1952 United States presidential election in Texas

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1952 United States presidential election in Texas
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  1948 November 4, 1952 1956  
  Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York [1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote240
Popular vote1,102,878969,228
Percentage53.13%46.69%

Texas Presidential Election Results 1952.svg
County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 4, 1952. It was part of the 1952 United States presidential election held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twenty-four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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The Republican Party candidate, former General of the Army and Supreme Allied Commander Europe Dwight D. Eisenhower, won his birth state Texas with 53% of the vote against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, carrying the state's 24 electoral votes. Eisenhower had been endorsed by the Texas Democratic Party at their state convention. [2] Despite losing most southern and eastern areas of the state to Stevenson, Eisenhower managed to carry Texas by a margin of 6.44 points. [3] Eisenhower's victory in the state made him only the second Republican to carry the state during a presidential election, with the first Republican candidate being Herbert Hoover in 1928, along with being the first presidential candidate to win over a million votes in Texas. Eisenhower nonetheless did lose Grayson County, the home of his birthplace, Denison.

Results

Electoral results
Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
vote
Running mate
CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Pennsylvania 1,102,87853.13%24 Richard Nixon California 24
Adlai Stevenson II Democrat Illinois 969,22846.69%0 John Sparkman Alabama 0
Stuart Hamblen Prohibition California 1,9830.10%0 Enoch A. Holtwick Illinois 0
Douglas Macarthur Constitution District of Columbia 1,5630.08%0 Harry F. Byrd Virginia 0
Vincent Hallinan Progressive Washington 2940.01%0 Charlotta Bass California 0
Total2,075,946100%2424
Needed to win266266

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Anderson 4,63757.18%3,46242.69%100.12%1,17514.49%8,109
Andrews 80546.56%92053.21%40.23%-115-6.65%1,729
Angelina 4,70543.00%6,22456.88%130.12%-1,519-13.88%10,942
Aransas 81861.74%50337.96%40.30%31523.78%1,325
Archer 93742.36%1,27257.50%30.14%-335-15.14%2,212
Armstrong 56256.43%42542.67%90.90%13713.76%996
Atascosa 2,14750.15%2,12449.61%100.23%230.54%4,281
Austin 2,96467.17%1,44532.74%40.09%1,51934.43%4,413
Bailey 1,11851.71%1,03948.06%50.23%793.65%2,162
Bandera 1,35078.95%35820.94%20.12%99258.01%1,710
Bastrop 1,54032.81%3,14867.06%60.13%-1,608-34.25%4,694
Baylor 87943.43%1,14256.42%30.15%-263-12.99%2,024
Bee 2,53661.46%1,58338.37%70.17%95323.09%4,126
Bell 4,86233.86%9,48466.05%120.08%-4,622-32.19%14,358
Bexar 65,39156.31%50,26043.28%4850.42%15,13113.03%116,136
Blanco 91956.80%69743.08%20.12%22213.72%1,618
Borden 18246.43%21053.57%00.00%-28-7.14%392
