1956 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in Virginia 1952 1960 United States presidential election in Virginia 1960 November 6, 1956 x160px Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) PennsylvaniaAlthough 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.http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/presidents.php The Presidents September 27, 2017 David Leip Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania Richard Nixon 12 386,459 55.37% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Estes Kefauver 0 267,760 38.36% File:T. Coleman Andrews.jpg T. Coleman Andrews Dixiecrat Virginia Thomas H. Werdel 0 42,964 6.16% 435px 435px County and independent city results Eisenhower #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Stevenson #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% Andrews #ff9955 50–60% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) The 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1956. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. For the previous five decades Virginia had almost completely disenfranchised its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests.Kousser J. Morgan The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880–1910 1974 Yale University Press 178–181 0-300-01696-4 So restricted was suffrage in this period that it has been calculated that a third of Virginia's electorate during the first half of the twentieth century comprised state employees and officeholders. This limited electorate allowed Virginian politics to be controlled for four decades by the Byrd Organization, as progressive "antiorganization" factions were rendered impotent by the inability of almost all their potential electorate to vote.Key Valdimer Orlando Southern Politics in State and Nation 1949 20–25 Historical fusion with the "Readjuster" Democrats,Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffrey A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968 March 19, 2020 217–221 Cambridge University Press 978-1107158436 defection of substantial proportions of the Northeast-aligned white electorate of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia over free silver,Moger Allen The Rift in Virginia Democracy in 1896 The Journal of Southern History 4 3 295–317 10.2307/2191291 2191291 and an early move towards a "lily white" Jim Crow party meant Republicans retained a small but permanent number of legislative seats and local offices in the western part of the state.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 210, 242 978-0-691-16324-6 In 1928, the GOP did carry the state's presidential electoral votes due to anti-Catholicism against Al Smith, but it was 1952 before any real changes occurred. In-migration from the traditionally Republican NortheastOld Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607–2007 Heinemann Ronald L. 357 2008 Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 978-0813927695 turned growing Washington, D.C., and Richmond suburbs Republican not just in presidential elections but in congressional ones as well,Atkinson Frank B. The Dynamic Dominion: Realignment and the Rise of Two-party Competition in Virginia, 1945–1980 2006 9780742552098 Rowman & Littlefield although the Republicans made no gains in the state legislature where all their few seats remained in the rural west. 1954 saw Virginia's politics severely jolted by Brown v. Board of Education—one of whose component cases Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, originated from a student protest in the state. Despite calls by Governor Thomas B. Stanley for a "calm" and "dispassionate" response, the Byrd machine recognised that segregation could unite most of Virginia's electorate behind it and avert criticism of its other policies.Webb Clive Klarman Michael Why Massive Resistance? Southern Politics and the Second Reconstruction 21–38 1976 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 080181667X State representative Howard W. Smith played a major role drafting the "Southern Manifesto",Dierenfield Bruce J. Keeper of the rules: Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia 1987 148 University Press of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 0813910684 which was signed by Virginia's entire congressional delegation, including its two GOP representatives. Although Eisenhower refused to publicly endorse Brown, the fact that he had appointed Brown author Earl Warren meant that there was substantial anger in the Southside, and as in 1948 a "states' rights" ticket,Bartley Numan V. Southern Politics and the Second Reconstruction Johns Hopkins University Press 1976 Baltimore 87–91 this time headed by Virginian former Commissioner of Internal Revenue T. Coleman Andrews, was filled and placed on the Virginia ballot in mid-September,September 16, 1956 State Slate to be Field for Andrews 1 Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond, Virginia when a poll said that 28 percent of likely voters would back a states' rights candidate if on the ballot.Latimer James 16 September 1956 Poll Shows Undecided Voters May Swing Virginia Election 1 Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond, Virginia Predictions SourceRankingAs ofRichmond Times-DispatchTossupSeptember 16, 1956The World-NewsOctober 12, 1952 Polls Say Adlai Cuts Ike's Lead of 1952 — New Readers Still Strong Back President; Andrews Scores in Va. 1 The World-News The Associated Press Roanoke, VirginiaLikely ROctober 12, 1956The Raleigh RegisterEisenhower Leading Presidential Polls by Smaller Margins The Raleigh Register Beckley, West VirginiaLikely ROctober 12, 1956The Philadelphia InquirerShoemaker Whitney October 26, 1956 The Political Scene: Virginia — Andrews' Third-Party Pictured as 2-Edged Knife 3 The Philadelphia Inquirer PhiladelphiaLikely ROctober 26, 1956The Sunday StarLatimer James Virginia October 28, 1956 The Sunday Star Washington, D.C. A-31Tilt D flipOctober 28, 1956Fort Worth Star-TelegramFinal Babson Poll Shows Eisenhower Winning Easily Fort Worth Star-Telegram CTS November 2, 1956 22Tilt D flipNovember 2, 1956Corpus Christi TimesTrohan Walter November 3, 1956 Hour of Decision Near: Eisenhower Lead Increasing Daily 4 Corpus Christi Times Chicago Tribune ServiceTossupNovember 3, 1956 Results 1956 United States presidential election in VirginiaStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1956election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 44PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Dwight Eisenhower (inc.) 386,459 55.37% 12 Democratic Adlai Stevenson 267,760 38.36% 0 States' Rights T. Coleman Andrews 42,964 6.16% 0 Social Democratic Darlington Hoopes 444 0.06% 0 Socialist Labor Eric Hass 351 0.05% 0 Totals 697,978 100.00% 12 Results by county or independent city County orcityOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2650 VA US President 1956 Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic T. Coleman AndrewsStates' Rights Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Accomack 2,823 54.25% 2,213 42.52% 162 3.11% 6 0.12% 610 11.73% 5,204 Albemarle 2,508 57.18% 1,412 32.19% 466 10.62% 0 0.00% 1,096 24.99% 4,386 Alexandria 8,633 52.48% 7,451 45.30% 357 2.17% 8 0.05% 1,182 7.18% 16,449 Alleghany 1,135 55.26% 822 40.02% 97 4.72% 0 0.00% 313 15.24% 2,054 Amelia 745 43.11% 403 23.32% 571 33.04% 9 0.52% 174"AndrewsdStevenson" In this county or city where Stevenson ran third behind Andrews, margin given is Eisenhower vote minus Andrews vote and percentage given Eisenhower percentage minus Andrews percentage. 