1956 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in Iowa 1952 1960 United States presidential election in Iowa 1960 All 10 Iowa votes to the Electoral College November 6, 1956https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1956 United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica July 9, 2017 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 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 10 729,187 59.06% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Estes Kefauver 0 501,858 40.65% 1956 United States presidential election in Iowa results map by county.svg 280px 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) The 1956 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose tenhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1953_1957.html#1956 1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65) July 9, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.06% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 40.65% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=19&year=1956 1956 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa July 9, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1956 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956 July 9, 2017 Iowa's result weighed in as exactly 3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower carried every county except for Wapello County, thereby making him the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since Abraham Lincoln in 1860; this would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Dubuque County until Donald Trump in 2016.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results 1956 United States presidential election in Iowa Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 729,187 59.06% Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) 501,858 40.65% T. Coleman Andrews American Constitution Party of Iowa #A356DE 3,202 0.26% Darlington Hoopes Socialist Party of America 192 0.02% Eric Hass Socialist Labor Party of America 125 0.01% 1,234,564 100% Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2619 IA US President Race, November 06, 1956 Our Campaigns Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic T. Coleman AndrewsAmerican Constitution Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Adair 3,426 59.16% 2,362 40.79% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,064 18.37% 5,791 Adams 2,248 55.92% 1,756 43.68% 13 0.32% 3 0.07% 492 12.24% 4,020 Allamakee 5,182 66.23% 2,622 33.51% 18 0.23% 2 0.03% 2,560 32.72% 7,824 Appanoose 4,980 55.00% 4,064 44.89% 10 0.11% 0 0.00% 916 10.11% 9,054 Audubon 3,057 54.16% 2,585 45.80% 0 0.00% 2 0.04% 472 8.36% 5,644 Benton 5,634 56.31% 3,946 39.44% 421 4.21% 5 0.05% 1,688 16.87% 10,006 Black Hawk 28,250 57.99% 20,403 41.88% 56 0.11% 10 0.02% 7,847 16.11% 48,719 Boone 6,740 53.65% 5,815 46.28% 9 0.07% 0 0.00% 925 7.37% 12,564 Bremer 5,930 67.15% 2,892 32.75% 9 0.10% 0 0.00% 3,038 34.40% 8,831 Buchanan 5,512 61.01% 3,513 38.88% 9 0.10% 1 0.01% 1,999 22.13% 9,035 Buena Vista 6,470 61.25% 4,083 38.65% 7 0.07% 3 0.03% 2,387 22.60% 10,563 Butler 5,669 71.21% 2,289 28.75% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% 3,380 42.46% 7,961 Calhoun 4,409 57.49% 2,972 38.75% 286 3.73% 2 0.03% 1,437 18.74% 7,669 Carroll 5,816 53.29% 5,085 46.60% 9 0.08% 3 0.03% 731 6.69% 10,913 Cass 6,103 68.34% 2,818 31.56% 9 0.10% 0 0.00% 3,285 36.78% 8,930 Cedar 5,344 64.71% 2,912 