Bosque 1,98250.45%1,94049.38%70.18%421.07%3,929
Bowie 6,50138.34%10,43761.56%160.09%-3,936-23.22%16,954
Brazoria 8,36049.88%8,38650.03%150.09%-26-0.15%16,761
Brazos 4,68152.62%4,21347.36%20.02%4685.26%8,896
Brewster 1,09664.28%60935.72%00.00%48728.56%1,705
Briscoe 69257.52%50842.23%30.25%18415.29%1,203
Brooks 80933.89%1,57766.07%10.04%-768-32.18%2,387
Brown 4,63555.02%3,77844.85%110.13%85710.17%8,424
Burleson 1,05230.85%2,34768.83%110.32%-1,295-37.98%3,410
Burnet 1,27046.98%1,43152.94%20.07%-161-5.96%2,703
Caldwell 2,05241.53%2,88758.43%20.04%-835-16.90%4,941
Calhoun 1,40663.28%81336.59%30.14%59326.69%2,222
Callahan 1,43148.71%1,50251.12%50.17%-71-2.41%2,938
Cameron 14,01864.89%7,55934.99%250.12%6,45929.90%21,602
Camp 95138.24%1,53561.72%10.04%-584-23.48%2,487
Carson 1,47157.64%1,07141.97%100.39%40015.67%2,552
Cass 2,50244.17%3,16055.78%30.05%-658-11.61%5,665
Castro 1,16958.57%82541.33%20.10%34417.24%1,996
Chambers 1,49757.20%1,11642.64%40.15%38114.56%2,617
Cherokee 3,82549.63%3,86850.19%140.18%-43-0.56%7,707
Childress 1,89050.12%1,87949.83%20.05%110.29%3,771
Clay 1,27238.36%2,04461.64%00.00%-772-23.28%3,316
Cochran 78046.07%90653.51%70.41%-126-7.44%1,693
Coke 57643.74%73655.88%50.38%-160-12.14%1,317
Coleman 2,55558.24%1,82441.58%80.18%73116.66%4,387
Collin 4,03740.57%5,90659.36%70.07%-1,869-18.79%9,950
Collingsworth 1,33450.21%1,32149.72%20.08%130.49%2,657
Colorado 3,23761.19%2,04338.62%100.19%1,19422.57%5,290
Comal 3,35072.73%1,25227.18%40.09%2,09845.55%4,606
Comanche 2,41152.46%2,18147.45%40.09%2305.01%4,596
Concho 80853.30%70846.70%00.00%1006.60%1,516
Cooke 4,38562.20%2,65737.69%80.11%1,72824.51%7,050
Coryell 1,65840.52%2,43259.43%20.05%-774-18.91%4,092
Cottle 49426.53%1,36873.47%00.00%-874-46.94%1,862
Crane 62141.73%85757.59%100.67%-236-15.86%1,488
Crockett 65468.13%30631.88%00.00%34836.25%960
Crosby 1,05340.45%1,55059.55%00.00%-497-19.10%2,603
Culberson 33156.78%25243.22%00.00%7913.56%583
Dallam 1,46454.77%1,19744.78%120.45%2679.99%2,673
Dallas 118,21862.73%69,39436.82%8500.45%48,82425.91%188,462
Dawson 2,38853.29%2,09346.71%00.00%2956.58%4,481
Deaf Smith 2,46870.86%1,00628.88%90.26%1,46241.98%3,483
Delta 70730.81%1,58569.06%30.13%-878-38.25%2,295
Denton 5,84052.44%5,28947.49%80.07%5514.95%11,137
DeWitt 4,07567.71%1,93432.14%90.15%2,14135.57%6,018
Dickens 78238.43%1,24961.38%40.20%-467-22.95%2,035
Dimmit 95465.34%50334.45%30.21%45130.89%1,460
Donley 1,15055.93%90043.77%60.29%25012.16%2,056
Duval 67216.85%3,31683.13%10.03%-2,644-66.28%3,989
Eastland 4,51857.15%3,37042.63%180.23%1,14814.52%7,906
Ector 8,25961.01%5,27038.93%80.06%2,98922.08%13,537
Edwards 58673.43%21026.32%20.25%37647.11%798
Ellis 4,18339.91%6,27559.86%240.23%-2,092-19.95%10,482
El Paso 20,00557.74%14,59542.12%470.14%5,41015.62%34,647
Erath 3,24954.93%2,66445.04%20.03%5859.89%5,915
Falls 1,96237.32%3,28762.53%80.15%-1,325-25.21%5,257
Fannin 2,09928.12%5,36371.84%30.04%-3,264-43.72%7,465
Fayette 4,24062.35%2,55737.60%30.04%1,68324.75%6,800
Fisher 95240.36%1,40559.56%20.08%-453-19.20%2,359
Floyd 2,06658.46%1,46341.40%50.14%60317.06%3,534
Foard 41833.28%83066.08%80.64%-412-32.80%1,256
Fort Bend 3,97455.00%3,24144.85%110.15%73310.15%7,226