10.07% 1,728 Amherst 1,529 42.59% 1,933 53.84% 124 3.45% 4 0.11% -404 -11.25% 3,590 Appomattox 853 40.89% 1,079 51.73% 153 7.33% 1 0.05% -226 -10.84% 2,086 Arlington 21,868 55.05% 16,674 41.97% 1,151 2.90% 32 0.08% 5,194 13.08% 39,725 Augusta 3,466 68.07% 1,484 29.14% 139 2.73% 3 0.06% 1,982 38.93% 5,092 Bath 739 58.47% 479 37.90% 45 3.56% 1 0.08% 260 20.57% 1,264 Bedford 3,148 52.07% 2,649 43.81% 241 3.99% 8 0.13% 499 8.26% 6,046 Bland 1,113 57.16% 813 41.76% 20 1.03% 1 0.05% 300 15.40% 1,947 Botetourt 2,280 60.67% 1,377 36.64% 101 2.69% 0 0.00% 903 24.03% 3,758 Bristol 1,794 51.89% 1,645 47.58% 17 0.49% 1 0.03% 149 4.31% 3,457 Brunswick 799 25.28% 1,357 42.94% 996 31.52% 8 0.25% 361"AndrewsdEisenhower" In this county or city where Eisenhower ran third behind Andrews, margin given is Stevenson vote minus Andrews vote and percentage margin Stevenson percentage minus Andrews percentage 11.42% 3,160 Buchanan 3,191 46.71% 3,616 52.94% 21 0.31% 3 0.04% -425 -6.23% 6,831 Buckingham 751 43.64% 648 37.65% 312 18.13% 10 0.58% 103 5.99% 1,721 Buena Vista 545 60.76% 326 36.34% 24 2.68% 2 0.22% 219 24.42% 897 Campbell 2,827 47.79% 2,674 45.20% 401 6.78% 14 0.24% 153 2.59% 5,916 Caroline 907 46.06% 853 43.32% 202 10.26% 7 0.36% 54 2.74% 1,969 Carroll 4,060 69.66% 1,739 29.84% 24 0.41% 5 0.09% 2,321 39.82% 5,828 Charles City 661 72.08% 174 18.97% 79 8.62% 3 0.33% 487 53.11% 917 Charlotte 791 27.86% 1,431 50.41% 605 21.31% 12 0.42% -640 -22.55% 2,839 Charlottesville 3,746 62.19% 1,783 29.60% 490 8.14% 4 0.07% 1,963 32.59% 6,023 Chesterfield 5,787 53.12% 3,306 30.35% 1,791 16.44% 10 0.09% 2,481 22.77% 10,894 Clarke 785 48.91% 725 45.17% 95 5.92% 0 0.00% 60 3.74% 1,605 Clifton Forge 1,125 61.48% 633 34.59% 71 3.88% 1 0.05% 492 26.89% 1,830 Colonial Heights 1,037 47.74% 956 44.01% 177 8.15% 2 0.09% 81 3.73% 2,172 Covington 1,639 56.34% 1,189 40.87% 79 2.72% 2 0.07% 450 15.47% 2,909 Craig 485 48.84% 501 50.45% 7 0.70% 0 0.00% -16 -1.61% 993 Culpeper 1,502 56.44% 966 36.30% 188 7.07% 5 0.19% 536 20.14% 2,661 Cumberland 566 42.91% 331 25.09% 416 31.54% 6 0.45% 150"AndrewsdStevenson" 11.37% 1,319 Danville 4,561 59.03% 2,409 31.18% 740 9.58% 16 0.21% 2,152 27.85% 7,726 Dickenson 3,444 48.15% 3,695 51.66% 8 0.11% 6 0.08% -251 -3.51% 7,153 Dinwiddie 807 30.71% 1,282 48.78% 524 19.94% 15 0.57% -475 -18.07% 2,628 Essex 597 55.48% 328 30.48% 149 13.85% 2 0.19% 269 25.00% 1,076 Fairfax 20,761 55.71% 15,633 41.95% 862 2.31% 11 0.03% 5,128 13.76% 37,267 Falls Church 1,462 53.13% 1,233 44.80% 55 2.00% 2 0.07% 229 8.33% 2,752 Fauquier 2,112 55.55% 1,567 41.22% 122 3.21% 1 0.03% 545 14.33% 3,802 Floyd 1,970 70.46% 799 28.58% 25 0.89% 2 0.07% 1,171 41.88% 2,796 Fluvanna 734 53.85% 417 30.59% 208 15.26% 4 0.29% 317 23.26% 1,363 Franklin 2,125 48.81% 2,142 49.20% 84 1.93% 3 0.07% -17 -0.39% 4,354 Frederick 1,882 56.01% 1,405 41.82% 71 2.11% 2 0.06% 477 14.19% 3,360 Fredericksburg 1,672 60.25% 934 33.66% 168 6.05% 1 0.04% 738 26.59% 2,775 Galax 761 68.31% 346 31.06% 7 0.63% 0 0.00% 415 37.25% 1,114 Giles 2,270 51.84% 2,016 46.04% 81 1.85% 12 0.27% 254 5.80% 4,379 Gloucester 1,319 57.95% 723 31.77% 223 9.80% 11 0.48% 596 26.18% 2,276 Goochland 748 50.10% 508 34.03% 233 15.61% 4 0.27% 240 16.07% 1,493 Grayson 4,039 62.18% 2,426 37.35% 26 0.40% 5 0.08% 1,613 24.83% 6,496 Greene 539 63.49% 246 28.98% 63 7.42% 1 0.12% 293 34.51% 849 Greensville 724 29.08% 