1956 United States presidential election in Texas

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1956 United States presidential election in Texas
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  1952 November 6, 1956 1960  
  Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania [lower-alpha 1] [1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote240
Popular vote1,080,619859,958
Percentage55.26%43.98%

Texas Presidential Election Results 1956.svg
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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 Texas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Eisenhower won his birth state of Texas with 55% of the vote, giving him 24 electoral votes. Despite Eisenhower becoming the first Republican to win Texas by double digits, this result nonetheless made Texas 4.12% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

Contents

Eisenhower became the first Republican to carry Texas twice, having won the state in 1952 as well.

Polls

SourceRatingAs of
Fort Worth Star-Telegram [2] Likely D (flip)November 2, 1956
Corpus Christi Times [3] TossupNovember 3, 1956
The Philadelphia Inquirer [4] Tilt D (flip)November 4, 1956
The Salt Lake Tribune [5] Tilt D (flip)November 4, 1956

Results

Electoral results
Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
vote
Running mate
CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) Republican Pennsylvania 1,080,619 [6] 55.26%24 Richard Nixon (incumbent) California 24
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic Illinois 859,958 [6] 43.98%0 Estes Kefauver Tennessee 0
T. Coleman Andrews Constitution Virginia 14,5890.75%0 Thomas H. Werdel California 0
Write-in candidates 377 [6] [lower-alpha 3] 0.02%00
Total1,955,943100%2424
Needed to win266266

