1956 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1956 United States presidential election in Georgia
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  1952 November 6, 1956 [1] 1960  

All 12 Georgia votes to the Electoral College
  Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Pennsylvania [lower-alpha 1] [2]
Running mate Estes Kefauver Richard Nixon
Electoral vote120
Popular vote441,094216,652
Percentage66.48%32.65%

Georgia Presidential Election Results 1956.svg
County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 [3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Georgia was won by Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 66.48% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 32.65% of the popular vote. [4] [5] Eisenhower also remains the most recent Republican president to win more than one term without carrying Georgia once. This was the last time until 2016 a Republican won the White House without carrying Cobb County. This was also the last time until 2016 that a losing Democrat would carry the suburban Atlanta Counties of Gwinnett, Douglas, Rockdale, and the aforementioned Cobb and the last time until 2020 that a Republican president would not carry these counties in either of their of elections.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Georgia [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 441,094 66.48%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.)216,65232.65%
Write-ins 5,7340.86%
Total votes663,480 100%

Results by county

County [7] Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast [8]
# %# %# %# %
Appling 1,71977.26%50622.74%1,21354.52%2,225
Atkinson 1,71993.37%1226.63%1,59786.74%1,841
Bacon 2,44586.12%39413.88%2,05172.24%2,839
Baker 78396.07%323.93%75192.14%815
Baldwin 2,27567.81%1,08032.19%1,19535.62%3,355
Banks 98984.10%18715.90%80268.20%1,176
Barrow 2,26683.68%44216.32%1,82467.36%2,708
Bartow 3,64070.32%1,53629.68%2,10440.64%5,176
Ben Hill 2,15079.51%55420.49%1,59659.02%2,704
Berrien 2,39893.56%1656.44%2,23387.12%2,563
Bibb 14,96667.39%7,24232.61%7,72434.78%22,208
Bleckley 1,53791.87%1368.13%1,40183.74%1,673
Brantley 1,20884.12%22815.88%98068.24%1,436
Brooks 1,93678.38%53421.62%1,40256.76%2,470
Bryan 1,24278.96%33121.04%91157.92%1,573
Bulloch 3,41479.12%90120.88%2,51358.24%4,315
Burke 1,30064.32%72135.68%57928.64%2,021
Butts 1,88585.37%32314.63%1,56270.74%2,208
Calhoun 1,09491.09%1078.91%98782.18%1,201
Camden 1,17853.74%1,01446.26%1647.48%2,192
Candler 99676.39%30823.61%68852.78%1,304
Carroll 4,85573.93%1,71226.07%3,14347.86%6,567
Catoosa 2,16361.82%1,33638.18%82723.64%3,499
Charlton 75078.62%20421.38%54657.24%954
Chatham 8,69837.46%14,52062.54%-5,822-25.08%23,218
Chattahoochee 10771.33%4328.67%6442.66%150
Chattooga 3,82369.45%1,68230.55%2,14138.90%5,505
Cherokee 2,11053.57%1,82946.43%2817.14%3,939
Clarke 4,25766.89%2,10733.11%2,15033.78%6,364
Clay 39079.11%10320.89%28758.22%493
Clayton 5,52277.61%1,59322.39%3,92955.22%7,115
