The Republican party was created after a war in the Whig party over slavery. The Whigs supported it, the first second pub presidential candidate, Lincoln, ended it. The "American Party" were the know nothings.
Presidential Candidate | Party | State | Popular Vote: | Electoral Vote: |
---|---|---|---|---|
James Buchanan | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 1,838,169 | 174 |
John Charles Frémont | Republican | California | 1,341,264 | 114 |
Millard Fillmore | American | New York | 874,534 | 8 |
Vice Presidential Candidate | Party | State | Popular Vote: | Electoral Vote: |
John Cabell Breckinridge | Democratic | Kentucky | - - - | 174 |
William Lewis Dayton | Republican | New Jersey | - - - | 114 |
Andrew Jackson Donelson | American |
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