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
T. Coleman Andrews
Constitution/States’ Rights
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Anderson 4,18160.47%2,71039.20%230.33%1,47121.27%6,914
Andrews 1,13153.53%96845.81%140.66%1637.72%2,113
Angelina 5,27452.24%4,78147.36%410.41%4934.88%10,096
Aransas 75763.67%42535.74%70.59%33227.93%1,189
Archer 82543.44%1,06756.19%70.37%-242-12.75%1,899
Armstrong 37246.62%42252.88%40.50%-50-6.26%798
Atascosa 1,80454.55%1,49245.12%110.33%3129.43%3,307
Austin 2,50167.12%1,21532.61%100.27%1,28634.51%3,726
Bailey 87140.49%1,27459.23%60.28%-403-18.74%2,151
Bandera 1,08376.05%33623.60%50.35%74752.45%1,424
Bastrop 1,53137.85%2,50461.90%100.25%-973-24.05%4,045
Baylor 71540.49%1,04759.29%40.23%-332-18.80%1,766
Bee 2,40155.26%1,92944.40%150.35%47210.86%4,345
Bell 4,28530.76%9,60368.93%440.32%-5,318-38.17%13,932
Bexar 65,90158.15%46,79041.29%6400.56%19,11116.86%113,331
Blanco 79656.14%61543.37%70.49%18112.77%1,418
Borden 12734.51%24065.22%10.27%-113-30.71%368
Bosque 1,65449.65%1,67050.14%70.21%-16-0.49%3,331
Bowie 6,82346.73%7,67552.56%1040.71%-852-5.83%14,602
Brazoria 9,53656.49%7,13742.28%2081.23%2,39914.21%16,881
Brazos 4,94258.58%3,46341.05%310.37%1,47917.53%8,436
Brewster 83763.22%47936.18%80.60%35827.04%1,324
Briscoe 35735.42%64864.29%30.30%-291-28.87%1,008
Brooks 80241.77%1,10857.71%100.52%-306-15.94%1,920
Brown 3,66453.26%3,19546.44%210.31%4696.82%6,880
Burleson 1,17340.24%1,72659.21%160.55%-553-18.97%2,915
Burnet 1,16344.90%1,42254.90%50.19%-259-10.00%2,590
Caldwell 1,74740.96%2,51358.92%50.12%-766-17.96%4,265
Calhoun 1,91263.90%1,06735.66%130.43%84528.24%2,992
Callahan 1,14048.45%1,19950.96%140.59%-59-2.51%2,353
Cameron 11,95256.85%8,82942.00%2411.15%3,12314.85%21,022
Camp 95847.22%1,05351.90%180.89%-95-4.68%2,029
Carson 1,06151.91%97647.75%70.34%854.16%2,044
Cass 2,97054.91%2,39544.28%440.81%57510.63%5,409
Castro 69734.75%1,30565.05%40.20%-608-30.30%2,006
Chambers 1,52063.52%86035.94%130.54%66027.58%2,393
Cherokee 4,02257.78%2,91241.83%270.39%1,11015.95%6,961
Childress 1,26845.61%1,50354.06%90.32%-235-8.45%2,780
Clay 99035.26%1,81364.57%50.18%-823-29.31%2,808
Cochran 59939.33%92360.60%10.07%-324-21.27%1,523
Coke 54944.10%69055.42%60.48%-141-11.32%1,245
Coleman 2,24758.50%1,57741.06%170.44%67017.44%3,841
Collin 3,82341.84%5,28057.79%340.37%-1,457-15.95%9,137
Collingsworth 81539.66%1,22959.81%110.54%-414-20.15%2,055
Colorado 2,69161.62%1,64837.74%280.64%1,04323.88%4,367
Comal 3,39774.54%1,14025.02%200.44%2,25749.52%4,557
Comanche 1,90048.99%1,96250.59%160.41%-62-1.60%3,878
Concho 57450.26%56749.65%10.09%70.61%1,142
Cooke 4,16464.33%2,27235.10%370.57%1,89229.23%6,473
Coryell 1,50938.86%2,37261.09%20.05%-863-22.23%3,883
Cottle 32922.40%1,13877.47%20.14%-809-55.07%1,469
Crane 62646.44%70752.45%151.11%-81-6.01%1,348
Crockett 70269.57%30530.23%20.20%39739.34%1,009
Crosby 70428.00%1,80471.76%60.24%-1,100-43.76%2,514
Culberson 32454.36%26945.13%30.50%559.23%596
Dallam 1,01848.41%1,07451.07%110.52%-56-2.66%2,103
Dallas 125,36165.06%65,47233.98%1,8620.97%59,88931.08%192,695
Dawson 1,61544.01%2,04955.83%60.16%-434-11.82%3,670
Deaf Smith 1,68555.16%1,36144.55%90.29%32410.61%3,055
Delta 60532.23%1,26267.23%100.53%-657-35.00%1,877
Denton 5,35051.71%4,97248.06%240.23%3783.65%10,346
DeWitt 3,40170.14%1,43529.59%130.27%1,96640.55%4,849
Dickens 56531.25%1,24368.75%00.00%-678-37.50%1,808
