1956 United States presidential election in Indiana
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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.
Indiana was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.90% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.70% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 1,182,811 | 59.90% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 783,908 | 39.70% | |
| Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick | 6,554 | 0.33% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 1,334 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 1,974,607 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 7,079 | 66.11% | 3,520 | 32.87% | 109 | 1.02% | 3,559 | 33.24% | 10,708 |
| Allen | 58,210 | 69.43% | 25,444 | 30.35% | 190 | 0.23% | 32,766 | 39.08% | 83,844 |
| Bartholomew | 12,227 | 59.78% | 8,134 | 39.77% | 92 | 0.45% | 4,093 | 20.01% | 20,453 |
| Benton | 4,004 | 67.02% | 1,961 | 32.83% | 9 | 0.15% | 2,043 | 34.19% | 5,974 |
| Blackford | 3,855 | 54.52% | 3,152 | 44.58% | 64 | 0.91% | 703 | 9.94% | 7,071 |
| Boone | 8,573 | 61.56% | 5,318 | 38.19% | 35 | 0.25% | 3,255 | 23.37% | 13,926 |
| Brown | 1,649 | 51.23% | 1,555 | 48.31% | 15 | 0.47% | 94 | 2.92% | 3,219 |
| Carroll | 5,748 | 63.26% | 3,312 | 36.45% | 26 | 0.29% | 2,436 | 26.81% | 9,086 |
| Cass | 12,624 | 62.19% | 7,594 | 37.41% | 81 | 0.40% | 5,030 | 24.78% | 20,299 |
| Clark | 12,483 | 51.09% | 11,871 | 48.59% | 79 | 0.32% | 612 | 2.50% | 24,433 |
| Clay | 7,302 | 55.91% | 5,720 | 43.79% | 39 | 0.30% | 1,582 | 12.12% | 13,061 |
| Clinton | 9,690 | 60.44% | 6,268 | 39.10% | 74 | 0.46% | 3,422 | 21.34% | 16,032 |
| Crawford | 2,694 | 51.96% | 2,433 | 46.92% | 58 | 1.12% | 261 | 5.04% | 5,185 |
| Daviess | 8,608 | 62.80% | 5,057 | 36.89% | 42 | 0.31% | 3,551 | 25.91% | 13,707 |
| Dearborn | 7,189 | 56.40% | 5,535 | 43.43% | 22 | 0.17% | 1,654 | 12.97% | 12,746 |
| Decatur | 6,390 | 64.87% | 3,427 | 34.79% | 34 | 0.35% | 2,963 | 30.08% | 9,851 |
| DeKalb | 9,061 | 66.75% | 4,435 | 32.67% | 79 | 0.58% | 4,626 | 34.08% | 13,575 |
| Delaware | 24,792 | 54.10% | 20,818 | 45.43% | 217 | 0.47% | 3,974 | 8.67% | 45,827 |
| Dubois | 6,942 | 57.19% | 5,177 | 42.65% | 20 | 0.16% | 1,765 | 14.54% | 12,139 |
| Elkhart | 28,088 | 69.05% | 12,363 | 30.39% | 226 | 0.56% | 15,725 | 38.66% | 40,677 |
| Fayette | 6,673 | 56.26% | 5,156 | 43.47% | 33 | 0.28% | 1,517 | 12.79% | 11,862 |
| Floyd | 10,410 | 55.18% | 8,378 | 44.41% | 77 | 0.41% | 2,032 | 10.77% | 18,865 |
| Fountain | 6,456 | 63.11% | 3,751 | 36.67% | 23 | 0.22% | 2,705 | 26.44% | 10,230 |
| Franklin | 4,429 | 63.02% | 2,573 | 36.61% | 26 | 0.37% | 1,856 | 26.41% | 7,028 |
| Fulton | 6,258 | 67.59% | 2,945 | 31.81% | 56 | 0.60% | 3,313 | 35.78% | 9,259 |
| Gibson | 9,256 | 55.58% | 7,318 | 43.94% | 79 | 0.47% | 1,938 | 11.64% | 16,653 |
| Grant | 17,548 | 64.50% | 9,455 | 34.75% | 203 | 0.75% | 8,093 | 29.75% | 27,206 |
