1956 Presidential Election

November 6, 1956 · Cold War Consensus · 531 electoral votes, 266 to win

The Eisenhower-Stevenson rematch widened the margin amid the Suez and Hungary crises; prosperity and the general's personal standing overrode a Democratic Congress.

Elected

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican

Electoral vote

457 of 531

Popular vote

57.4%

35,579,180 votes

Turnout

60.2%

VAP 60.4%

The result

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican · 57.40% of votes

457

electoral votes

Adlai Stevenson II

Democratic · 42.00% of votes

electoral votes

Walter Burgwyn Jones

Democratic · 0.00% of votes

electoral votes

T. Coleman Andrews

Dixiecrat · 0.50% of votes

—

electoral votes

Independent · 0.32% of votes

—

electoral votes

Eric Hass

Socialist Labor · 0.07% of votes

—

electoral votes

Enoch A. Holtwick

Prohibition · 0.07% of votes

—

electoral votes


Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	Richard Nixon	457	35,579,180	57.40%	41
Adlai Stevenson II	Democratic	Estes Kefauver	73	26,028,028	42.00%	—
Walter Burgwyn Jones	Democratic	Herman Talmadge	1	0	0.00%	—
T. Coleman Andrews	Dixiecrat	Thomas H. Werdel	—	305,274	0.50%	—
	Independent	—	—	196,318	0.32%	7
Eric Hass	Socialist Labor	Georgia Cozzini	—	44,450	0.07%	—
Enoch A. Holtwick	Prohibition	Edwin M. Cooper	—	41,937	0.07%	—

62,195,187 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

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Alabama

· 56.4% · runner-up Dwight D. Eisenhower 39.5%

electoral votes

Arizona

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 61.0% · runner-up 38.9%

electoral votes

Arkansas

· 52.5% · runner-up Dwight D. Eisenhower 45.8%

electoral votes

California

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 55.4% · runner-up 44.3%

electoral votes

Colorado

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 59.5% · runner-up 39.8%

electoral votes

Connecticut

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 63.7% · runner-up 36.3%

electoral votes

Delaware

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 55.1% · runner-up 44.6%

electoral votes

Florida

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 57.2% · runner-up 42.7%

electoral votes

Georgia

· 66.4% · runner-up Dwight D. Eisenhower 33.3%

electoral votes

Idaho

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 61.2% · runner-up 38.8%

electoral votes

Illinois

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 59.5% · runner-up 40.3%

electoral votes

Indiana

Dwight D. Eisenhower · 59.9% · runner-up 39.7%

electoral votes


Alabama		56.4%	10	Dwight D. Eisenhower · 39.5%
Arizona	Dwight D. Eisenhower	61.0%	4	· 38.9%
Arkansas		52.5%	8	Dwight D. Eisenhower · 45.8%
California	Dwight D. Eisenhower	55.4%	32	· 44.3%
Colorado	Dwight D. Eisenhower	59.5%	6	· 39.8%
Connecticut	Dwight D. Eisenhower	63.7%	8	· 36.3%
Delaware	Dwight D. Eisenhower	55.1%	3	· 44.6%
Florida	Dwight D. Eisenhower	57.2%	10	· 42.7%
Georgia		66.4%	12	Dwight D. Eisenhower · 33.3%
Idaho	Dwight D. Eisenhower	61.2%	4	· 38.8%
Illinois	Dwight D. Eisenhower	59.5%	27	· 40.3%
Indiana	Dwight D. Eisenhower	59.9%	13	· 39.7%
Iowa	Dwight D. Eisenhower	59.1%	10	· 40.7%
Kansas	Dwight D. Eisenhower	65.4%	8	· 34.2%
Kentucky	Dwight D. Eisenhower	54.3%	10	· 45.2%
Louisiana	Dwight D. Eisenhower	53.3%	10	· 39.5%
Maine	Dwight D. Eisenhower	70.9%	5	· 29.1%
Maryland	Dwight D. Eisenhower	60.0%	9	· 40.0%
Massachusetts	Dwight D. Eisenhower	59.3%	16	· 40.4%
Michigan	Dwight D. Eisenhower	55.6%	20	· 44.2%
Minnesota	Dwight D. Eisenhower	53.7%	11	· 46.1%
Mississippi		58.2%	8	Dwight D. Eisenhower · 24.5%
Missouri		50.1%	13	Dwight D. Eisenhower · 49.9%
Montana	Dwight D. Eisenhower	57.1%	4	· 42.9%
Nebraska	Dwight D. Eisenhower	65.5%	6	· 34.5%
Nevada	Dwight D. Eisenhower	58.0%	3	· 42.0%
New Hampshire	Dwight D. Eisenhower	66.1%	4	· 33.8%
New Jersey	Dwight D. Eisenhower	64.7%	16	· 34.2%
New Mexico	Dwight D. Eisenhower	57.8%	4	· 41.8%
New York	Dwight D. Eisenhower	61.2%	45	· 38.8%
North Carolina		50.7%	14	Dwight D. Eisenhower · 49.3%
North Dakota	Dwight D. Eisenhower	61.7%	4	· 38.1%
Ohio	Dwight D. Eisenhower	61.1%	25	· 38.9%
Oklahoma	Dwight D. Eisenhower	55.1%	8	· 44.9%
Oregon	Dwight D. Eisenhower	55.3%	6	· 44.8%
Pennsylvania	Dwight D. Eisenhower	56.5%	32	· 43.3%
Rhode Island	Dwight D. Eisenhower	58.3%	4	· 41.7%
South Carolina		45.4%	8	Dwight D. Eisenhower · 25.2%
South Dakota	Dwight D. Eisenhower	58.4%	4	· 41.6%
Tennessee	Dwight D. Eisenhower	49.2%	11	· 48.6%
Texas	Dwight D. Eisenhower	55.3%	24	· 44.0%
Utah	Dwight D. Eisenhower	64.6%	4	· 35.4%
Vermont	Dwight D. Eisenhower	72.2%	3	· 27.8%
Virginia	Dwight D. Eisenhower	55.4%	12	· 38.4%
Washington	Dwight D. Eisenhower	53.9%	9	· 45.4%
West Virginia	Dwight D. Eisenhower	54.1%	8	· 45.9%
Wisconsin	Dwight D. Eisenhower	61.6%	12	· 37.8%
Wyoming	Dwight D. Eisenhower	60.1%	3	· 39.9%

The Congress it seated

85th Congress

1957–1959

Divided government

Senate

49–47

Democratic control · Democratic–Republican

House

234–201

Democratic control · Democratic–Republican