Dimmit 70561.90%42737.49%70.61%27824.41%1,139
Donley 82647.72%90352.17%20.12%-77-4.45%1,731
Duval 1,45931.89%3,11067.98%60.13%-1,651-36.09%4,575
Eastland 3,58058.61%2,51241.13%160.26%1,06817.48%6,108
Ector 8,80562.41%5,10936.21%1941.38%3,69626.20%14,108
Edwards 53379.67%13319.88%30.45%40059.79%669
Ellis 3,58540.65%5,21159.08%240.27%-1,626-18.43%8,820
El Paso 18,53254.70%15,15744.73%1930.57%3,3759.97%33,882
Erath 2,77553.66%2,37745.97%190.37%3987.69%5,171
Falls 1,81940.36%2,67459.33%140.31%-855-18.97%4,507
Fannin 1,91029.75%4,50470.16%60.09%-2,594-40.41%6,420
Fayette 3,57460.54%2,28238.65%480.81%1,29221.89%5,904
Fisher 67328.72%1,66471.02%60.26%-991-42.30%2,343
Floyd 1,44544.86%1,76754.86%90.28%-322-10.00%3,221
Foard 24326.07%68773.71%20.21%-444-47.64%932
Fort Bend 3,77959.83%2,46439.01%731.16%1,31520.82%6,316
Franklin 55633.88%1,08265.94%30.18%-526-32.06%1,641
Freestone 1,62747.09%1,81352.47%150.43%-186-5.38%3,455
Frio 82547.94%88651.48%100.58%-61-3.54%1,721
Gaines 1,24444.76%1,52754.95%80.29%-283-10.19%2,779
Galveston 17,56752.43%15,60346.57%3361.00%1,9645.86%33,506
Garza 62844.38%78655.55%10.07%-158-11.17%1,415
Gillespie 3,07092.61%2407.24%50.15%2,83085.37%3,315
Glasscock 22456.28%17443.72%00.00%5012.56%398
Goliad 90272.33%33827.11%70.56%56445.22%1,247
Gonzales 1,76743.77%2,26055.98%100.25%-493-12.21%4,037
Gray 5,04761.90%3,03437.21%720.88%2,01324.69%8,153
Grayson 7,40245.33%8,87654.35%520.32%-1,474-9.02%16,330
Gregg 9,44065.02%4,88133.62%1981.36%4,55931.40%14,519
Grimes 1,28153.96%1,07945.45%140.59%2028.51%2,374
Guadalupe 4,29666.86%2,09932.67%300.47%2,19734.19%6,425
Hale 3,80449.64%3,84850.22%110.14%-44-0.58%7,663
Hall 68731.53%1,48768.24%50.23%-800-36.71%2,179
Hamilton 1,70960.11%1,12439.54%100.35%58520.57%2,843
Hansford 91962.73%54537.20%10.07%37425.53%1,465
Hardeman 1,11946.45%1,28153.18%90.37%-162-6.73%2,409
Hardin 2,13047.12%2,37152.46%190.42%-241-5.34%4,520
Harris 155,55561.11%93,96136.91%5,0331.98%61,59424.20%254,549
Harrison 5,04864.76%2,66834.23%791.01%2,38030.53%7,795
Hartley 35343.96%44855.79%20.25%-95-11.83%803
Haskell 99329.72%2,34070.04%80.24%-1,347-40.32%3,341
Hays 1,87347.98%2,01751.66%140.36%-144-3.68%3,904
Hemphill 62060.67%40139.24%10.10%21921.43%1,022
Henderson 2,47944.51%3,06555.04%250.45%-586-10.53%5,569
Hidalgo 13,27056.89%9,80442.03%2531.08%3,46614.86%23,327
Hill 2,48737.08%4,19962.61%210.31%-1,712-25.53%6,707
Hockley 2,00138.58%3,17561.22%100.19%-1,174-22.64%5,186
Hood 75140.55%1,09559.13%60.32%-344-18.58%1,852
Hopkins 2,20641.26%3,11858.31%230.43%-912-17.05%5,347
Houston 1,94149.04%1,99850.48%190.48%-57-1.44%3,958
Howard 3,05140.30%4,50659.52%140.18%-1,455-19.22%7,571
Hudspeth 31645.66%36853.18%81.16%-52-7.52%692
Hunt 4,50852.47%4,05147.15%330.38%4575.32%8,592
Hutchinson 5,11054.73%4,18444.82%420.45%9269.91%9,336
Irion 25258.33%17841.20%20.46%7417.13%432
Jack 1,32756.54%99742.48%230.98%33014.06%2,347
Jackson 2,25958.64%1,57140.78%220.57%68817.86%3,852
Jasper 2,43056.41%1,85643.08%220.51%57413.33%4,308
Jeff Davis 23958.72%16540.54%30.74%7418.18%407
Jefferson 30,10254.31%25,05745.21%2700.49%5,0459.10%55,429
Jim Hogg 28231.13%61768.10%70.77%-335-36.97%906
Jim Wells 3,34854.69%2,75244.95%220.36%5969.74%6,122
Johnson 3,75051.09%3,56048.50%300.41%1902.59%7,340
Jones 2,07344.32%2,59455.46%100.21%-521-11.14%4,677
Karnes 1,76451.62%1,63647.88%170.50%1283.74%3,417
