1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election 1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1952 1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1960 83.15%http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/historical-voter-turnout-statistics/ Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State www.sos.state.mn.us en 2017-07-22 November 6, 1956 x200px 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 his 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.https://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 11 719,302 53.68% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Illinois Estes Kefauver 0 617,525 46.08% 320px 320px County results Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Stevenson #B9D7FF 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) The 1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state over former Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson by a margin of 101,777 votes, or 7.6%, which made Minnesota 8% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower went on to win the election nationally, with 457 electoral votes and a landslide 15.4% lead over Stevenson in the popular vote. The 1956 presidential election was a rematch of the 1952 election, in which Eisenhower also defeated Stevenson, both nationally and in Minnesota. Eisenhower is also the last Republican to carry the state twice. The Democratic nomination campaign leading into 1956 presidential election may have had a major role in the end of the political career of Coya Knutson, the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, in a ploy to win a possible vice presidential nomination for its rising star, U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey, desperately attempted to ensure that Stevenson would win in the DFL Presidential Primary in Minnesota that year. However, Congresswoman Knutson, believing that the agricultural policy positions of U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee would have been more beneficial to her constituents, instead endorsed and campaigned on behalf of Kefauver. In part due to Knutson's efforts, Kefauver won the March 20th Minnesota Presidential Primary; as a result, when Stevenson was ultimately nominated, Kefauver was chosen as his running mate. Two years later, shortly before the 1958 DFL state convention, a letter signed but not written by Knutson's husband was circulated to reporters. The contents of the letter played on anxieties over deviations from the rigid gender roles of the time, and its publication by newspapers essentially ensured Knutson's defeat in her bid for re-election that year. It has been alleged by several individuals, including Concordia College political science professor Harding Noblitt, Knutson biographer Gretchen Beito, and numerous people who were close to Knutson, that either DFL state leadership or local operatives wrote the letter and bribed Knutson's husband to sign it, as a means to exact retribution against the Congresswoman for denying Humphrey a shot at the vice presidential nomination in 1956.https://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/05/16_gundersond_coya/ 2016-10-04 Coya's story Minnesota Public Radio This was the last time Minnesota voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon, won the state in his re-election bid in 1972, after which it has always voted Democratic. After 1956, no Republican presidential nominee would get over 70% of the vote in any Minnesota county again until Donald Trump in 2016. Results 1956 United States presidential election in Minnesotahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1956&fips=27&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 