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  US Vice President - R Convention
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OfficeVice President
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1856 - 12:00pm
Polls Open June 17, 1856 - 06:00am
Polls Close June 19, 1856 - 08:00pm
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.
DescriptionIncludes 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%)
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name Sen. William L. Dayton Rep. Abraham Lincoln Speaker Nathaniel P. Banks Rep. David Wilmot Sen. Charles Sumner Sen. Jacob Collamer John Alsop King
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes523 (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%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Veg Thomas Walker
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Name Samuel C. Pomeroy Thomas H. Ford Henry Charles Carey Cassius M. Clay Rep. Joshua R. Giddings Whitfield F. Johnston Alexander C.M. Pennington
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes8 (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%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Sen. Henry Wilson
PartyRepublican
Votes1 (0.12%)
Margin-522 (-64.60%)
Predict Avg.0.00%
Finances$0.00
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