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Franklin Pierce-Democrat and winner.
General Winfield Scott - Whig
John Hale- Free Soil
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1856 Presidential ElectionThe candidates for the Presidential election of 1856 were; James Buchanan - John C. Breckinridge (Democratic), John Fremont - William Dayton (Republican), and Millard Fillmore - Andrew Jackson Donelson (Know Nothing). James Buchanan won the election to become the 15th President of the United States. President Buchanan was in office from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861.
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