2016-10-04 1956 Presidential Election Results, 1956 Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) 719,302 53.68% 11 Democratic (DFL) Adlai Stevenson 617,525 46.08% 0 Industrial Government Eric Hass 2,080 0.16% 0 Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 1,098 0.08% 0 Totals 1,340,005 100.00% 11 Voter turnout 83% — Results by county County Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDFL Eric HassOur Campaigns; MN US President Race, November 06, 1956Industrial Government Farrell DobbsSocialist Workers Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Aitkin 2,762 50.18% 2,733 49.65% 3 0.05% 6 0.11% 29 0.53% 5,504 Anoka 9,359 44.37% 11,697 55.46% 23 0.11% 13 0.06% -2,338 -11.09% 21,092 Becker 4,608 49.81% 4,619 49.93% 15 0.16% 9 0.10% -11 -0.12% 9,251 Beltrami 3,974 50.97% 3,807 48.83% 2 0.03% 14 0.18% 167 2.14% 7,797 Benton 3,591 57.77% 2,609 41.97% 8 0.13% 8 0.13% 982 15.80% 6,216 Big Stone 1,737 44.25% 2,180 55.54% 5 0.13% 3 0.08% -443 -11.29% 3,925 Blue Earth 11,398 67.50% 5,467 32.38% 14 0.08% 7 0.04% 5,931 35.12% 16,886 Brown 7,965 72.02% 3,067 27.73% 11 0.10% 16 0.14% 4,898 44.29% 11,059 Carlton 4,168 39.04% 6,484 60.73% 16 0.15% 9 0.08% -2,316 -21.69% 10,677 Carver 6,226 72.49% 2,334 27.17% 14 0.16% 15 0.17% 3,892 45.32% 8,589 Cass 4,007 59.23% 2,748 40.62% 4 0.06% 6 0.09% 1,259 18.61% 6,765 Chippewa 3,623 51.32% 3,434 48.64% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% 189 2.68% 7,060 Chisago 3,413 55.47% 2,731 44.38% 4 0.07% 5 0.08% 682 11.09% 6,153 Clay 6,783 52.77% 6,057 47.12% 8 0.06% 7 0.05% 726 5.65% 12,855 Clearwater 1,464 40.11% 2,171 59.48% 6 0.16% 9 0.25% -707 -19.37% 3,650 Cook 1,078 61.67% 668 38.22% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 410 23.45% 1,748 Cottonwood 4,619 66.29% 2,344 33.64% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% 2,275 32.65% 6,968 Crow Wing 6,657 54.37% 5,556 45.38% 15 0.12% 15 0.12% 1,101 8.99% 12,243 Dakota 13,112 50.74% 12,672 49.04% 35 0.14% 20 0.08% 440 1.70% 25,839 Dodge 3,205 63.78% 1,814 36.10% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 1,391 27.68% 5,025 Douglas 5,114 54.87% 4,194 45.00% 7 0.08% 5 0.05% 920 9.87% 9,320 Faribault 6,886 65.80% 3,554 33.96% 22 0.21% 3 0.03% 3,332 31.84% 10,465 Fillmore 7,004 67.09% 3,427 32.83% 5 0.05% 4 0.04% 3,577 34.26% 10,440 Freeborn 7,632 51.63% 7,138 48.29% 7 0.05% 4 0.03% 494 3.34% 14,781 Goodhue 9,365 65.25% 4,969 34.62% 12 0.08% 7 0.05% 4,396 30.63% 14,353 Grant 2,064 49.41% 2,107 50.44% 5 0.12% 1 0.02% -43 -1.03% 4,177 Hennepin 183,248 55.01% 149,341 44.83% 266 0.08% 257 0.08% 33,907 10.18% 333,112 Houston 4,538 67.93% 2,133 31.93% 6 0.09% 3 0.04% 2,405 36.00% 6,680 Hubbard 2,453 62.69% 1,454 37.16% 2 0.05% 4 0.10% 999 25.53% 3,913 Isanti 2,348 47.35% 2,605 52.53% 2 0.04% 4 0.08% -257 -5.18% 4,959 Itasca 6,408 42.22% 8,737 57.56% 12 0.08% 21 0.14% -2,329 -15.34% 15,178 Jackson 3,543 52.23% 3,232 47.64% 7 0.10% 2 0.03% 311 4.59% 6,784 Kanabec 1,950 52.80% 1,736 47.01% 3 0.08% 4 0.11% 214 5.79% 3,693 Kandiyohi 5,445 44.25% 6,834 55.54% 14 0.11% 12 0.10% -1,389 -11.29% 12,305 Kittson 1,569 41.31% 2,222 58.50% 3 0.08% 4 0.11% -653 -17.19% 3,798 Koochiching 2,757 42.65% 3,695 57.15% 6 0.09% 7 0.11% -938 -14.50% 6,465 Lac qui Parle 3,276 53.63% 2,826 46.27% 4 0.07% 2 0.03% 450 7.36% 6,108 Lake 2,055 39.96% 3,079 59.87% 6 0.12% 3 0.06% -1,024 -19.91% 5,143 Lake of the Woods 723 40.69% 1,048 58.98% 3 0.17% 3 0.17% -325 -18.29% 1,777 Le Sueur 5,026 58.45% 3,556 41.35% 11 0.13% 6 0.07% 1,470 17.10% 8,599 Lincoln 2,060 46.92% 2,316 52.76% 10 0.23% 4 0.09% -256 -5.84% 4,390 Lyon 5,188 55.27% 4,190 44.64% 2 0.02% 6 0.06% 998 10.63% 9,386 Mahnomen 875 36.58% 1,513 63.25% 2 0.08% 2 0.08% -638 -26.67% 2,392 Marshall 2,519 41.93% 3,478 