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> United States > U.S. Executive

Office

President

Honorific

President - Abbr: President

Type

Democratic Primary Election

Filing Deadline

January 01, 1856 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

June 02, 1856 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

June 06, 1856 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

March 04, 1857 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1861 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Thomas Walker

Last Modified

Chronicler July 24, 2007 10:39am

Data Sources

Convention Decisions and Voting Records - Bain & Parris

Most votes received by candidates for party presidential nomination, up to the point where a nominee was determined. Vote totals are rounded up to the next whole number.

Description

The 7th Democratic National Convention assembled in Smith & Nixon's Hall in Cincinnati OH. Each state was awarded two delegates per member of Congress.

Chairman: John E. Ward GA

James Buchanan was nominated for President over the incumbent, Franklin Pierce, on the 17th ballot. John C. Breckinridge was nominated for VP on the second ballot.

This was the first Democratic National Convention to report fractional votes on the first or last roll call ballot. Since the OC database does not accept fractions, here are the official votes of the ballots:

First Ballot - President

James Buchanan 135.5
Franklin Pierce 122.5
Stephen Douglas 33
Lewis Cass 5

17th ballot - President

Buchanan 296 (unanimous)

Previous Democratic National Convention (1852): [Link]

Next Democratic National Convention (1860): [Link]