Franklin 56429.33%1,35870.62%10.05%-794-41.29%1,923
Freestone 1,70737.02%2,90262.94%20.04%-1,195-25.92%4,611
Frio 1,01150.52%98349.13%70.35%281.39%2,001
Gaines 1,35046.47%1,54053.01%150.52%-190-6.54%2,905
Galveston 15,71545.00%19,05854.58%1470.42%-3,343-9.58%34,920
Garza 74248.15%79751.72%20.13%-55-3.57%1,541
Gillespie 3,68792.29%3007.51%80.20%3,38784.78%3,995
Glasscock 23554.40%19745.60%00.00%388.80%432
Goliad 1,06570.16%45229.78%10.07%61340.38%1,518
Gonzales 2,24946.71%2,56353.23%30.06%-314-6.52%4,815
Gray 5,46761.73%3,36738.02%230.26%2,10023.71%8,857
Grayson 7,73642.52%10,43557.35%230.13%-2,699-14.83%18,194
Gregg 10,58356.31%7,96942.40%2421.29%2,61413.91%18,794
Grimes 1,55753.32%1,36246.64%10.03%1956.68%2,920
Guadalupe 4,39665.22%2,33034.57%140.21%2,06630.65%6,740
Hale 4,85859.06%3,35140.74%170.21%1,50718.32%8,226
Hall 1,25341.78%1,74458.15%20.07%-491-16.37%2,999
Hamilton 2,13061.77%1,31338.08%50.15%81723.69%3,448
Hansford 1,23472.93%45626.95%20.12%77845.98%1,692
Hardeman 1,57155.69%1,24244.03%80.28%32911.66%2,821
Hardin 1,65332.53%3,42367.36%60.12%-1,770-34.83%5,082
Harris 146,66557.63%107,60442.28%2280.09%39,06115.35%254,497
Harrison 4,70851.01%4,51648.93%50.05%1922.08%9,229
Hartley 46853.55%40246.00%40.46%667.55%874
Haskell 1,29034.15%2,48165.69%60.16%-1,191-31.54%3,777
Hays 2,13550.74%2,07049.19%30.07%651.55%4,208
Hemphill 89260.19%59039.81%00.00%30220.38%1,482
Henderson 2,53436.33%4,43963.65%10.01%-1,905-27.32%6,974
Hidalgo 15,30362.20%9,25137.60%480.20%6,05224.60%24,602
Hill 3,24241.85%4,50458.14%10.01%-1,262-16.29%7,747
Hockley 2,65147.17%2,96252.70%70.12%-311-5.53%5,620
Hood 78036.52%1,35663.48%00.00%-576-26.96%2,136
Hopkins 2,46039.56%3,75060.31%80.13%-1,290-20.75%6,218
Houston 2,22243.35%2,90056.57%40.08%-678-13.22%5,126
Howard 3,41241.60%4,77958.27%110.13%-1,367-16.67%8,202
Hudspeth 35557.07%26242.12%50.80%9314.95%622
Hunt 5,61453.06%4,95346.81%140.13%6616.25%10,581
Hutchinson 5,36951.30%5,08348.57%130.12%2862.73%10,465
Irion 26848.73%28251.27%00.00%-14-2.54%550
Jack 1,40655.38%1,13044.51%30.12%27610.87%2,539
Jackson 2,11357.14%1,58442.83%10.03%52914.31%3,698
Jasper 1,94642.84%2,59557.12%20.04%-649-14.28%4,543
Jeff Davis 30662.58%18337.42%00.00%12325.16%489
Jefferson 25,36346.29%29,38453.63%480.09%-4,021-7.34%54,795
Jim Hogg 30922.69%1,05377.31%00.00%-744-54.62%1,362
Jim Wells 3,59248.94%3,74551.03%20.03%-153-2.09%7,339
Johnson 3,98546.97%4,49652.99%40.05%-511-6.02%8,485
Jones 2,94152.21%2,68047.58%120.21%2614.63%5,633
Karnes 2,37455.73%1,88444.23%20.05%49011.50%4,260
Kaufman 2,96444.05%3,76255.91%30.04%-798-11.86%6,729
Kendall 1,78682.53%37017.10%80.37%1,41665.43%2,164
Kenedy 10888.52%1411.48%00.00%9477.04%122
Kent 25932.95%52666.92%10.13%-267-33.97%786
Kerr 3,68373.24%1,33726.59%90.18%2,34646.65%5,029
Kimble 1,07767.10%52532.71%30.19%55234.39%1,605
King 6625.88%18974.12%00.00%-123-48.24%255
Kinney 38455.65%30644.35%00.00%7811.30%690
Kleberg 2,03738.94%3,19361.04%10.02%-1,156-22.10%5,231
Knox 1,03339.88%1,55660.08%10.04%-523-20.20%2,590
Lamar 3,92941.56%5,52458.44%00.00%-1,595-16.88%9,453
Lamb 2,91351.36%2,74848.45%110.19%1652.91%5,672
