James Buchanan
1 run · 1 win · 1856 — 1856 · Democratic.
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James Buchanan stood for president a single time, in 1856. That single campaign ended in victory. Each campaign ran under the Democratic banner.
1856 was the peak — 174 electoral votes, defeating John C. Frémont. Those campaigns fall within the Antebellum Crisis era.
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