An Introduction to the History of the Presidential Election of 1856 (1617 words, 2 pages)
For the presidential election of 1856, the Democrats nominated James Buchanan and John Breckenridge, the newly formed Republican party nominated John Fremont and William Drayton, the American or Know-Nothing party nominated former president Millard Fillmore and Andrew Donelson, and the Abolition Party nominated Gerrit Smith and Samuel McFarland.Buchanan started his ...
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