Which Happened First?

1856 United States presidential election

1856 United States presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 1856. Democratic nominee James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont and Know Nothing/Whig nominee Millard Fillmore. The main issue was the expansion of slavery as facilitated by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854.

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  1. 1844 United States presidential election1844
  2. 1848 United States presidential electionNovember 7, 1848
  3. 1852 United States presidential electionNovember 2, 1852
  4. 1856 United States presidential election (this page)November 4, 1856
  5. 1860 United States presidential electionNovember 6, 1860
  6. 1864 United States presidential electionNovember 8, 1864

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