| Greene | 8,722 | 54.62% | 7,186 | 45.00% | 61 | 0.38% | 1,536 | 9.62% | 15,969 |
| Hamilton | 11,220 | 68.96% | 4,974 | 30.57% | 77 | 0.47% | 6,246 | 38.39% | 16,271 |
| Hancock | 6,962 | 59.93% | 4,600 | 39.60% | 55 | 0.47% | 2,362 | 20.33% | 11,617 |
| Harrison | 5,299 | 54.92% | 4,266 | 44.22% | 83 | 0.86% | 1,033 | 10.70% | 9,648 |
| Hendricks | 10,578 | 65.58% | 5,521 | 34.23% | 30 | 0.19% | 5,057 | 31.35% | 16,129 |
| Henry | 13,750 | 61.33% | 8,502 | 37.92% | 166 | 0.74% | 5,248 | 23.41% | 22,418 |
| Howard | 17,234 | 58.26% | 12,159 | 41.10% | 188 | 0.64% | 5,075 | 17.16% | 29,581 |
| Huntington | 11,024 | 64.15% | 6,027 | 35.07% | 133 | 0.77% | 4,997 | 29.08% | 17,184 |
| Jackson | 8,375 | 57.30% | 6,185 | 42.31% | 57 | 0.39% | 2,190 | 14.99% | 14,617 |
| Jasper | 5,374 | 72.63% | 2,004 | 27.08% | 21 | 0.28% | 3,370 | 45.55% | 7,399 |
| Jay | 6,767 | 59.08% | 4,571 | 39.91% | 116 | 1.01% | 2,196 | 19.17% | 11,454 |
| Jefferson | 6,632 | 60.27% | 4,344 | 39.48% | 28 | 0.25% | 2,288 | 20.79% | 11,004 |
| Jennings | 4,502 | 60.72% | 2,879 | 38.83% | 33 | 0.45% | 1,623 | 21.89% | 7,414 |
| Johnson | 10,125 | 62.15% | 6,125 | 37.60% | 41 | 0.25% | 4,000 | 24.55% | 16,291 |
| Knox | 13,047 | 59.85% | 8,691 | 39.87% | 63 | 0.29% | 4,356 | 19.98% | 21,801 |
| Kosciusko | 12,777 | 71.68% | 4,904 | 27.51% | 143 | 0.80% | 7,873 | 44.17% | 17,824 |
| LaGrange | 3,815 | 70.47% | 1,562 | 28.85% | 37 | 0.68% | 2,253 | 41.61% | 5,414 |
| Lake | 92,803 | 52.00% | 85,000 | 47.63% | 657 | 0.37% | 7,803 | 4.37% | 178,460 |
| LaPorte | 24,622 | 62.90% | 14,417 | 36.83% | 103 | 0.26% | 10,205 | 26.07% | 39,142 |
| Lawrence | 11,090 | 63.93% | 6,197 | 35.73% | 59 | 0.34% | 4,893 | 28.20% | 17,346 |
| Madison | 30,329 | 54.21% | 25,408 | 45.42% | 206 | 0.37% | 4,921 | 8.79% | 55,943 |
| Marion | 162,566 | 61.97% | 99,102 | 37.78% | 679 | 0.26% | 63,464 | 24.19% | 262,347 |
| Marshall | 10,504 | 65.72% | 5,398 | 33.78% | 80 | 0.50% | 5,106 | 31.94% | 15,982 |
| Martin | 2,946 | 55.63% | 2,343 | 44.24% | 7 | 0.13% | 603 | 11.39% | 5,296 |
| Miami | 9,574 | 62.28% | 5,724 | 37.24% | 74 | 0.48% | 3,850 | 25.04% | 15,372 |
| Monroe | 13,223 | 62.92% | 7,732 | 36.79% | 60 | 0.29% | 5,491 | 26.13% | 21,015 |
| Montgomery | 10,418 | 65.41% | 5,443 | 34.17% | 66 | 0.41% | 4,975 | 31.24% | 15,927 |
| Morgan | 8,318 | 63.48% | 4,735 | 36.14% | 50 | 0.38% | 3,583 | 27.34% | 13,103 |
| Newton | 3,890 | 74.49% | 1,316 | 25.20% | 16 | 0.31% | 2,574 | 49.29% | 5,222 |
| Noble | 8,175 | 66.64% | 4,028 | 32.84% | 64 | 0.52% | 4,147 | 33.80% | 12,267 |
| Ohio | 1,237 | 53.07% | 1,087 | 46.63% | 7 | 0.30% | 150 | 6.44% | 2,331 |
| Orange | 5,751 | 62.37% | 3,438 | 37.28% | 32 | 0.35% | 2,313 | 25.09% | 9,221 |
| Owen | 3,685 | 58.48% | 2,581 | 40.96% | 35 | 0.56% | 1,104 | 17.52% | 6,301 |
| Parke | 5,080 | 59.04% | 3,502 | 40.70% | 22 | 0.26% | 1,578 | 18.34% | 8,604 |
