1956 United States presidential election in Utah

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1956 United States presidential election in Utah

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All 4 Utah votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state Pennsylvania [a] [2] Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 215,631 118,364 Percentage 64.56% 35.44%
County Results Eisenhower   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   90–100% The 1956 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose four [3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Utah was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 64.56 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 35.44 percent of the popular vote. [4] [5] Utah swung over 11 points toward Eisenhower compared to 1952. This was by far the largest Republican swing of any state in the western half of the country. Results 1956 United States presidential election in Utah [6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 215,631 64.56% Democratic Adlai Stevenson 118,364 35.44% Total votes 333,995 100.00% Results by county County [6] [7] Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Adlai Stevenson Democratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Beaver 1,190 53.60% 1,030 46.40% 160 7.20% 2,220 Box Elder 5,804 68.34% 2,689 31.66% 3,115 36.68% 8,493 Cache 10,349 73.82% 3,671 26.18% 6,678 47.64% 14,020 Carbon 4,507 50.26% 4,460 49.74% 47 0.52% 8,967 Daggett 102 53.13% 90 46.88% 12 6.25% 192 Davis 12,122 66.71% 6,050 33.29% 6,072 33.42% 18,172 Duchesne 1,856 67.99% 874 32.01% 982 35.98% 2,730 Emery 1,679 64.04% 943 35.96% 736 28.08% 2,622 Garfield 1,115 75.95% 353 24.05% 762 51.90% 1,468 Grand 1,044 76.09% 328 23.91% 716 52.18% 1,372 Iron 3,321 71.70% 1,311 28.30% 2,010 43.40% 4,632 Juab 1,512 59.60% 1,025 40.40% 487 19.20% 2,537 Kane 939 90.20% 102 9.80% 837 80.40% 1,041 Millard 2,667 69.09% 1,193 30.91% 1,474 38.18% 3,860 Morgan 905 67.39% 438 32.61% 467 34.78% 1,343 Piute 548 75.27% 180 24.73% 368 50.54% 728 Rich 561 68.92% 253 31.08% 308 37.84% 814 Salt Lake 95,179 64.22% 53,038 35.78% 42,141 28.44% 148,217 San Juan 1,119 72.47% 425 27.53% 694 44.94% 1,544 Sanpete 3,883 68.59% 1,778 31.41% 2,105 37.18% 5,661 Sevier 3,646 74.74% 1,232 25.26% 2,414 49.48% 4,878 Summit 2,031 69.77% 880 30.23% 1,151 39.54% 2,911 Tooele 3,390 55.82% 2,683 44.18% 707 11.64% 6,073 Uintah 2,840 77.60% 820 22.40% 2,020 55.20% 3,660 Utah 25,371 66.56% 12,747 33.44% 12,624 33.12% 38,118 Wasatch 1,738 66.79% 864 33.21% 874 33.58% 2,602 Washington 3,172 78.34% 877 21.66% 2,295 56.68% 4,049 Wayne 499 63.81% 283 36.19% 216 27.62% 782 Weber 22,542 55.95% 17,747 44.05% 4,795 11.90% 40,289 Totals 215,631 64.56% 118,364 35.44% 97,267 29.12% 333,995 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carbon Tooele See also United States presidential elections in Utah Notes 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. References "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 22, 2017. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved July 22, 2017. "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Utah" . Retrieved July 22, 2017. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956" . Retrieved July 22, 2017. Utah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 6, 1956. Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1965). America at the Polls: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics, 1920-1964. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 461. Retrieved December 29, 2025. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.