994 39.92% 760 30.52% 12 0.48% 234"AndrewsdEisenhower" 9.40% 2,490 Halifax 1,782 30.73% 2,470 42.59% 1,513 26.09% 34 0.59% -688 -11.86% 5,799 Hampton 7,432 57.24% 5,108 39.34% 421 3.24% 22 0.17% 2,324 17.90% 12,983 Hanover 2,272 54.07% 1,109 26.39% 813 19.35% 8 0.19% 1,163 27.68% 4,202 Harrisonburg 2,265 78.29% 571 19.74% 56 1.94% 1 0.03% 1,694 58.55% 2,893 Henrico 12,702 60.20% 5,032 23.85% 3,354 15.89% 13 0.06% 7,670 36.35% 21,101 Henry 2,436 47.75% 2,582 50.61% 75 1.47% 9 0.18% -146 -2.86% 5,102 Highland 633 58.02% 432 39.60% 23 2.11% 3 0.27% 201 18.42% 1,091 Hopewell 1,908 53.91% 1,388 39.22% 235 6.64% 8 0.23% 520 14.69% 3,539 Isle of Wight 1,298 47.08% 1,324 48.02% 131 4.75% 4 0.15% -26 -0.94% 2,757 James City 728 62.54% 312 26.80% 122 10.48% 2 0.17% 416 35.74% 1,164 King and Queen 495 54.64% 289 31.90% 116 12.80% 6 0.66% 206 22.74% 906 King George 655 51.70% 563 44.44% 47 3.71% 2 0.16% 92 7.26% 1,267 King William 887 62.16% 357 25.02% 180 12.61% 3 0.21% 530 37.14% 1,427 Lancaster 1,380 70.66% 373 19.10% 192 9.83% 8 0.41% 1,007 51.56% 1,953 Lee 4,548 54.77% 3,714 44.73% 30 0.36% 12 0.14% 834 10.04% 8,304 Loudoun 2,489 53.41% 1,960 42.06% 205 4.40% 6 0.13% 529 11.35% 4,660 Louisa 1,152 47.43% 795 32.73% 472 19.43% 10 0.41% 357 14.70% 2,429 Lunenburg 580 24.80% 1,111 47.50% 641 27.40% 7 0.30% 470"AndrewsdEisenhower" 20.10% 2,339 Lynchburg 6,806 64.81% 3,362 32.01% 329 3.13% 5 0.05% 3,444 32.80% 10,502 Madison 850 56.86% 533 35.65% 111 7.42% 1 0.07% 317 21.21% 1,495 Martinsville 2,125 59.67% 1,368 38.42% 65 1.83% 3 0.08% 757 21.25% 3,561 Mathews 1,018 65.42% 406 26.09% 132 8.48% 0 0.00% 612 39.33% 1,556 Mecklenburg 1,498 33.78% 2,004 45.20% 920 20.75% 12 0.27% -506 -11.42% 4,434 Middlesex 721 58.00% 338 27.19% 180 14.48% 4 0.32% 383 30.81% 1,243 Montgomery 4,598 70.10% 1,848 28.18% 106 1.62% 7 0.11% 2,750 41.92% 6,559 Nansemond 1,753 40.21% 2,492 57.16% 98 2.25% 17 0.39% -739 -16.95% 4,360 Nelson 764 37.20% 1,215 59.15% 73 3.55% 2 0.10% -451 -21.95% 2,054 New Kent 510 57.95% 178 20.23% 189 21.48% 3 0.34% 321"AndrewsdStevenson" 36.47% 880 Newport News 3,779 53.26% 3,069 43.26% 237 3.34% 10 0.14% 710 10.00% 7,095 Norfolk 4,558 41.74% 6,026 55.18% 332 3.04% 4 0.04% -1,468 -13.44% 10,920 Norfolk City 18,650 54.02% 14,571 42.20% 1,285 3.72% 19 0.06% 4,079 11.82% 34,525 Northampton 1,264 51.03% 1,132 45.70% 78 3.15% 3 0.12% 132 5.33% 2,477 Northumberland 1,191 62.68% 428 22.53% 277 14.58% 4 0.21% 763 40.15% 1,900 Norton 684 55.12% 552 44.48% 4 0.32% 1 0.08% 132 10.64% 1,241 Nottoway 1,124 33.76% 1,242 37.31% 961 28.87% 2 0.06% -118 -3.55% 3,329 Orange 1,344 53.55% 794 31.63% 363 14.46% 9 0.36% 550 21.92% 2,510 Page 2,372 62.73% 1,358 35.92% 49 1.30% 2 0.05% 1,014 26.81% 3,781 Patrick 1,345 43.93% 1,677 54.77% 38 1.24% 2 0.07% -332 -10.84% 3,062 Petersburg 3,166 58.10% 1,882 34.54% 395 7.25% 6 0.11% 1,284 23.56% 5,449 Pittsylvania 2,870 36.82% 4,136 53.07% 767 9.84% 21 0.27% -1,266 -16.25% 7,794 Portsmouth 5,390 47.13% 5,683 49.69% 348 3.04% 15 0.13% -293 -2.56% 11,436 Powhatan 729 54.08% 297 22.03% 314 23.29% 8 0.59% 415"AndrewsdStevenson" 30.79% 1,348 Prince Edward 932 31.43% 437 14.74% 1,588 53.56% 8 0.27% -656"AndrewsdStevenson" -22.13% 2,965 Prince George 689 46.24% 642 43.09% 149 10.00% 10 0.67% 47 3.15% 1,490 Princess Anne 4,675 50.52% 4,342 46.93% 227 2.45% 9 0.10% 333 3.59% 9,253 Prince William 2,023 50.96% 1,851 46.62% 95 2.39% 1 0.03% 172 4.34% 3,970 Pulaski 3,517 63.05% 1,994 35.75% 65 1.17% 2 0.04% 1,523 27.30% 5,578 Radford 1,910 62.46% 1,118 36.56% 28 0.92% 2 0.07% 792 25.90% 3,058 Rappahannock 514 47.81% 523 48.65% 35 3.26% 3 0.28% -9 -0.84% 1,075 Richmond 761 67.89% 274 24.44% 85 7.58% 