35.26% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 2,432 29.45% 8,258 Cerro Gordo 12,449 57.00% 9,362 42.86% 21 0.10% 9 0.04% 3,087 14.14% 21,841 Cherokee 4,821 59.67% 3,254 40.28% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,567 19.39% 8,079 Chickasaw 4,205 56.10% 3,275 43.70% 15 0.20% 0 0.00% 930 12.40% 7,495 Clarke 2,462 55.99% 1,929 43.87% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 533 12.12% 4,397 Clay 5,107 62.36% 2,970 36.26% 101 1.23% 12 0.15% 2,137 26.10% 8,190 Clayton 6,529 59.76% 4,384 40.12% 12 0.11% 1 0.01% 2,145 19.64% 10,926 Clinton 14,765 63.62% 8,394 36.17% 29 0.12% 20 0.09% 6,371 27.45% 23,208 Crawford 4,608 55.03% 3,749 44.77% 15 0.18% 2 0.02% 859 10.26% 8,374 Dallas 6,619 56.06% 5,185 43.92% 2 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,434 12.14% 11,806 Davis 2,661 51.88% 2,458 47.92% 10 0.19% 0 0.00% 203 3.96% 5,129 Decatur 2,912 50.86% 2,806 49.01% 6 0.10% 1 0.02% 106 1.85% 5,725 Delaware 5,732 68.49% 2,621 31.32% 13 0.16% 3 0.04% 3,111 37.17% 8,369 Des Moines 11,152 55.88% 8,781 44.00% 17 0.09% 8 0.04% 2,371 11.88% 19,958 Dickinson 3,641 59.14% 2,498 40.57% 13 0.21% 5 0.08% 1,143 18.57% 6,157 Dubuque 17,923 57.36% 13,174 42.16% 133 0.43% 17 0.05% 4,749 15.20% 31,247 Emmet 4,193 63.68% 2,386 36.24% 4 0.06% 1 0.02% 1,807 27.44% 6,584 Fayette 7,914 61.51% 4,935 38.36% 13 0.10% 4 0.03% 2,979 23.15% 12,866 Floyd 6,172 62.17% 3,739 37.66% 14 0.14% 2 0.02% 2,433 24.51% 9,927 Franklin 4,563 64.41% 2,513 35.47% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 2,050 28.94% 7,084 Fremont 3,241 58.81% 2,254 40.90% 14 0.25% 2 0.04% 987 17.91% 5,511 Greene 4,255 59.41% 2,802 39.12% 105 1.47% 0 0.00% 1,453 20.29% 7,162 Grundy 4,915 71.99% 1,908 27.95% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 3,007 44.04% 6,827 Guthrie 4,283 58.91% 2,981 41.00% 4 0.06% 2 0.03% 1,302 17.91% 7,270 Hamilton 5,667 59.56% 3,829 40.25% 15 0.16% 3 0.03% 1,838 19.31% 9,514 Hancock 4,305 60.51% 2,803 39.40% 4 0.06% 2 0.03% 1,502 21.11% 7,114 Hardin 6,642 63.67% 3,775 36.19% 6 0.06% 9 0.09% 2,867 27.48% 10,432 Harrison 5,209 58.30% 3,709 41.51% 17 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,500 16.79% 8,935 Henry 5,818 68.49% 2,667 31.39% 10 0.12% 0 0.00% 3,151 37.10% 8,495 Howard 3,491 52.85% 3,106 47.02% 7 0.11% 1 0.02% 385 5.83% 6,605 Humboldt 3,747 57.58% 2,756 42.35% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 991 15.23% 6,507 Ida 3,226 60.75% 2,083 39.23% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,143 21.52% 5,310 Iowa 4,875 62.68% 2,753 35.40% 139 1.79% 10 0.13% 2,122 27.28% 7,777 Jackson 5,575 62.61% 3,181 35.72% 147 1.65% 2 0.02% 2,394 26.89% 8,905 Jasper 9,310 56.67% 7,098 43.21% 14 0.09% 6 0.04% 2,212 13.46% 16,428 Jefferson 4,807 62.76% 2,845 37.15% 7 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,962 25.61% 7,659 Johnson 11,298 56.28% 8,767 43.67% 11 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,531 12.61% 20,076 Jones 5,605 62.51% 3,352 37.38% 6 0.07% 4 0.04% 2,253 25.13% 8,967 Keokuk 4,680 56.13% 3,649 43.76% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 1,031 12.37% 8,338 Kossuth 6,680 54.74% 5,514 45.18% 6 0.05% 4 0.03% 1,166 9.56% 12,204 Lee 11,571 58.35% 8,226 41.48% 29 0.15% 3 0.02% 3,345 16.87% 19,829 Linn 33,402 60.60% 21,667 39.31% 40 0.07% 7 0.01% 11,735 21.29% 55,116 Louisa 3,184 63.07% 1,858 36.81% 6 0.12% 0 0.00% 1,326 26.26% 5,048 Lucas 3,397 58.25% 2,431 