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
  CAC CC 001 18 6 0000 0519.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 congressional districts

State at-large
CandidatePartyVotes%
Marvin Griffin Democratic Party 444,38833.49
B. D. Murphy Democratic Party 441,93933.31
Robert R. Snodgrass Republican Party 222,77816.79
William B. Shartzer Republican Party 217,66716.41
Total1,326,772100.00
Source: [7]
1st congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
H. N. Ramsey, Sr. Democratic Party 441,83267.07
James L. Sundy Republican Party 216,95932.93
Total658,791100.00
Source: [7]
2nd congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Max Nussbaum Democratic Party 441,30967.05
Russell E. Kaliher Republican Party 216,86432.95
Total658,173100.00
Source: [7]
3rd congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Dallas Chalker Democratic Party 441,26067.05
James M. Brophy Republican Party 216,82632.95
Total658,086100.00
Source: [7]
4th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Quimby Melton, Sr. Democratic Party 442,19867.07
Enoch Callaway Republican Party 217,06432.93
Total659,262100.00
Source: [7]
5th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Samuel Hewlett, Sr. Democratic Party 442,12367.08
Charles Moye Republican Party 216,93732.92
Total659,060100.00
Source: [7]
6th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ben Warren Democratic Party 441,51167.06
Mrs. J. Marvin Elliott Republican Party 216,91932.94
Total658,430100.00
Source: [7]
7th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
J. A. Andrews Democratic Party 441,60367.06
Clyde P. Smith Republican Party 216,91532.94
Total658,518100.00
Source: [7]
8th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
McGregor Mayo Democratic Party 441,26367.06
J. M. Kent Republican Party 216,76032.94
Total658,023100.00
Source: [7]
9th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Mrs. Charles T. Graves Democratic Party 441,42267.06
Cecil Hartness Republican Party 216,84932.94
Total658,271100.00
Source: [7]
10th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Howard B. Payne Democratic Party 441,34067.05
Gene Gilber Republican Party 216,85832.95
Total658,198100.00
Source: [7]

