 
558
147
2
 0 0 0 707
Stamford
 
86
18
4
 0 0 0 108
Starksboro
 
219
6
0
 0 0 0 225
Stockbridge
 
214
27
0
 0 0 0 241
Stowe
 
325
71
0
 0 0 0 396
Strafford
 
212
70
0
 0 0 0 282
Stratton
 
60
12
0
 0 0 0 72
Sudbury
 
64
47
0
 0 0 0 111
Sunderland
 
43
36
6
 0 0 0 85
Sutton
 
122
33
0
 0 0 0 155
Swanton
 
147
120
15
 0 0 0 282
Thetford
 
214
153
0
 0 0 0 367
Tinmouth
 
94
6
0
 0 0 0 100
Topsham
 
141
121
0
 0 0 0 262
Townshend
 
217
40
1
 0 0 0 258
Troy
 
126
25
0
 0 0 0 151
Tunbridge
 
236
60
1
 0 0 0 297
Underhill
 
187
46
0
 0 0 0 233
Vergennes
 
254
28
1
 0 0 0 283
Vernon
 
117
22
0
 0 0 0 139
Vershire
 
109
66
0
 0 0 0 175
Victory
 
13
10
0
 0 0 0 23
Waitsfield
 
159
21
0
 0 0 0 180
Walden
 
82
48
0
 0 0 0 130
Wallingford
 
317
32
1
 0 0 0 350
Waltham
 
24
4
0
 0 0 0 28
Wardsboro
 
147
55
0
 0 0 0 202
Warren
 
180
26
0
 0 0 0 206
Washington
 
107
67
0
 0 0 0 174
Waterbury
 
289
113
0
 0 0 0 402
Waterford
 
109
35
0
 0 0 0 144
Waterville
 
94
21
0
 0 0 0 115
Weathersfield
 
236
17
11
 0 0 0 264
Wells
 
116
45
1
 0 0 0 162
W. Fairlee
 
93
25
3
 0 0 0 121
W. Haven
 
77
3
0
 0 0 0 80
W. Windsor
 
150
43
1
 0 0 0 194
Westfield
 
97
26
0
 0 0 0 123
Westford
 
214
12
0
 0 0 0 226
Westminster
 
147
35
4
 0 0 0 186
Westmore
 
27
11
0
 0 0 0 38
Weston
 
202
7
1
 0 0 0 210
Weybridge
 
85
10
0
 0 0 0 95
Wheelock
 
40
32
0
 0 0 0 72
Whiting
 
78
23
1
 0 0 0 102
Whitingham
 
188
39
0
 0 0 0 227
Williamstown
 
166
66
8
 0 0 0 240
Williston
 
138
12
3
 0 0 0 153
Wilmington
 
215
0
0
 0 0 0 215
Windham
 
137
9
0
 0 0 0 146
Windsor
 
307
78
11
 0 0 0 396
Winhall
 
88
10
0
 0 0 0 98
Wolcott
 
143
42
0
 0 0 0 185
Woodbury
 
132
59
0
 0 0 0 191
Woodford
 
33
35
0
 0 0 0 68
Woodstock
 
613
75
1
 0 0 0 689
Worcester
 
104
32
0
 0 0 0 136
Totals
39,561
10,577
546
 0 0 0 49,147