1956 United States presidential election in Indiana

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

All 13 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
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Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania [note 1] [2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote130
Popular vote1,182,811783,908
Percentage59.90%39.70%

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County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 [3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Indiana was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.90% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.70% of the popular vote. [4] [5]

This is the last time a Republican won Lake County while not being able to win all of the counties (Nixon won Lake County while winning every county in Indiana in 1972.) This is also the last time that Indiana voted to the left of neighboring Ohio.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Indiana
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 1,182,811 59.90%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 783,90839.70%
Prohibition Enoch Holtwick 6,5540.33%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1,3340.07%
Total votes1,974,607 100%

Results by county

CountyDwight David Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [6]
# %# %# %# %
Adams 7,07966.11%3,52032.87%1091.02%3,55933.24%10,708
Allen 58,21069.43%25,44430.35%1900.23%32,76639.08%83,844
Bartholomew 12,22759.78%8,13439.77%920.45%4,09320.01%20,453
Benton 4,00467.02%1,96132.83%90.15%2,04334.20%5,974
Blackford 3,85554.52%3,15244.58%640.91%7039.94%7,071
Boone 8,57361.56%5,31838.19%350.25%3,25523.37%13,926
Brown 1,64951.23%1,55548.31%150.47%942.92%3,219
Carroll 5,74863.26%3,31236.45%260.29%2,43626.81%9,086
Cass 12,62462.19%7,59437.41%810.40%5,03024.78%20,299
Clark 12,48351.09%11,87148.59%790.32%6122.50%24,433
Clay 7,30255.91%5,72043.79%390.30%1,58212.11%13,061
Clinton 9,69060.44%6,26839.10%740.46%3,42221.34%16,032
Crawford 2,69451.96%2,43346.92%581.12%2615.03%5,185
Daviess 8,60862.80%5,05736.89%420.31%3,55125.91%13,707
Dearborn 7,18956.40%5,53543.43%220.17%1,65412.98%12,746
Decatur 6,39064.87%3,42734.79%340.35%2,96330.08%9,851
De Kalb 9,06166.75%4,43532.67%790.58%4,62634.08%13,575
Delaware 24,79254.10%20,81845.43%2170.47%3,9748.67%45,827
Dubois 6,94257.19%5,17742.65%200.16%1,76514.54%12,139
Elkhart 28,08869.05%12,36330.39%2260.56%15,72538.66%40,677
Fayette 6,67356.26%5,15643.47%330.28%1,51712.79%11,862
Floyd 10,41055.18%8,37844.41%770.41%2,03210.77%18,865
Fountain 6,45663.11%3,75136.67%230.22%2,70526.44%10,230
Franklin 4,42963.02%2,57336.61%260.37%1,85626.41%7,028
Fulton 6,25867.59%2,94531.81%560.60%3,31335.78%9,259
Gibson 9,25655.58%7,31843.94%790.47%1,93811.64%16,653
Grant 17,54864.50%9,45534.75%2030.75%8,09329.75%27,206
Greene 8,72254.62%7,18645.00%610.38%1,5369.62%15,969
Hamilton 11,22068.96%4,97430.57%770.47%6,24638.39%16,271
Hancock 6,96259.93%4,60039.60%550.47%2,36220.33%11,617
Harrison 5,29954.92%4,26644.22%830.86%1,03310.71%9,648
Hendricks 10,57865.58%5,52134.23%300.19%5,05731.35%16,129
Henry 13,75061.33%8,50237.92%1660.74%5,24823.41%22,418
Howard 17,23458.26%12,15941.10%1880.64%5,07517.16%29,581
Huntington 11,02464.15%6,02735.07%1330.77%4,99729.08%17,184