Results by county

CountyAdlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast [8]
# %# %# %# %
Appling 1,71972.56%50621.36%1446.08%1,21351.20%2,369
Atkinson 1,71993.37%1226.63%1,59786.75%1,841
Bacon 2,44586.12%39413.88%2,05172.24%2,839
Baker 78396.07%323.93%75192.15%815
Baldwin 2,27567.69%1,08032.13%60.18%1,19535.55%3,361
Banks 99083.97%18715.86%20.17%80368.11%1,179
Barrow 2,26683.68%44216.32%1,82467.36%2,708
Bartow 3,64070.32%1,53629.68%2,10440.65%5,176
Ben Hill 2,15079.39%55420.46%40.15%1,59658.94%2,708
Berrien 2,40393.47%1676.50%10.04%2,23686.97%2,571
Bibb 15,38267.61%7,36832.39%8,01435.23%22,750
Bleckley 1,53791.87%1368.13%1,40183.74%1,673
Brantley 1,20884.12%22815.88%98068.25%1,436
Brooks 1,93677.84%53421.47%170.68%1,40256.37%2,487
Bryan 1,24278.81%33121.00%30.19%91157.80%1,576
Bulloch 3,41479.12%90120.88%2,51358.24%4,315
Burke 1,30063.45%72135.19%281.37%57928.26%2,049
Butts 1,88585.37%32314.63%1,56270.74%2,208
Calhoun 1,09490.71%1078.87%50.41%98781.84%1,206
Camden 1,17853.69%1,01446.22%20.09%1647.47%2,194
Candler 99675.57%30823.37%141.06%68852.20%1,318
Carroll 4,85573.93%1,71226.07%3,14347.86%6,567
Catoosa 2,16360.37%1,33637.29%842.34%82723.08%3,583
Charlton 75078.62%20421.38%54657.23%954
Chatham 9,58736.73%16,51263.27%-6,925-26.53%26,099
Chattahoochee 10771.33%4328.67%6442.67%150
Chattooga 3,82369.43%1,68230.55%10.02%2,14138.88%5,506
Cherokee 2,11053.57%1,82946.43%2817.13%3,939
Clarke 4,25766.82%2,10733.07%70.11%2,15033.75%6,371
Clay 39078.16%10320.64%61.20%28757.52%499
Clayton 5,52277.61%1,59322.39%3,92955.22%7,115
Clinch 1,57975.30%51824.70%1,06150.60%2,097
Cobb 11,69663.19%6,79836.73%160.09%4,89826.46%18,510
Coffee 3,19984.76%57415.21%10.03%2,62569.55%3,774
Colquitt 4,41276.53%1,33623.17%170.29%3,07653.36%5,765
Columbia 86665.16%46334.84%40330.32%1,329
Cook 2,10089.51%24510.44%10.04%1,85579.07%2,346
Coweta 3,00377.90%85022.05%20.05%2,15355.85%3,855
Crawford 77987.23%10912.21%50.56%67075.03%893
Crisp 2,52675.04%83524.81%50.15%1,69150.24%3,366
Dade 86354.41%72345.59%1408.83%1,586
Dawson 72154.05%61345.95%1088.10%1,334
Decatur 3,69977.69%1,06222.31%2,63755.39%4,761
DeKalb 30,33665.46%15,97934.48%260.06%14,35730.98%46,341
Dodge 3,47982.46%73817.49%20.05%2,74164.97%4,219
Dooly 1,85191.41%1748.59%1,67782.81%2,025
Dougherty 4,12654.92%3,24843.23%1391.85%87811.69%7,513
Douglas 2,11167.83%1,00132.17%1,11035.67%3,112
Early 1,81890.27%1939.58%30.15%1,62580.69%2,014
Echols 53079.58%13420.12%20.30%39659.46%666
Effingham 61144.63%63746.53%1218.84%-26-1.90%1,369
Elbert 3,63588.98%44710.94%30.07%3,18878.04%4,085
Emanuel 2,37377.75%67922.25%1,69455.50%3,052
Evans 1,15476.27%35623.53%30.20%79852.74%1,513
Fannin 1,94535.58%3,52164.42%-1,576-28.83%5,466
Fayette 1,30890.46%1389.54%1,17080.91%1,446
Floyd 6,63352.69%5,95547.31%6785.39%12,588
Forsyth 1,99863.85%1,13136.15%86727.71%3,129
Franklin 2,96892.03%2537.84%40.12%2,71584.19%3,225
Fulton 52,06255.85%40,96643.95%1910.20%11,09611.90%93,219
Gilmer 1,27540.68%1,85759.25%20.06%-582-18.57%3,134
Glascock 31473.88%11025.88%10.24%20448.00%425
Glynn 3,07149.78%3,09850.22%-27-0.44%6,169
Gordon 1,97265.67%1,02534.13%60.20%94731.54%3,003
Grady 2,69784.47%49615.53%2,20168.93%3,193
Greene 2,01278.75%54121.17%20.08%1,47157.57%2,555
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%3,23737.03%8,741
Hancock 86070.84%35429.16%50641.68%1,214
Haralson 2,47252.71%2,21847.29%2545.42%4,690
Harris 1,32869.86%56329.62%100.53%76540.24%1,901
Hart 2,01694.51%1175.49%1,89989.03%2,133
Heard 1,10685.08%19414.92%91270.15%1,300
Henry 2,63675.66%84824.34%1,78851.32%3,484
Houston 4,48380.76%1,06019.10%80.14%3,42361.66%5,551
Irwin 1,55483.28%31216.72%1,24266.56%1,866
Jackson 3,10087.40%43812.35%90.25%2,66275.05%3,547
Jasper 96276.96%28823.04%67453.92%1,250
Jeff Davis 1,65686.84%24712.95%40.21%1,40973.89%1,907