57.90% 8 0.13% 2 0.03% -959 -15.97% 6,007 Martin 8,152 71.16% 3,289 28.71% 9 0.08% 6 0.05% 4,863 42.45% 11,456 McLeod 6,743 68.61% 3,068 31.22% 13 0.13% 4 0.04% 3,675 37.39% 9,828 Meeker 4,738 58.52% 3,348 41.35% 7 0.09% 4 0.05% 1,390 17.17% 8,097 Mille Lacs 3,315 55.80% 2,619 44.08% 3 0.05% 4 0.07% 696 11.72% 5,941 Morrison 5,042 51.84% 4,653 47.84% 17 0.17% 15 0.15% 389 4.00% 9,727 Mower 9,570 50.66% 9,219 48.80% 87 0.46% 14 0.07% 351 1.86% 18,890 Murray 3,261 54.61% 2,695 45.13% 6 0.10% 9 0.15% 566 9.48% 5,971 Nicollet 5,322 66.81% 2,636 33.09% 4 0.05% 4 0.05% 2,686 33.72% 7,966 Nobles 5,196 56.23% 4,036 43.67% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 1,160 12.56% 9,241 Norman 2,338 46.01% 2,740 53.93% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% -402 -7.92% 5,081 Olmsted 13,789 65.62% 7,172 34.13% 38 0.18% 13 0.06% 6,617 31.49% 21,012 Otter Tail 12,764 65.88% 6,571 33.91% 21 0.11% 19 0.10% 6,193 31.97% 19,375 Pennington 2,408 44.93% 2,947 54.99% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% -539 -10.06% 5,359 Pine 3,204 45.50% 3,829 54.38% 4 0.06% 4 0.06% -625 -8.88% 7,041 Pipestone 3,362 60.76% 2,165 39.13% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% 1,197 21.63% 5,533 Polk 6,847 46.10% 7,980 53.73% 14 0.09% 12 0.08% -1,133 -7.63% 14,853 Pope 2,725 51.33% 2,577 48.54% 6 0.11% 1 0.02% 148 2.79% 5,309 Ramsey 80,701 47.74% 87,784 51.93% 377 0.22% 177 0.10% -7,083 -4.19% 169,039 Red Lake 782 33.35% 1,555 66.31% 7 0.30% 1 0.04% -773 -32.96% 2,345 Redwood 5,956 66.13% 3,039 33.74% 5 0.06% 6 0.07% 2,917 32.39% 9,006 Renville 5,728 57.52% 4,213 42.31% 7 0.07% 10 0.10% 1,515 15.21% 9,958 Rice 8,471 65.24% 4,489 34.57% 14 0.11% 10 0.08% 3,982 30.67% 12,984 Rock 3,267 67.19% 1,591 32.72% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% 1,676 34.47% 4,862 Roseau 1,901 38.23% 3,062 61.57% 1 0.02% 9 0.18% -1,161 -23.34% 4,973 St. Louis 39,902 38.84% 62,190 60.54% 529 0.51% 102 0.10% -22,288 -21.70% 102,723 Scott 4,148 54.59% 3,431 45.16% 11 0.14% 8 0.11% 717 9.43% 7,598 Sherburne 2,681 59.75% 1,796 40.03% 7 0.16% 3 0.07% 885 19.72% 4,487 Sibley 4,737 69.23% 2,099 30.68% 3 0.04% 3 0.04% 2,638 38.55% 6,842 Stearns 17,364 63.70% 9,829 36.06% 36 0.13% 28 0.10% 7,535 27.64% 27,257 Steele 6,435 65.91% 3,293 33.73% 30 0.31% 6 0.06% 3,142 32.18% 9,764 Stevens 2,606 58.83% 1,822 41.13% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 784 17.70% 4,430 Swift 2,637 41.43% 3,720 58.44% 6 0.09% 2 0.03% -1,083 -17.01% 6,365 Todd 5,075 56.51% 3,882 43.22% 16 0.18% 8 0.09% 1,193 13.29% 8,981 Traverse 1,467 45.87% 1,724 53.91% 4 0.13% 3 0.09% -257 -8.04% 3,198 Wabasha 4,728 66.89% 2,301 32.56% 32 0.45% 7 0.10% 2,427 34.33% 7,068 Wadena 3,028 63.52% 1,733 36.35% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% 1,295 27.17% 4,767 Waseca 4,663 67.69% 2,215 32.15% 9 0.13% 2 0.03% 2,448 35.54% 6,889 Washington 9,562 56.06% 7,462 43.75% 21 0.12% 11 0.06% 2,100 12.31% 17,056 Watonwan 3,963 67.62% 1,886 32.18% 8 0.14% 4 0.07% 2,077 35.44% 5,861 Wilkin 2,335 55.36% 1,881 44.59% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 454 10.77% 4,218 Winona 9,743 61.30% 6,048 38.05% 70 0.44% 32 0.20% 3,695 23.25% 15,893 Wright 7,257 59.42% 4,944 40.48% 5 0.04% 7 0.06% 2,313 18.94% 12,213 Yellow Medicine 3,594 51.21% 3,416 48.67% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 178 2.54% 7,018Totals719,30253.68%617,52546.08%2,0800.16%1,0980.08%101,7777.60%1,340,005 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Becker Big Stone Grant Isanti Kandiyohi Lincoln Marshall Norman Pine Polk Swift Traverse Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Dakota See also United States presidential elections in Minnesota Notes References expanded 1956 Min Presidential