41.68% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% 966 16.57% 5,832 Lyon 4,356 70.83% 1,790 29.11% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,566 41.72% 6,150 Madison 3,883 59.34% 2,652 40.53% 5 0.08% 4 0.06% 1,231 18.81% 6,544 Mahaska 6,864 62.21% 3,965 35.93% 201 1.82% 4 0.04% 2,899 26.28% 11,034 Marion 6,830 56.13% 5,316 43.69% 18 0.15% 4 0.03% 1,514 12.44% 12,168 Marshall 10,305 62.74% 5,755 35.04% 357 2.17% 8 0.05% 4,550 27.70% 16,425 Mills 3,539 64.89% 1,897 34.78% 17 0.31% 1 0.02% 1,642 30.11% 5,454 Mitchell 4,175 61.29% 2,630 38.61% 5 0.07% 2 0.03% 1,545 22.68% 6,812 Monona 3,854 52.47% 3,477 47.34% 12 0.16% 2 0.03% 377 5.13% 7,345 Monroe 2,984 53.17% 2,616 46.61% 9 0.16% 3 0.05% 368 6.56% 5,612 Montgomery 5,027 65.77% 2,597 33.98% 19 0.25% 0 0.00% 2,430 31.79% 7,643 Muscatine 8,552 59.81% 5,718 39.99% 22 0.15% 6 0.04% 2,834 19.82% 14,298 O'Brien 6,138 67.32% 2,970 32.57% 8 0.09% 2 0.02% 3,168 34.75% 9,118 Osceola 2,986 62.57% 1,779 37.28% 7 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,207 25.29% 4,772 Page 7,380 70.98% 3,001 28.86% 13 0.13% 3 0.03% 4,379 42.12% 10,397 Palo Alto 3,795 51.14% 3,624 48.83% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 171 2.31% 7,421 Plymouth 7,246 67.42% 3,502 32.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,744 34.84% 10,748 Pocahontas 3,606 52.89% 3,201 46.95% 9 0.13% 2 0.03% 405 5.94% 6,818 Polk 62,392 54.02% 53,025 45.91% 59 0.05% 15 0.01% 9,367 8.11% 115,491 Pottawattamie 17,632 57.87% 12,731 41.78% 96 0.32% 9 0.03% 4,901 16.09% 30,468 Poweshiek 5,145 58.81% 3,602 41.17% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 1,543 17.64% 8,749 Ringgold 2,713 60.42% 1,775 39.53% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 938 20.89% 4,490 Sac 4,874 59.99% 3,248 39.98% 2 0.02% 1 0.01% 1,626 20.01% 8,125 Scott 27,965 59.37% 18,969 40.27% 146 0.31% 24 0.05% 8,996 19.10% 47,104 Shelby 4,425 56.78% 3,300 42.35% 68 0.87% 0 0.00% 1,125 14.43% 7,793 Sioux 9,651 78.29% 2,666 21.63% 11 0.09% 0 0.00% 6,985 56.66% 12,328 Story 13,264 67.54% 6,352 32.34% 20 0.10% 4 0.02% 6,912 35.20% 19,640 Tama 5,952 55.25% 4,795 44.51% 23 0.21% 3 0.03% 1,157 10.74% 10,773 Taylor 3,533 59.10% 2,436 40.75% 7 0.12% 2 0.03% 1,097 18.35% 5,978 Union 4,666 62.21% 2,828 37.70% 7 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,838 24.51% 7,501 Van Buren 3,233 63.79% 1,833 36.17% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 1,400 27.62% 5,068 Wapello 10,401 48.65% 10,960 51.26% 16 0.07% 4 0.02% -559 -2.61% 21,381 Warren 5,430 59.19% 3,729 40.65% 15 0.16% 0 0.00% 1,701 18.54% 9,174 Washington 5,844 65.84% 3,022 34.05% 8 0.09% 2 0.02% 2,822 31.79% 8,876 Wayne 3,340 56.64% 2,553 43.29% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 787 13.35% 5,897 Webster 11,097 52.72% 9,901 47.04% 33 0.16% 18 0.09% 1,196 5.68% 21,049 Winnebago 3,926 60.84% 2,521 39.07% 5 0.08% 1 0.02% 1,405 21.77% 6,453 Winneshiek 6,192 59.20% 4,251 40.64% 14 0.13% 3 0.03% 1,941 18.56% 10,460 Woodbury 25,399 55.89% 19,997 44.00% 41 0.09% 8 0.02% 5,402 11.89% 45,445 Worth 2,700 52.25% 2,465 47.71% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 235 4.54% 5,167 Wright 5,512 58.70% 3,865 41.16% 12 0.13% 1 0.01% 1,647 17.54% 9,390Totals729,18759.06%501,85840.65%3,2020.26%3170.03%227,32918.41%1,234,564 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Wapello See also United States presidential elections in Iowa Notes References Iowa 1956 Category:1956 Iowa elections