Did Millard Fillmore win the presidential election in 1856?

Millard Fillmore

was elected the nation's 12th Vice President in 1848 as the running

mate of Zachery Taylor. Zachery Taylor won the 1848 presidential

election defeating Lewis Cass. In the 1848 presidential election

Zachery Taylor and his running mate Millard Fillmore received 163

electoral votes. Lewis Cass and his running mate received 127

electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Zachery Taylor and

his running mate Millard Fillmore 1,361,393 and Lewis Cass and his

running mate 1,223,460.

Millard Fillmore

succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Zachary Taylor.