Clinch 1,57775.27%51824.73%1,05950.54%2,095
Cobb 11,69663.24%6,79836.76%4,89826.48%18,494
Coffee 3,19984.79%57415.21%2,62569.58%3,773
Colquitt 4,41276.76%1,33623.24%3,07653.52%5,748
Columbia 86665.16%46334.84%40330.32%1,329
Cook 2,10089.55%24510.45%1,85579.10%2,345
Coweta 3,00377.94%85022.06%2,15355.88%3,853
Crawford 77987.73%10912.27%67075.46%888
Crisp 2,52675.16%83524.84%1,69150.32%3,361
Dade 86354.41%72345.59%1408.82%1,586
Dawson 72154.05%61345.95%1088.10%1,334
Decatur 3,69977.69%1,06222.31%2,63755.38%4,761
DeKalb 29,91565.56%15,71834.44%14,19731.12%46,633
Dodge 3,47982.50%73817.50%2,74165.00%4,217
Dooly 1,85191.41%1748.59%1,67782.82%2,025
Dougherty 4,12655.95%3,24844.05%87811.90%7,374
Douglas 2,11167.83%1,00132.17%1,11035.66%3,112
Early 1,81890.40%1939.60%1,62580.80%2,011
Echols 52879.76%13420.24%39459.52%662
Effingham 61148.96%63751.04%-26-2.08%1,248
Elbert 3,63589.05%44710.95%3,18878.10%4,082
Emanuel 2,37377.78%67822.22%1,69555.56%3,051
Evans 1,15276.39%35623.61%79652.78%1,508
Fannin 1,94535.58%3,52164.42%-1,576-28.84%5,466
Fayette 1,30890.46%1389.54%1,17080.92%1,446
Floyd 6,63352.69%5,95547.31%6785.38%12,588
Forsyth 1,99863.85%1,13136.15%86727.70%3,129
Franklin 2,96892.15%2537.85%2,71584.30%3,221
Fulton 51,09857.79%37,32642.21%13,77215.58%88,424
Gilmer 1,27540.71%1,85759.29%-582-18.58%3,132
Glascock 31474.06%11025.94%20448.12%424
Glynn 3,07149.78%3,09850.22%-27-0.44%6,169
Gordon 1,97065.80%1,02434.20%94631.60%2,994
Grady 2,69784.47%49615.53%2,20168.94%3,193
Greene 2,01278.81%54121.19%1,47157.62%2,553
Gwinnett 5,68779.76%1,44320.24%4,24459.52%7,130
Habersham 2,27672.69%85527.31%1,42145.38%3,131
Hall 5,98968.52%2,75231.48%3,23737.04%8,741
Hancock 86070.84%35429.16%50641.68%1,214
Haralson 2,47252.71%2,21847.29%2545.42%4,690
Harris 1,32770.21%56329.79%76440.42%1,890
Hart 1,13991.41%1078.59%1,03282.82%1,246
Heard 1,10685.08%19414.92%91270.16%1,300
Henry 2,63675.66%84824.34%1,78851.32%3,484
Houston 4,48380.88%1,06019.12%3,42361.76%5,543
Irwin 1,55483.28%31216.72%1,24266.56%1,866
Jackson 3,10087.62%43812.38%2,66275.24%3,538
Jasper 96276.96%28823.04%67453.92%1,250
Jeff Davis 1,65687.02%24712.98%1,40974.04%1,903
Jefferson 1,35172.52%51227.48%83945.04%1,863
Jenkins 1,00079.30%26120.70%73958.60%1,261
Johnson 1,60789.98%17910.02%1,42879.96%1,786
Jones 1,20875.97%38224.03%82651.94%1,590
Lamar 1,53173.39%55526.61%97646.78%2,086
Lanier 89085.41%15214.59%73870.82%1,042
Laurens 5,08581.05%1,18918.95%3,89662.10%6,274
Lee 53287.07%7912.93%45374.14%611
Liberty 89247.98%96752.02%-75-4.04%1,859
Lincoln 69681.79%15518.21%54163.58%851
Long 1,19580.96%28119.04%91461.92%1,476
Lowndes 3,93664.83%2,13535.17%1,80129.66%6,071
Lumpkin 69358.78%48641.22%20717.56%1,179
McDuffie 1,03961.55%64938.45%39023.10%1,688
McIntosh 62441.32%88658.68%-262-17.36%1,510
Macon 1,98484.53%36315.47%1,62169.06%2,347
Madison 2,22293.24%1616.76%2,06186.48%2,383
Marion 61879.64%15820.36%46059.28%776
Meriwether 3,13784.12%59215.88%2,54568.24%3,729
Miller 1,56377.99%44122.01%1,12255.98%2,004