Kaufman 2,81648.97%2,90250.47%320.56%-86-1.50%5,750
Kendall 1,51981.10%34118.21%130.69%1,17862.89%1,873
Kenedy 12592.59%107.41%00.00%11585.18%135
Kent 23430.99%51968.74%20.26%-285-37.75%755
Kerr 3,55577.38%1,02522.31%140.30%2,53055.07%4,594
Kimble 82162.82%48437.03%20.15%33725.79%1,307
King 4620.54%17779.02%10.45%-131-58.48%224
Kinney 36855.93%28943.92%10.15%7912.01%658
Kleberg 2,12146.39%2,43653.28%150.33%-315-6.89%4,572
Knox 83539.76%1,26260.10%30.14%-427-20.34%2,100
Lamar 4,15449.56%4,20250.14%250.30%-48-0.58%8,381
Lamb 1,84035.54%3,32564.23%120.23%-1,485-28.69%5,177
Lampasas 1,30853.45%1,13446.34%50.20%1747.11%2,447
La Salle 44943.85%57456.05%10.10%-125-12.20%1,024
Lavaca 2,50950.78%2,41248.82%200.40%971.96%4,941
Lee 1,20052.77%1,06146.66%130.57%1396.11%2,274
Leon 1,07945.99%1,26053.71%70.30%-181-7.72%2,346
Liberty 4,12963.49%2,31835.65%560.86%1,81127.84%6,503
Limestone 2,09740.55%3,06759.31%70.14%-970-18.76%5,171
Lipscomb 80669.84%34529.90%30.26%46139.94%1,154
Live Oak 1,07765.71%52131.79%412.50%55633.92%1,639
Llano 67239.32%1,03460.50%30.18%-362-21.18%1,709
Loving 5560.44%3639.56%00.00%1920.88%91
Lubbock 13,97052.57%12,54047.19%660.25%1,4305.38%26,576
Lynn 86132.28%1,80067.49%60.22%-939-35.21%2,667
McCulloch 1,29252.63%1,15847.17%50.20%1345.46%2,455
McLennan 15,56148.85%16,18150.80%1110.35%-620-1.95%31,853
McMullen 22654.72%18544.79%20.48%419.93%413
Madison 73350.27%71348.90%120.82%201.37%1,458
Marion 1,12660.93%70938.37%130.70%41722.56%1,848
Martin 31825.92%90373.59%60.49%-585-47.67%1,227
Mason 88563.67%50436.26%10.07%38127.41%1,390
Matagorda 3,92766.46%1,90432.22%781.32%2,02334.24%5,909
Maverick 72146.22%82052.56%191.22%-99-6.34%1,560
Medina 2,66863.51%1,51636.09%170.40%1,15227.42%4,201
Menard 61465.88%31834.12%00.00%29631.76%932
Midland 8,28769.99%3,46829.29%860.73%4,81940.70%11,841
Milam 2,48645.48%2,96954.32%110.20%-483-8.84%5,466
Mills 91255.34%73544.60%10.06%17710.74%1,648
Mitchell 1,09136.59%1,89163.41%00.00%-800-26.82%2,982
Montague 2,00345.81%2,35853.93%110.25%-355-8.12%4,372
Montgomery 3,36056.24%2,57243.05%420.70%78813.19%5,974
Moore 1,82044.95%2,21954.80%100.25%-399-9.85%4,049
Morris 1,46347.58%1,59251.77%200.65%-129-4.19%3,075
Motley 41144.38%51155.18%40.43%-100-10.80%926
Nacogdoches 3,28553.28%2,85546.31%250.41%4306.97%6,165
Navarro 3,19340.26%4,72359.55%150.19%-1,530-19.29%7,931
Newton 1,03049.61%1,03749.95%90.43%-7-0.34%2,076
Nolan 2,23246.69%2,53553.03%130.27%-303-6.34%4,780
Nueces 19,98549.89%19,91249.71%1620.40%730.18%40,059
Ochiltree 1,20969.48%51229.43%191.09%69740.05%1,740
Oldham 28449.13%29450.87%00.00%-10-1.74%578
Orange 5,50147.99%5,91051.56%510.44%-409-3.57%11,462
Palo Pinto 2,81854.20%2,36945.57%120.23%4498.63%5,199
Panola 2,53852.48%2,22546.01%731.51%3136.47%4,836
Parker 3,39051.46%3,16548.04%330.50%2253.42%6,588
Parmer 1,02842.76%1,36256.66%140.58%-334-13.90%2,404
Pecos 1,42560.20%93139.33%110.46%49420.87%2,367
Polk 1,66352.89%1,46546.60%160.51%1986.29%3,144
Potter 11,94357.66%8,72042.10%490.24%3,22315.56%20,712
Presidio 49448.48%51750.74%80.79%-23-2.26%1,019
Rains 42744.85%52455.04%10.11%-97-10.19%952
Randall 4,60962.28%2,77437.49%170.23%1,83524.79%7,400
Reagan 66963.47%38436.43%10.09%28527.04%1,054
Real 35064.70%19135.30%00.00%15929.40%541
Red River 1,95643.14%2,56756.62%110.24%-611-13.48%4,534
Reeves 1,49252.24%1,35647.48%80.28%1364.76%2,856