1 0.09% 487 43.45% 1,121 Richmond City 27,367 61.79% 10,758 24.29% 6,136 13.85% 30 0.07% 16,609 37.50% 44,291 Roanoke 7,509 69.83% 2,899 26.96% 342 3.18% 3 0.03% 4,610 42.87% 10,753 Roanoke City 16,708 69.38% 6,751 28.03% 611 2.54% 12 0.05% 9,957 41.35% 24,082 Rockbridge 2,273 66.50% 1,039 30.40% 106 3.10% 0 0.00% 1,234 36.10% 3,418 Rockingham 4,324 71.74% 1,605 26.63% 93 1.54% 5 0.08% 2,719 45.11% 6,027 Russell 3,550 49.14% 3,641 50.40% 25 0.35% 8 0.11% -91 -1.26% 7,224 Scott 5,116 58.44% 3,595 41.07% 36 0.41% 7 0.08% 1,521 17.37% 8,754 Shenandoah 4,164 69.18% 1,769 29.39% 84 1.40% 2 0.03% 2,395 39.79% 6,019 Smyth 4,771 66.23% 2,374 32.95% 56 0.78% 3 0.04% 2,397 33.28% 7,204 South Norfolk 1,521 42.14% 1,871 51.84% 212 5.87% 5 0.14% -350 -9.70% 3,609 Southampton 1,290 35.29% 2,039 55.79% 317 8.67% 9 0.25% -749 -20.50% 3,655 Spotsylvania 1,244 51.94% 993 41.46% 154 6.43% 4 0.17% 251 10.48% 2,395 Stafford 1,563 58.94% 978 36.88% 109 4.11% 2 0.08% 585 22.06% 2,652 Staunton 2,908 74.93% 843 21.72% 129 3.32% 1 0.03% 2,065 53.21% 3,881 Suffolk 1,617 57.50% 1,103 39.22% 88 3.13% 4 0.14% 514 18.28% 2,812 Surry 425 32.52% 616 47.13% 259 19.82% 7 0.54% -191 -14.61% 1,307 Sussex 785 39.31% 851 42.61% 357 17.88% 4 0.20% -66 -3.30% 1,997 Tazewell 3,960 52.55% 3,495 46.38% 75 1.00% 5 0.07% 465 6.17% 7,535 Virginia Beach 1,355 53.28% 1,111 43.69% 63 2.48% 14 0.55% 244 9.59% 2,543 Warren 2,003 58.83% 1,322 38.83% 77 2.26% 3 0.09% 681 20.00% 3,405 Warwick 4,872 56.39% 3,406 39.42% 352 4.07% 10 0.12% 1,466 16.97% 8,640 Washington 4,651 56.38% 3,547 42.99% 45 0.55% 7 0.08% 1,104 13.39% 8,250 Waynesboro 2,049 71.00% 748 25.92% 89 3.08% 0 0.00% 1,301 45.08% 2,886 Westmoreland 1,033 54.45% 695 36.64% 167 8.80% 2 0.11% 338 17.81% 1,897 Williamsburg 775 62.60% 362 29.24% 99 8.00% 2 0.16% 413 33.36% 1,238 Winchester 2,375 69.46% 945 27.64% 96 2.81% 3 0.09% 1,430 41.82% 3,419 Wise 4,871 46.41% 5,567 53.04% 51 0.49% 6 0.06% -696 -6.63% 10,495 Wythe 3,484 65.65% 1,766 33.28% 56 1.06% 1 0.02% 1,718 32.37% 5,307 York 1,759 60.10% 1,064 36.35% 100 3.42% 4 0.14% 695 23.75% 2,927Totals386,45955.37%267,76038.36%42,9646.16%7950.11%118,69917.01%697,978 Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Campbell Caroline Buckingham Charles City Goochland Hopewell Newport News Prince George Prince William Spotsylvania Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic Nottoway Rappahannock Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Unpledged Prince Edward Analysis Despite the doubts of the Sunday Star and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson and States' Rights Party nominee Andrews. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 57.37 percent of the vote. Although Andrews cut into support for both candidates, Eisenhower improved upon his 1952 margin over Stevenson, although the state was marginally less Republican relative to the nation than in 1952. Andrews' support was centered in the Southside, and he won an absolute majority in Prince Edward County, the epicenter of "Massive Resistance" to school integration and the home of his state chairman Robert B. Crawford.Stevenson Takes Lead in Southside Virginia Richmond Times-Dispatch November 7, 1956 2 Andrews was nonetheless a weak candidate and poor campaigner, limiting severely his ability to attract segregationists dissatisfied with both major parties. The major change from 1952 was a rapid trend of the modest but growing black electorate towards Eisenhower: whereas in 1952 he had won less than a quarter of black voters in Richmond and Norfolk, it is believed he won over three-quarters in 1956. 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