American presidential election held on Nov. 4, 1856, in which Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican John C. Frémont with 174 electoral votes to Frémont’s 114. Whig and former president Millard Fillmore, who ran on the Know-Nothing ticket, garnered only 8 electoral votes
If you are held for court, the next step in the process is the arraignment. Formal arraignment is a hearing in which a judge or commissioner will advise the defendant of the charges that have survived the preliminary hearing and ask the defendant how he or she pleads.