Refugio 1,35553.10%1,18846.55%90.35%1676.55%2,552
Roberts 27969.92%11829.57%20.50%16140.35%399
Robertson 1,28536.63%2,21263.06%110.31%-927-26.43%3,508
Rockwall 65741.50%92058.12%60.38%-263-16.62%1,583
Runnels 2,41662.54%1,44237.33%50.13%97425.21%3,863
Rusk 5,14059.96%3,38139.44%520.61%1,75920.52%8,573
Sabine 80146.71%91353.24%10.06%-112-6.53%1,715
San Augustine 90045.07%1,08654.38%110.55%-186-9.31%1,997
San Jacinto 56542.51%75556.81%90.68%-190-14.30%1,329
San Patricio 3,30246.82%3,72852.86%220.31%-426-6.04%7,052
San Saba 79735.87%1,41963.86%60.27%-622-27.99%2,222
Schleicher 47158.08%33641.43%40.49%13516.65%811
Scurry 2,25045.46%2,69154.37%80.16%-441-8.91%4,949
Shackelford 84960.26%55539.39%50.35%29420.87%1,409
Shelby 1,98836.54%3,40362.56%490.90%-1,415-26.02%5,440
Sherman 48155.35%38344.07%50.58%9811.28%869
Smith 12,25565.21%6,46834.42%690.37%5,78730.79%18,792
Somervell 46759.80%30939.56%50.64%15820.24%781
Starr 54716.71%2,72783.29%00.00%-2,180-66.58%3,274
Stephens 1,83261.66%1,12637.90%130.44%70623.76%2,971
Sterling 22359.79%15040.21%00.00%7319.58%373
Stonewall 30626.89%82972.85%30.26%-523-45.96%1,138
Sutton 54665.16%29034.61%20.24%25630.55%838
Swisher 87632.64%1,80267.14%60.22%-926-34.50%2,684
Tarrant 66,32959.65%43,92239.50%9460.85%22,40720.15%111,197
Taylor 9,48856.82%7,17742.98%340.20%2,31113.84%16,699
Terrell 35061.51%21738.14%20.35%13323.37%569
Terry 1,47341.78%2,05058.14%30.09%-577-16.36%3,526
Throckmorton 46641.35%65658.21%50.44%-190-16.86%1,127
Titus 1,97145.78%2,30153.45%330.77%-330-7.67%4,305
Tom Green 9,07064.63%4,92335.08%400.29%4,14729.55%14,033
Travis 23,55153.98%19,98245.80%980.22%3,5698.18%43,631
Trinity 86543.98%1,09155.47%110.56%-226-11.49%1,967
Tyler 1,73468.24%79731.37%100.39%93736.87%2,541
Upshur 2,73757.45%1,99541.88%320.67%74215.57%4,764
Upton 99954.29%83445.33%70.38%1658.96%1,840
Uvalde 2,44970.72%99428.70%200.58%1,45542.02%3,463
Val Verde 1,66050.81%1,59848.91%90.28%621.90%3,267
Van Zandt 2,14242.25%2,91957.57%90.18%-777-15.32%5,070
Victoria 5,59662.85%3,28036.84%280.31%2,31626.01%8,904
Walker 1,99159.86%1,28738.70%481.44%70421.16%3,326
Waller 1,42659.49%92938.76%421.75%49720.73%2,397
Ward 1,77251.63%1,63847.73%220.64%1343.90%3,432
Washington 2,97575.83%93323.78%150.38%2,04252.05%3,923
Webb 2,74431.96%5,82767.86%160.19%-3,083-35.90%8,587
Wharton 4,71457.47%3,43941.92%500.61%1,27515.55%8,203
Wheeler 1,17848.22%1,25251.25%130.53%-74-3.03%2,443
Wichita 12,18148.83%12,72651.01%410.16%-545-2.18%24,948
Wilbarger 2,23048.62%2,34751.17%100.22%-117-2.55%4,587
Willacy 1,65656.17%1,26142.77%311.05%39513.40%2,948
Williamson 2,94740.00%4,40259.75%180.24%-1,455-19.75%7,367
Wilson 1,51941.30%2,14958.43%100.27%-630-17.13%3,678
Winkler 1,47152.97%1,28746.34%190.68%1846.63%2,777
Wise 2,05845.49%2,44354.00%230.51%-385-8.51%4,524
Wood 2,50853.11%2,19946.57%150.32%3096.54%4,722
Yoakum 92348.20%98951.64%30.16%-66-3.44%1,915
Young 2,08350.44%2,02849.10%190.46%551.34%4,130
Zapata 63741.80%88658.14%10.07%-249-16.34%1,524
Zavala 89662.79%52837.00%30.21%36825.79%1,427
Totals1,080,61955.26%859,95843.98%14,5910.75%220,66111.28%1,955,545

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

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. among top 2 candidates
  3. These write-in votes were not listed by county but only as a statewide total.

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