1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
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  1948 November 4, 1952 [1] 1956  

All 8 Oklahoma votes to the Electoral College
  Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York [2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote80
Popular vote518,045430,939
Percentage54.59%45.41%

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County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [3]

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Oklahoma was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 54.59 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 45.41 percent of the popular vote.

The electors selected were Jesse Berry of Chandler, J. Kelsey McClure of Oklahoma City, George E. Nobles of Checotah, David G. Reed of Carnagie, Blanche Kay Young and Mary F. Lawson of Oklahoma City, Arch Stout of Wewoka and Earl E. Ridle of Andarko according to The Daily Ardmoreite article of December 13, 1952. All voted, as pledged, for Eisenhower and Nixon.

With his win, Eisenhower became the first Republican presidential candidate since Herbert Hoover in 1928 to win the state.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 518,045 54.59%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 430,93945.41%
Total votes948,984 100%

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Adair 3,03752.71%2,72547.29%3125.42%5,762
Alfalfa 4,15578.80%1,11821.20%3,03757.60%5,273
Atoka 2,00443.02%2,65456.98%-650-13.96%4,658
Beaver 2,53975.61%81924.39%1,72051.22%3,358
Beckham 4,50453.14%3,97246.86%5326.28%8,476
Blaine 4,85172.65%1,82627.35%3,02545.30%6,677
Bryan 3,34033.14%6,73966.86%-3,399-33.72%10,079
Caddo 6,83452.62%6,15347.38%6815.24%12,987
Canadian 7,28963.43%4,20336.57%3,08626.86%11,492
Carter 5,97436.76%10,27663.24%-4,302-26.48%16,250
Cherokee 3,32650.70%3,23449.30%921.40%6,560
Choctaw 2,25134.57%4,26065.43%-2,009-30.86%6,511
Cimarron 1,43867.10%70532.90%73334.20%2,143
Cleveland 8,14956.83%6,19043.17%1,95913.66%14,339
Coal 1,10638.66%1,75561.34%-649-22.68%2,861
Comanche 8,75649.23%9,02950.77%-273-1.54%17,785
Cotton 1,89747.26%2,11752.74%-220-5.48%4,014
Craig 3,83054.99%3,13545.01%6959.98%6,965
Creek 9,25751.21%8,81848.79%4392.42%18,075
Custer 5,66763.72%3,22636.28%2,44127.44%8,893
Delaware 3,39955.86%2,68644.14%71311.72%6,085
Dewey 2,58366.85%1,28133.15%1,30233.70%3,864
Ellis 2,58378.27%71721.73%1,86656.54%3,300
Garfield 17,58971.40%7,04728.60%10,54242.80%24,636
Garvin 4,40239.14%6,84460.86%-2,442-21.72%11,246
Grady 6,34845.16%7,71054.84%-1,362-9.68%14,058
Grant 3,99672.43%1,52127.57%2,47544.86%5,517
Greer 2,14748.05%2,32151.95%-174-3.90%4,468
Harmon 1,05735.70%1,90464.30%-847-28.60%2,961
Harper 2,05773.65%73626.35%1,32147.30%2,793
Haskell 1,87241.68%2,61958.32%-747-16.64%4,491
Hughes 3,01239.37%4,63960.63%-1,627-21.26%7,651
Jackson 2,62734.80%4,92165.20%-2,294-30.40%7,548
Jefferson 1,38432.52%2,87267.48%-1,488-34.96%4,256
Johnston 1,34935.09%2,49564.91%-1,146-29.82%3,844
Kay 16,46066.26%8,38233.74%8,07832.52%24,842
Kingfisher 4,87376.96%1,45923.04%3,41453.92%6,332
Kiowa 4,10054.03%3,48945.97%6118.06%7,589
Latimer 1,66842.22%2,28357.78%-615-15.56%3,951
LeFlore 4,63142.18%6,34957.82%-1,718-15.64%10,980
Lincoln 5,77858.67%4,07141.33%1,70717.34%9,849
Logan 6,17264.18%3,44435.82%2,72828.36%9,616
Love 80629.01%1,97270.99%-1,166-41.98%2,778
Major 3,49580.53%84519.47%2,65061.06%4,340
Marshall 1,20434.48%2,28865.52%-1,084-31.04%3,492
Mayes 4,70455.08%3,83744.92%86710.16%8,541
McClain 2,32642.08%3,20157.92%-875-15.84%5,527
McCurtain 2,74832.17%5,79367.83%-3,045-35.66%8,541
McIntosh 2,29543.29%3,00756.71%-712-13.42%5,302
Murray 1,88539.66%2,86860.34%-983-20.68%4,753
Muskogee 11,81047.53%13,04052.47%-1,230-4.94%24,850
Noble 4,42271.04%1,80328.96%2,61942.08%6,225
Nowata 3,22654.84%2,65745.16%5699.68%5,883
Okfuskee 2,46947.08%2,77552.92%-306-5.84%5,244
Oklahoma 95,49257.63%70,19942.37%25,29315.26%165,691
Okmulgee 6,71739.91%10,11560.09%-3,398-20.18%16,832
Osage 7,73153.52%6,71446.48%1,0177.04%14,445
Ottawa 7,21151.87%6,69248.13%5193.74%13,903
Pawnee 3,97563.61%2,27436.39%1,70127.22%6,249
Payne 10,60562.04%6,49037.96%4,11524.08%17,095
Pittsburg 5,90938.23%9,54661.77%-3,637-23.54%15,455
Pontotoc 5,38942.78%7,20857.22%-1,819-14.44%12,597
Pottawatomie 10,09951.65%9,45548.35%6443.30%19,554
Pushmataha 1,64038.88%2,57861.12%-938-22.24%4,218
Roger Mills 1,66752.99%1,47947.01%1885.98%3,146
Rogers 4,87355.99%3,83044.01%1,04311.98%8,703
Seminole 6,66848.52%7,07651.48%-408-2.96%13,744
Sequoyah 3,28844.67%4,07255.33%-784-10.66%7,360
Stephens 6,46144.59%8,02955.41%-1,568-10.82%14,490
Texas 4,19668.66%1,91531.34%2,28137.32%6,111
Tillman 2,65742.20%3,63957.80%-982-15.60%6,296
Tulsa 73,86261.25%46,72838.75%27,13422.50%120,590
Wagoner 3,32152.82%2,96647.18%3555.64%6,287
Washington 11,33464.50%6,23835.50%5,09629.00%17,572
Washita 3,91455.20%3,17744.80%73710.40%7,091
Woods 4,89270.99%1,99929.01%2,89341.98%6,891
Woodward 4,46372.53%1,69027.47%2,77345.06%6,153
Totals518,04554.59%430,93945.41%87,1069.18%948,984

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
  3. 1 2 "1952 Presidential Election Results Oklahoma".