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Michigan voted for the Republican candidate, John C. Frémont, over Democratic candidate, James Buchanan. Frémont won Michigan by a margin of 15.63%. With 57.15% of the popular vote, Michigan proved to be Fremont's fifth strongest in the 1856 election after Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island. [1]
The presidential election of 1856 was also the last time to date that a Democrat was elected to succeed a fellow Democrat as president, [17] and the last one in which a former president ran for election to the presidency on a third party ticket until 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt ran on the Progressive Party ticket.
Kauger was appointed to the Court by Governor George Nigh in 1984, and was the second woman appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court after Alma Wilson. [4] She served as chief justice from January 1997 to January of 1999. [1] After losing her retention election in November 2024, she announced she would retire on December 1, 2024.
Kauger was appointed by Gov. George Nigh in 1984, while both Edmondson and Gurich were named to the bench by Gov. Brad Henry. Henry put Edmondson on the court in 2003 and appointed Gurich in 2011.
Democratic-Republican candidate Federalist candidate Other candidate(s) 1804: Thomas Jefferson† Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: 1808: James Madison† Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: 1812: James Madison† DeWitt Clinton [d] 1816: James Monroe† Rufus King [e] 1820: James Monroe† No opponent [f] Year Democratic-Republican candidate Democratic ...
Since its admission to statehood in 1837, Michigan has participated in every U.S. presidential election, although they did participate in the 1836 election and receive electoral votes. Michigan is tied with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for the longest active streak of voting for the winning candidate, last voting for a losing candidate in 2004 ...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has been the target of Republican legislative leadership after overturning several laws, including those dealing with abortion and lawsuit reform.
Presidential nominee 1856 (lost) Vice presidential nominee John C. Frémont of CA (1813–1890) Prior public experience. Governor of California (1847) Shadow Senator (1849–1850) U.S. Senate (1850–1851) Higher education. College of Charleston; Prior public experience. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1838–1841) U.S ...