| Party | Nominees | Electoral Vote | Popular Vote | |||||||
| Presidential | Vice Presidential | |||||||||
| Democratic |  |
James Buchanan | John C. Breckinridge | 174 | 58.8% | 1,836,072 | 45.3% | |||
| Republican | John C. Fremont | William L. Dayton | 114 | 38.5% | 1,342,345 | 33.1% | ||||
| Whig-American | Millard Fillmore | Andrew Jackson Donelson | 8 | 2.7% | 873,053 | 21.6% | ||||
| STATE | TOTAL VOTE | Democratic | Republican | Whig-American | ||||||
| JAMES BUCHANAN | JOHN C. FREMONT | MILLARD FILLMORE | ||||||||
| Votes | % | EV | Votes | % | EV | Votes | % | EV | ||
| Alabama | 75,291 | 46,739 | 62.1 | 9 | -- | 0.0 | 28,552 | 37.9 | ||
| Arkansas | 32,642 | 21,910 | 67.1 | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 10,732 | 32.9 | ||
| California | 110,255 | 53,342 | 48.4 | 4 | 20,704 | 18.8 | 36,195 | 32.8 | ||
| Connecticut | 80,360 | 35,028 | 43.6 | 42,717 | 53.2 | 6 | 2,615 | 3.3 | ||
| Delaware | 14,598 | 8,004 | 54.8 | 3 | 310 | 2.1 | 6,275 | 43.0 | ||
| Florida | 11,191 | 6,358 | 56.8 | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 4,833 | 43.2 | ||
| Georgia | 99,020 | 56,581 | 57.1 | 10 | -- | 0.0 | 42,439 | 42.9 | ||
| Illinois | 239,334 | 105,528 | 44.1 | 11 | 96,275 | 40.2 | 37,531 | 15.7 | ||
| Indiana | 235,401 | 118,670 | 50.4 | 13 | 94,375 | 40.1 | 22,356 | 9.5 | ||
| Iowa | 92,310 | 37,568 | 40.7 | 45,073 | 48.8 | 4 | 9,669 | 10.5 | ||
| Kentucky | 142,058 | 74,642 | 52.5 | 12 | -- | 0.0 | 67,416 | 47.5 | ||
| Louisiana | 42,873 | 22,164 | 51.7 | 6 | -- | 0.0 | 20,709 | 48.3 | ||
| Maine | 109,689 | 39,140 | 35.7 | 67,279 | 61.3 | 8 | 3,270 | 3.0 | ||
| Maryland | 86,860 | 39,123 | 45.0 | 285 | 0.3 | 47,452 | 54.6 | 8 | ||
| Massachusetts | 170,048 | 39,244 | 23.1 | 108,172 | 63.6 | 13 | 19,626 | 11.5 | ||
| Michigan | 125,558 | 52,136 | 41.5 | 71,762 | 57.2 | 6 | 1,660 | 1.3 | ||
| Mississippi | 59,647 | 35,456 | 59.4 | 7 | -- | 0.0 | 24,191 | 40.6 | ||
| Missouri | 106,486 | 57,964 | 54.4 | 9 | -- | 0.0 | 48,522 | 45.6 | ||
| New Hampshire | 69,774 | 31,891 | 45.7 | 37,473 | 53.7 | 5 | 410 | 0.6 | ||
| New Jersey | 99,396 | 46,943 | 47.2 | 7 | 28,338 | 28.5 | 24,115 | 24.3 | ||
| New York | 596,486 | 195,878 | 32.8 | 276,004 | 46.3 | 35 | 124,604 | 20.9 | ||
| North Carolina | 84,963 | 48,243 | 56.8 | 10 | -- | 0.0 | 36,720 | 43.2 | ||
| Ohio | 386,640 | 170,874 | 44.2 | 187,497 | 48.5 | 23 | 28,121 | 7.3 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 460,937 | 230,772 | 50.1 | 27 | 147,963 | 32.1 | 82,202 | 17.8 | ||
| Rhode Island | 19,822 | 6,680 | 33.7 | 11,467 | 57.8 | 4 | 1,675 | 8.5 | ||
| South Carolina | 8 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to James Buchanan | |||||||||
| Tennessee | 133,582 | 69,704 | 52.2 | 12 | -- | 0.0 | 63,878 | 47.8 | ||
| Texas | 48,005 | 31,995 | 66.6 | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 16,010 | 33.4 | ||
| Vermont | 50,675 | 10,569 | 20.9 | 39,561 | 78.1 | 5 | 545 | 1.1 | ||
| Virginia | 150,233 | 90,083 | 60.0 | 15 | -- | 0.0 | 60,150 | 40.0 | ||
| Wisconsin | 120,513 | 52,843 | 43.8 | 67,090 | 55.7 | 5 | 580 | 0.5 | ||
| Totals | 4,054,647 | 1,836,072 | 45.3 | 174 | 1,342,345 | 33.1 | 114 | 873,053 | 21.5 | 8 |