| Perry | 4,946 | 55.00% | 4,037 | 44.89% | 10 | 0.11% | 909 | 10.11% | 8,993 |
| Pike | 4,596 | 57.34% | 3,353 | 41.83% | 66 | 0.82% | 1,243 | 15.51% | 8,015 |
| Porter | 14,970 | 72.71% | 5,574 | 27.07% | 45 | 0.22% | 9,396 | 45.64% | 20,589 |
| Posey | 5,780 | 59.44% | 3,919 | 40.30% | 25 | 0.26% | 1,861 | 19.14% | 9,724 |
| Pulaski | 4,117 | 62.07% | 2,424 | 36.54% | 92 | 1.39% | 1,693 | 25.53% | 6,633 |
| Putnam | 6,684 | 59.26% | 4,572 | 40.53% | 24 | 0.21% | 2,112 | 18.73% | 11,280 |
| Randolph | 9,020 | 65.02% | 4,701 | 33.89% | 152 | 1.10% | 4,319 | 31.13% | 13,873 |
| Ripley | 6,577 | 61.85% | 4,026 | 37.86% | 30 | 0.28% | 2,551 | 23.99% | 10,633 |
| Rush | 6,202 | 64.69% | 3,346 | 34.90% | 39 | 0.41% | 2,856 | 29.79% | 9,587 |
| St. Joseph | 57,827 | 51.41% | 54,152 | 48.15% | 493 | 0.44% | 3,675 | 3.26% | 112,472 |
| Scott | 3,117 | 50.63% | 3,011 | 48.91% | 28 | 0.45% | 106 | 1.72% | 6,156 |
| Shelby | 9,170 | 58.00% | 6,561 | 41.50% | 80 | 0.51% | 2,609 | 16.50% | 15,811 |
| Spencer | 5,404 | 60.31% | 3,530 | 39.40% | 26 | 0.29% | 1,874 | 20.91% | 8,960 |
| Starke | 5,063 | 59.94% | 3,349 | 39.65% | 35 | 0.41% | 1,714 | 20.29% | 8,447 |
| Steuben | 5,538 | 71.56% | 2,171 | 28.05% | 30 | 0.39% | 3,367 | 43.51% | 7,739 |
| Sullivan | 5,829 | 48.79% | 6,048 | 50.63% | 69 | 0.58% | -219 | -1.84% | 11,946 |
| Switzerland | 2,074 | 49.28% | 2,114 | 50.23% | 21 | 0.50% | -40 | -0.95% | 4,209 |
| Tippecanoe | 23,776 | 70.25% | 9,995 | 29.53% | 72 | 0.21% | 13,781 | 40.72% | 33,843 |
| Tipton | 4,939 | 59.47% | 3,320 | 39.98% | 46 | 0.55% | 1,619 | 19.49% | 8,305 |
| Union | 2,026 | 63.47% | 1,157 | 36.25% | 9 | 0.28% | 869 | 27.22% | 3,192 |
| Vanderburgh | 42,462 | 57.68% | 30,860 | 41.92% | 297 | 0.40% | 11,602 | 15.76% | 73,619 |
| Vermillion | 5,352 | 50.81% | 5,149 | 48.88% | 32 | 0.30% | 203 | 1.93% | 10,533 |
| Vigo | 25,253 | 50.44% | 24,680 | 49.29% | 135 | 0.27% | 573 | 1.15% | 50,068 |
| Wabash | 10,318 | 71.18% | 4,085 | 28.18% | 93 | 0.64% | 6,233 | 43.00% | 14,496 |
| Warren | 2,979 | 67.61% | 1,408 | 31.96% | 19 | 0.43% | 1,571 | 35.65% | 4,406 |
| Warrick | 6,286 | 57.21% | 4,668 | 42.49% | 33 | 0.30% | 1,618 | 14.72% | 10,987 |
| Washington | 4,864 | 55.66% | 3,849 | 44.04% | 26 | 0.30% | 1,015 | 11.62% | 8,739 |
| Wayne | 20,157 | 61.76% | 12,337 | 37.80% | 144 | 0.44% | 7,820 | 23.96% | 32,638 |
| Wells | 5,703 | 58.32% | 3,984 | 40.74% | 91 | 0.93% | 1,719 | 17.58% | 9,778 |
| White | 6,708 | 67.42% | 3,219 | 32.36% | 22 | 0.22% | 3,489 | 35.06% | 9,949 |
| Whitley | 6,422 | 63.23% | 3,688 | 36.31% | 47 | 0.46% | 2,734 | 26.92% | 10,157 |
| Totals | 1,182,811 | 59.90% | 783,908 | 39.70% | 7,888 | 0.40% | 398,903 | 20.20% | 1,974,607 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Note
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 9, 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 9, 2017.
- ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
