1956 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in Indiana 1952 1960 United States presidential election in Indiana 1960 73.7%Madison 1986 330 2.0 pp November 6, 1956 200x200px Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) PennsylvaniaEisenhower moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during his first term as president.Smith 2012 181, 542 Richard Nixon 13 1,182,811 59.90% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson II Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Estes Kefauver 0 783,908 39.70% 1956 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Stevenson #86b6f2 50–60% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower and the vice president of the United States Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic ticket of the former governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson II and the senior U.S. senator from Tennessee Estes Kefauver. Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in the national election with 457 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 109 Primary elections Republican Party 1956 Republican Party presidential primaries Indiana Republican primary, May 8, 1956Congressional Quarterly 1985 410Ike Piles Up Big Vote in State Primary https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=DCDD19560509.1.1 Decatur Daily Democrat May 9, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) 351,903 96.35 Lar Daly Republican Party (United States) 13,320 3.65 365,223 100.00 Democratic Party 1956 Democratic Party presidential primaries Indiana Democratic primary, May 8, 1956Congressional Quarterly 1985 410 Estes Kefauver Democratic Party (United States) 242,842 100.00 242,842 100.00 General election Results 1956 United States presidential election in IndianaLenning 1956 5 Dwight D. EisenhowerRichard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 1,182,811 59.90 1.79 Adlai Stevenson IIEstes Kefauver Democratic Party (United States) 783,908 39.70 1.29 Enoch HoltwickHerbert C. Holdridge Prohibition Party (United States) 6,554 0.33 0.45 Eric HassGeorgia Cozzini Socialist Labor Party of America 1,334 0.07 0.02 1,974,607 100.00 Results by county + 1956 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyLenning 1956 5 County Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % 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 TOTAL 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 Clark Lake Vermillion Vigo Results by congressional district A majority of the vote in all districts went to Dwight D. Eisenhower in Indiana that year.1956 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://wwu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=210a8e47ad3644798f210ef98680ff6c 2026-05-20 Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election Results DistrictEisenhowerStevenson1st52.2%47.8%2nd68.4%31.6%3rd58.4%41.6%4th68%32%5th60.2%39.8%6th59%41%7th58.9%41.1%8th56.5%43.5%9th59.2%40.8%10th59.8%40.2%11st62.1%37.9% See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Note References Bibliography Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 2nd 1985 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 978-0-87187-339-2 https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse Lenning Frank A. Annual Election Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana: 1956 General Election Statistics 1956 Indiana Secretary of State Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c061414560&seq=133 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Petersen Svend A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections 1963 Frederick Ungar Publishing Company New York 62-21786 https://archive.org/details/statisticalhisto00pete Smith Jean Edward Eisenhower in War and Peace 2012 Random House New York https://archive.org/details/eisenhowerinwarp0000smit Indiana 1956 Category:1956 Indiana elections