Franklin Pierce Democratic James Buchanan Democratic The 1856 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1856, as part of the 1856 United States presidential election.

Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, former United States Minister to the United Kingdom James Buchanan over the American candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.

Senator John C. Frémont was also the Republican candidate in this election.

John Curtiss Underwood, George Rye, and H. Carpenter were the state's delegates to the 1856 Republican National Convention.

William E. Stevenson, a future governor of West Virginia, was indicted for distributing an anti-slavery pamphlet.