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United States presidential election, 1856
The
United States presidential election of 1856
was the 18th quadrennial
presidential election
, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1856. Incumbent president
Franklin Pierce
was defeated in his effort to be re-nominated by the
Democratic Party
.
James Buchanan
, an experienced politician who had held a variety of political offices, was serving as the
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
and won the nomination instead.
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