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OfficeVice President
HonorificVP - Abbr: Vice President
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1856 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open June 17, 1856 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close June 19, 1856 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1857 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1861 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRBH February 19, 2011 11:32pm
Data Sources[Link]
Congressional Quarterly Guide to U. S. Elections
New York Times
Convention Decisions and Voting Records - Bain & Parris
www.politicalgraveyard.com
USA Today
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Most votes received by candidates for party vice presidential nomination, up to the point where a nominee was determined. Vote totals are rounded up to the next whole number.
Description Includes informal first ballot poll. On the actual first ballot, Dayton received 94.4% of the votes cast, or 523 of 554 votes cast.

VP Balloting, RNC 1856
Contender: BallotInformalFormal
William L. Dayton253523
Abraham Lincoln11020
Nathaniel P. Banks466
David Wilmot430
Charles Sumner353
Scattering8015

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1852
NameWilliam Rufus de Vane King Votes254 (85.81%)
Term03/04/1853 - 04/18/1853 Margin212 (+71.62%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1856
NameJohn C. Breckinridge Votes174 (58.78%)
Term03/04/1857 - 03/03/1861 Margin60 (+20.27%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceUS Vice President 11/04/1856

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Name Sen. William L. Dayton Rep. Abraham Lincoln Speaker of the House Nathaniel P. Banks Rep. David Wilmot Sen. Charles Sumner Sen. Jacob Collamer Rep. John Alsop King
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Uncertified Votes 523 (64.73%) 110 (13.61%) 46 (5.69%) 43 (5.32%) 35 (4.33%) 15 (1.86%) 9 (1.11%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -413 (-51.11%) -477 (-59.03%) -480 (-59.41%) -488 (-60.40%) -508 (-62.87%) -514 (-63.61%)
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Name Samuel C. Pomeroy Thomas H. Ford Henry Charles Carey Cassius M. Clay Rep. Joshua R. Giddings Whitfield F. Johnston Rep. Alexander C.M. Pennington
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Uncertified Votes 8 (0.99%) 7 (0.87%) 3 (0.37%) 3 (0.37%) 2 (0.25%) 2 (0.25%) 1 (0.12%)
Margin-515 (-63.74%) -516 (-63.86%) -520 (-64.36%) -520 (-64.36%) -521 (-64.48%) -521 (-64.48%) -522 (-64.60%)
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