Lampasas 1,47855.21%1,19944.79%00.00%27910.42%2,677
La Salle 56540.88%81659.04%10.07%-251-18.16%1,382
Lavaca 3,59956.58%2,75043.23%120.19%84913.35%6,361
Lee 1,31648.61%1,38951.31%20.07%-73-2.70%2,707
Leon 1,26640.66%1,84259.15%60.19%-576-18.49%3,114
Liberty 4,10653.01%3,63246.89%80.10%4746.12%7,746
Limestone 2,48537.50%4,13262.35%100.15%-1,647-24.85%6,627
Lipscomb 1,17485.13%20414.79%10.07%97070.34%1,379
Live Oak 1,44371.22%57328.28%100.49%87042.94%2,026
Llano 84043.21%1,10256.69%20.10%-262-13.48%1,944
Loving 7174.74%2425.26%00.00%4749.48%95
Lubbock 16,13757.95%11,65041.84%580.21%4,48716.11%27,845
Lynn 1,35143.29%1,76256.46%80.26%-411-13.17%3,121
McCulloch 1,78852.28%1,62347.46%90.26%1654.82%3,420
McLennan 14,97446.39%17,25153.45%530.16%-2,277-7.06%32,278
McMullen 29064.88%15634.90%10.22%13429.98%447
Madison 69237.53%1,15262.47%00.00%-460-24.94%1,844
Marion 87747.43%97052.46%20.11%-93-5.03%1,849
Martin 56237.07%95262.80%20.13%-390-25.73%1,516
Mason 1,06963.71%60636.11%30.18%46327.60%1,678
Matagorda 4,12266.23%2,10133.76%10.02%2,02132.47%6,224
Maverick 83946.56%96253.39%10.06%-123-6.83%1,802
Medina 3,20463.52%1,84036.48%00.00%1,36427.04%5,044
Menard 84367.87%39932.13%00.00%44435.74%1,242
Midland 7,95671.04%3,24428.96%00.00%4,71242.08%11,200
Milam 2,53943.94%3,22755.85%120.21%-688-11.91%5,778
Mills 1,08955.39%87544.51%20.10%21410.88%1,966
Mitchell 1,41740.95%2,03158.70%120.35%-614-17.75%3,460
Montague 2,36743.97%3,01255.95%40.07%-645-11.98%5,383
Montgomery 2,96946.32%3,43253.54%90.14%-463-7.22%6,410
Moore 1,90947.31%2,11452.39%120.30%-205-5.08%4,035
Morris 89034.06%1,72265.90%10.04%-832-31.84%2,613
Motley 67556.72%51343.11%20.17%16213.61%1,190
Nacogdoches 2,89144.84%3,55655.16%00.00%-665-10.32%6,447
Navarro 3,59229.10%8,74570.84%80.06%-5,153-41.74%12,345
Newton 91735.99%1,63063.97%10.04%-713-27.98%2,548
Nolan 2,90748.11%3,12351.68%130.22%-216-3.57%6,043
Nueces 19,12448.59%20,15651.21%790.20%-1,032-2.62%39,359
Ochiltree 1,75580.39%42619.51%20.09%1,32960.88%2,183
Oldham 34154.65%28044.87%30.48%619.78%624
Orange 4,49141.15%6,40358.67%190.17%-1,912-17.52%10,913
Palo Pinto 3,02951.19%2,87648.61%120.20%1532.58%5,917
Panola 2,08041.75%2,89758.15%50.10%-817-16.40%4,982
Parker 3,52350.50%3,43449.23%190.27%891.27%6,976
Parmer 1,50369.39%66330.61%00.00%84038.78%2,166
Pecos 1,57359.36%1,07640.60%10.04%49718.76%2,650
Polk 1,45439.36%2,23860.58%20.05%-784-21.22%3,694
Potter 14,93161.62%9,25938.21%420.17%5,67223.41%24,232
Presidio 77055.36%62144.64%00.00%14910.72%1,391
Rains 50045.96%58854.04%00.00%-88-8.08%1,088
Randall 4,30569.28%1,90530.66%40.06%2,40038.62%6,214
Reagan 53353.62%46046.28%10.10%737.34%994
Real 45059.76%30340.24%00.00%14719.52%753
Red River 1,96436.04%3,48463.93%20.04%-1,520-27.89%5,450
Reeves 1,72755.39%1,38544.42%60.19%34210.97%3,118
Refugio 1,42750.39%1,40149.47%40.14%260.92%2,832
Roberts 37980.64%9119.36%00.00%28861.28%470
Robertson 1,37834.39%2,62665.54%30.07%-1,248-31.15%4,007
Rockwall 60233.73%1,17565.83%80.45%-573-32.10%1,785
Runnels 2,62258.53%1,85341.36%50.11%76917.17%4,480
Rusk 5,63449.68%5,69450.21%120.11%-60-0.53%11,340
Sabine 72931.67%1,57368.33%00.00%-844-36.66%2,302