Jefferson 1,35672.01%51527.35%120.64%84144.66%1,883
Jenkins 1,00078.62%26120.52%110.86%73958.10%1,272
Johnson 1,60785.98%1799.58%834.44%1,42876.40%1,869
Jones 1,20875.69%38223.93%60.38%82651.75%1,596
Lamar 1,53173.39%55526.61%97646.79%2,086
Lanier 89085.25%15214.56%20.19%73870.69%1,044
Laurens 5,08581.05%1,18918.95%3,89662.10%6,274
Lee 53285.81%7912.74%91.45%45373.06%620
Liberty 89247.98%96752.02%-75-4.03%1,859
Lincoln 69681.79%15518.21%54163.57%851
Long 1,19580.96%28119.04%91461.92%1,476
Lowndes 3,93664.66%2,13535.07%160.26%1,80129.59%6,087
Lumpkin 69358.78%48641.22%20717.56%1,179
McDuffie 1,03961.48%64938.40%20.12%39023.08%1,690
McIntosh 62441.32%88658.68%-262-17.35%1,510
Macon 1,98484.28%36315.42%70.30%1,62168.86%2,354
Madison 2,22293.24%1616.76%2,06186.49%2,383
Marion 61879.64%15820.36%46059.28%776
Meriwether 3,13783.97%59215.85%70.19%2,54568.12%3,736
Miller 1,56377.99%44122.01%1,12255.99%2,004
Mitchell 2,73587.35%38212.20%140.45%2,35375.15%3,131
Monroe 1,54575.33%50624.67%1,03950.66%2,051
Montgomery 1,05279.40%27120.45%20.15%78158.94%1,325
Morgan 1,49285.85%24614.15%1,24671.69%1,738
Murray 1,81961.39%1,14438.61%67522.78%2,963
Muscogee 8,16049.39%8,17649.48%1871.13%-16-0.10%16,523
Newton 3,23285.87%53214.13%2,70071.73%3,764
Oconee 1,15978.42%31421.24%50.34%84557.17%1,478
Oglethorpe 1,40489.31%16710.62%10.06%1,23778.69%1,572
Paulding 1,59962.98%94037.02%65925.96%2,539
Peach 1,54176.86%46122.99%30.15%1,08053.87%2,005
Pickens 1,23634.55%2,34165.45%-1,105-30.89%3,577
Pierce 1,76682.06%38617.94%1,38064.13%2,152
Pike 1,06783.56%21016.44%85767.11%1,277
Polk 4,50268.20%2,09831.78%10.02%2,40436.42%6,601
Pulaski 1,42289.27%17110.73%1,25178.53%1,593
Putnam 1,09380.31%26819.69%82560.62%1,361
Quitman 35591.97%318.03%32483.94%386
Rabun 1,39176.94%41322.84%40.22%97854.09%1,808
Randolph 1,58274.31%54725.69%1,03548.61%2,129
Richmond 6,81939.27%10,25159.03%2951.70%-3,432-19.76%17,365
Rockdale 1,77978.61%48421.39%1,29557.22%2,263
Schley 44178.05%11720.71%71.24%32457.35%565
Screven 1,33271.42%52127.94%120.64%81143.49%1,865
Seminole 1,34391.11%1298.75%20.14%1,21482.36%1,474
Spalding 4,85376.68%1,45823.04%180.28%3,39553.64%6,329
Stephens 2,59579.14%68420.86%1,91158.28%3,279
Stewart 69273.70%23525.03%121.28%45748.67%939
Sumter 2,14966.45%73022.57%35510.98%1,41943.88%3,234
Talbot 71083.73%13616.04%20.24%57467.69%848
Taliaferro 59978.92%16021.08%43957.84%759
Tattnall 1,88181.04%44018.96%1,44162.09%2,321
Taylor 1,35982.76%27616.81%70.43%1,08365.96%1,642
Telfair 2,07587.96%28412.04%1,79175.92%2,359
Terrell 1,30186.27%20313.46%40.27%1,09872.81%1,508
Thomas 3,52261.12%2,24038.88%1,28222.25%5,762
Tift 3,12376.49%96023.51%2,16352.98%4,083
Toombs 2,39780.90%56519.07%10.03%1,83261.83%2,963
Towns 88544.67%1,09655.33%-211-10.65%1,981
Treutlen 96089.14%11710.86%84378.27%1,077
Troup 6,16273.48%2,21426.40%100.12%3,94847.08%8,386
Turner 1,39879.79%35420.21%1,04459.59%1,752
Twiggs 1,00286.08%15813.57%40.34%84472.51%1,164
Union 1,38650.47%1,36049.53%260.95%2,746
Upson 3,42282.78%71217.22%2,71065.55%4,134
Walker 3,69350.12%3,55248.21%1231.67%1411.91%7,368
Walton 3,27187.37%47012.55%30.08%2,80174.81%3,744
Ware 5,88872.12%2,27627.88%3,61244.24%8,164
Warren 67579.13%15217.82%263.05%52361.31%853
Washington 2,53080.70%60219.20%30.10%1,92861.50%3,135
Wayne 2,08468.69%95031.31%1,13437.38%3,034
Webster 29585.26%5114.74%24470.52%346
Wheeler 99386.88%15013.12%84373.75%1,143
White 1,10070.11%46929.89%63140.22%1,569
Whitfield 4,26450.35%4,20549.65%590.70%8,469
Wilcox 1,68687.90%23212.10%1,45475.81%1,918
Wilkes 1,71484.06%30514.96%200.98%1,40969.10%2,039
Wilkinson 1,29976.68%39323.20%20.12%90653.48%1,694
Worth 2,07887.49%29312.34%40.17%1,78575.16%2,375
Totals444,68866.41%222,77833.27%2,1890.33%221,91033.14%669,655

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.

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