1892, the last in which the Democrats won California until 1880, the last in which the Democrats won Indiana and Virginia until 1876 and the last in which the Democrats won Tennessee until 1872. This also started the long Republican trend in Vermont, which would not be broken until 1964, over a century later. The presidential election of 1856 was also the last time to date that a Democrat was elected to succeed a fellow Democrat as president, and the last one in which a former president ran for election to the presidency on a third party ticket until 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt ran on the Progressive Party ticket. Results Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): (a) The popular vote figures exclude South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislature rather than by popular vote. Geography of results Cartographic gallery Results by state Source: Data from Walter Dean Burnham, Presidential ballots, 1836–1892 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1955) pp 247–57. Close states States where the margin of victory was under 5%: Louisiana 3.40% (1,455 votes) Illinois 3.86% (9,253 votes) Ohio 4.30% (16,623 votes) Tennessee 4.36% (5,826 votes) (tipping point state for Buchanan victory) States where the margin of victory was under 10%: Kentucky 5.08% (7,226 votes) New Hampshire 8.00% (5,582 votes) Iowa 8.13% (7,505 votes) Missouri 8.86% (9,442 votes) Maryland 9.59% (8,329 votes) Connecticut 9.61% (7,720 votes) Other tipping point states: Pennsylvania 18.12% (83,400 votes) (tipping point state for Fremont victory) Congressional certification During the joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes, a dispute occurred over Wisconsin's slate. The electors of Wisconsin, delayed by a snowstorm, did not cast their votes for Frémont and Dayton until several days after the appointed time and sent a certificate mentioning this fact. When the votes for the state were opened by acting Vice President James Mason, he counted them over the objections of the leadership of both Houses of Congress. See also Inauguration of James Buchanan Origins of the American Civil War Third Party System 1856–57 United States House of Representatives elections 1856–57 United States Senate elections American election campaigns in the 19th century History of the United States (1849–1865) History of the United States Democratic Party History of the United States Republican Party References Further reading Bicknell, John. Lincoln's Pathfinder (2017) popular history of election from Fremont's perspective. 355 pages Gienapp, William E. "Nativism and the Creation of