San Augustine 73034.94%1,35965.06%00.00%-629-30.12%2,089
San Jacinto 49432.06%1,04367.68%40.26%-549-35.62%1,541
San Patricio 3,22049.24%3,31550.69%50.08%-95-1.45%6,540
San Saba 90033.92%1,75266.04%10.04%-852-32.12%2,653
Schleicher 62859.87%42140.13%00.00%20719.74%1,049
Scurry 2,62051.37%2,48048.63%00.00%1402.74%5,100
Shackelford 1,05757.54%77642.24%40.22%28115.30%1,837
Shelby 1,79229.63%4,24970.27%60.10%-2,457-40.64%6,047
Sherman 66967.71%31732.09%20.20%35235.62%988
Smith 10,94756.40%8,45043.53%130.07%2,49712.87%19,410
Somervell 49451.84%45047.22%90.94%444.62%953
Starr 62016.87%3,05583.13%00.00%-2,435-66.26%3,675
Stephens 2,27260.64%1,47139.26%40.11%80121.38%3,747
Sterling 27763.68%15836.32%00.00%11927.36%435
Stonewall 31927.57%83672.26%20.17%-517-44.69%1,157
Sutton 58162.34%35137.66%00.00%23024.68%932
Swisher 1,84363.07%1,07436.76%50.17%76926.31%2,922
Tarrant 63,68057.97%45,96841.85%1940.18%17,71216.12%109,842
Taylor 10,26056.22%7,93643.48%550.30%2,32412.74%18,251
Terrell 42659.00%29540.86%10.14%13118.14%722
Terry 1,82346.37%2,10553.55%30.08%-282-7.18%3,931
Throckmorton 58644.60%72855.40%00.00%-142-10.80%1,314
Titus 1,88737.51%3,14262.45%20.04%-1,255-24.94%5,031
Tom Green 9,69862.49%5,79737.35%240.15%3,90125.14%15,519
Travis 20,85052.06%19,15547.83%460.11%1,6954.23%40,051
Trinity 95835.71%1,72564.29%00.00%-767-28.58%2,683
Tyler 1,46652.92%1,30447.08%00.00%1625.84%2,770
Upshur 2,39143.98%3,04055.91%60.11%-649-11.93%5,437
Upton 94052.43%85047.41%30.17%905.02%1,793
Uvalde 2,80569.36%1,23030.42%90.22%1,57538.94%4,044
Val Verde 1,72551.14%1,64748.83%10.03%782.31%3,373
Van Zandt 2,27936.74%3,91163.05%130.21%-1,632-26.31%6,203
Victoria 4,30657.89%3,12842.05%40.05%1,17815.84%7,438
Walker 1,89747.71%2,07852.26%10.03%-181-4.55%3,976
Waller 1,48754.01%1,26445.91%20.07%2238.10%2,753
Ward 1,99451.98%1,84047.97%20.05%1544.01%3,836
Washington 3,51972.17%1,35427.77%30.06%2,16544.40%4,876
Webb 2,78430.95%6,20869.01%40.04%-3,424-38.06%8,996
Wharton 5,23256.51%4,02243.44%50.05%1,21013.07%9,259
Wheeler 1,64551.37%1,55148.44%60.19%942.93%3,202
Wichita 12,19747.40%13,50552.49%290.11%-1,308-5.09%25,731
Wilbarger 3,01953.28%2,64646.70%10.02%3736.58%5,666
Willacy 2,24462.79%1,32437.05%60.17%92025.74%3,574
Williamson 3,64642.09%5,01057.83%70.08%-1,364-15.74%8,663
Wilson 1,82345.40%2,18754.47%50.12%-364-9.07%4,015
Winkler 1,55050.59%1,50849.22%60.20%421.37%3,064
Wise 2,30942.49%3,12157.43%40.07%-812-14.94%5,434
Wood 2,74847.54%3,02652.35%60.10%-278-4.81%5,780
Yoakum 85849.51%87350.38%20.12%-15-0.87%1,733
Young 2,64951.02%2,53648.84%70.13%1132.18%5,192
Zapata 52646.02%61653.89%10.09%-90-7.87%1,143
Zavala 1,04360.53%67739.29%30.17%36621.24%1,723
Totals1,102,87853.13%969,22846.69%3,8400.18%133,6506.44%2,075,946

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "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
  2. Texas State Historical Association (1953). "Texas Almanac, 1954-1955". The Portal to Texas History. The Dallas Morning News. p. 443. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  3. "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Texas" . Retrieved May 10, 2016.