Mitchell 2,73587.74%38212.26%2,35375.48%3,117
Monroe 1,54575.33%50624.67%1,03950.66%2,051
Montgomery 1,05279.52%27120.48%78159.04%1,323
Morgan 1,49285.85%24614.15%1,24671.70%1,738
Murray 1,81961.39%1,14438.61%67522.78%2,963
Muscogee 8,16049.95%8,17650.05%-16-0.10%16,336
Newton 3,23285.87%53214.13%2,70071.74%3,764
Oconee 1,15678.64%31421.36%84257.28%1,470
Oglethorpe 1,40489.37%16710.63%1,23778.74%1,571
Paulding 1,59962.98%94037.02%65925.96%2,539
Peach 1,54176.97%46123.03%1,08053.94%2,002
Pickens 1,23634.55%2,34165.45%-1,105-30.90%3,577
Pierce 1,76685.56%29814.44%1,46871.12%2,064
Pike 1,06783.56%21016.44%85767.12%1,277
Polk 4,50268.21%2,09831.79%2,40436.42%6,600
Pulaski 1,42289.27%17110.73%1,25178.54%1,593
Putnam 1,09380.31%26819.69%82560.62%1,361
Quitman 35591.97%318.03%32483.94%386
Rabun 1,39177.11%41322.89%97854.22%1,804
Randolph 1,58274.31%54725.69%1,03548.62%2,129
Richmond 6,81939.95%10,25160.05%-3,432-20.10%17,070
Rockdale 1,77978.61%48421.39%1,29557.22%2,263
Schley 44179.03%11720.97%32458.06%558
Screven 1,33271.88%52128.12%81143.76%1,853
Seminole 1,34391.24%1298.76%1,21482.48%1,472
Spalding 4,85376.90%1,45823.10%3,39553.80%6,311
Stephens 2,59579.14%68420.86%1,91158.28%3,279
Stewart 69274.65%23525.35%45749.30%927
Sumter 2,14974.64%73025.36%1,41949.28%2,879
Talbot 71083.92%13616.08%57467.84%846
Taliaferro 59978.92%16021.08%43957.84%759
Tattnall 1,88181.04%44018.96%1,44162.08%2,321
Taylor 1,35983.12%27616.88%1,08366.24%1,635
Telfair 2,07587.96%28412.04%1,79175.92%2,359
Terrell 1,30086.49%20313.51%1,09772.98%1,503
Thomas 3,52261.12%2,24038.88%1,28222.24%5,762
Tift 3,12376.49%96023.51%2,16352.98%4,083
Toombs 2,39780.93%56519.07%1,83261.86%2,962
Towns 88544.67%1,09655.33%-211-10.66%1,981
Treutlen 96089.14%11710.86%84378.28%1,077
Troup 6,16273.57%2,21426.43%3,94847.14%8,376
Turner 1,39879.79%35420.21%1,04459.58%1,752
Twiggs 1,00285.64%16814.36%83471.28%1,170
Union 1,38650.47%1,36049.53%260.94%2,746
Upson 3,42282.78%71217.22%2,71065.56%4,134
Walker 3,69351.19%3,52248.81%1712.38%7,215
Walton 3,27187.44%47012.56%2,80174.88%3,741
Ware 5,88872.12%2,27627.88%3,61244.24%8,164
Warren 67481.60%15218.40%52263.20%826
Washington 2,53080.78%60219.22%1,92861.56%3,132
Wayne 2,08468.69%95031.31%1,13437.38%3,034
Webster 29585.26%5114.74%24470.52%346
Wheeler 99286.94%14913.06%84373.88%1,141
White 1,09970.09%46929.91%63040.18%1,568
Whitfield 4,26450.35%4,20549.65%590.70%8,469
Wilcox 1,68687.90%23212.10%1,45475.80%1,918
Wilkes 1,71484.94%30415.06%1,41069.88%2,018
Wilkinson 1,29976.77%39323.23%90653.54%1,692
Worth 2,07887.64%29312.36%1,78575.28%2,371
Totals441,09466.48%216,65232.65%5,734 [lower-alpha 2] 0.86%224,44233.83%663,480

Notes

  1. Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of the 1952 election Eisenhower was president of Columbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.
  2. These write-in votes were listed only as a statewide total and not separated by county.

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