Jackson 8,37557.30%6,18542.31%570.39%2,19014.98%14,617
Jasper 5,37472.63%2,00427.08%210.28%3,37045.55%7,399
Jay 6,76759.08%4,57139.91%1161.01%2,19619.17%11,454
Jefferson 6,63260.27%4,34439.48%280.25%2,28820.79%11,004
Jennings 4,50260.72%2,87938.83%330.45%1,62321.89%7,414
Johnson 10,12562.15%6,12537.60%410.25%4,00024.55%16,291
Knox 13,04759.85%8,69139.87%630.29%4,35619.98%21,801
Kosciusko 12,77771.68%4,90427.51%1430.80%7,87344.17%17,824
Lagrange 3,81570.47%1,56228.85%370.68%2,25341.61%5,414
Lake 92,80352.00%85,00047.63%6570.37%7,8034.37%178,460
La Porte 24,62262.90%14,41736.83%1030.26%10,20526.07%39,142
Lawrence 11,09063.93%6,19735.73%590.34%4,89328.21%17,346
Madison 30,32954.21%25,40845.42%2060.37%4,9218.80%55,943
Marion 162,56661.97%99,10237.78%6790.26%63,46424.19%262,347
Marshall 10,50465.72%5,39833.78%800.50%5,10631.95%15,982
Martin 2,94655.63%2,34344.24%70.13%60311.39%5,296
Miami 9,57462.28%5,72437.24%740.48%3,85025.05%15,372
Monroe 13,22362.92%7,73236.79%600.29%5,49126.13%21,015
Montgomery 10,41865.41%5,44334.17%660.41%4,97531.24%15,927
Morgan 8,31863.48%4,73536.14%500.38%3,58327.34%13,103
Newton 3,89074.49%1,31625.20%160.31%2,57449.29%5,222
Noble 8,17566.64%4,02832.84%640.52%4,14733.81%12,267
Ohio 1,23753.07%1,08746.63%70.30%1506.44%2,331
Orange 5,75162.37%3,43837.28%320.35%2,31325.08%9,221
Owen 3,68558.48%2,58140.96%350.56%1,10417.52%6,301
Parke 5,08059.04%3,50240.70%220.26%1,57818.34%8,604
Perry 4,94655.00%4,03744.89%100.11%90910.11%8,993
Pike 4,59657.34%3,35341.83%660.82%1,24315.51%8,015
Porter 14,97072.71%5,57427.07%450.22%9,39645.64%20,589
Posey 5,78059.44%3,91940.30%250.26%1,86119.14%9,724
Pulaski 4,11762.07%2,42436.54%921.39%1,69325.52%6,633
Putnam 6,68459.26%4,57240.53%240.21%2,11218.72%11,280
Randolph 9,02065.02%4,70133.89%1521.10%4,31931.13%13,873
Ripley 6,57761.85%4,02637.86%300.28%2,55123.99%10,633
Rush 6,20264.69%3,34634.90%390.41%2,85629.79%9,587
St. Joseph 57,82751.41%54,15248.15%4930.44%3,6753.27%112,472
Scott 3,11750.63%3,01148.91%280.45%1061.72%6,156
Shelby 9,17058.00%6,56141.50%800.51%2,60916.50%15,811
Spencer 5,40460.31%3,53039.40%260.29%1,87420.92%8,960
Starke 5,06359.94%3,34939.65%350.41%1,71420.29%8,447
Steuben 5,53871.56%2,17128.05%300.39%3,36743.51%7,739
Sullivan 5,82948.79%6,04850.63%690.58%-219-1.83%11,946
Switzerland 2,07449.28%2,11450.23%210.50%-40-0.95%4,209
Tippecanoe 23,77670.25%9,99529.53%720.21%13,78140.72%33,843
Tipton 4,93959.47%3,32039.98%460.55%1,61919.49%8,305
Union 2,02663.47%1,15736.25%90.28%86927.22%3,192
Vanderburgh 42,46257.68%30,86041.92%2970.40%11,60215.76%73,619
Vermillion 5,35250.81%5,14948.88%320.30%2031.93%10,533
Vigo 25,25350.44%24,68049.29%1350.27%5731.14%50,068
Wabash 10,31871.18%4,08528.18%930.64%6,23343.00%14,496
Warren 2,97967.61%1,40831.96%190.43%1,57135.66%4,406
Warrick 6,28657.21%4,66842.49%330.30%1,61814.73%10,987
Washington 4,86455.66%3,84944.04%260.30%1,01511.61%8,739
Wayne 20,15761.76%12,33737.80%1440.44%7,82023.96%32,638
Wells 5,70358.32%3,98440.74%910.93%1,71917.58%9,778
White 6,70867.42%3,21932.36%220.22%3,48935.07%9,949
Whitley 6,42263.23%3,68836.31%470.46%2,73426.92%10,157
Totals1,182,81159.90%783,90839.70%7,8880.40%398,90320.20%1,974,607

See also

Note

  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.

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