1952 United States presidential election in Mississippi

none June 2025 September 2023 1952 United States presidential election in Mississippi Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg presidential no 1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1948 November 4, 1952 1956 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1956 x200px Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois John Sparkman 8 172,566 60.44% Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower Independent (United States) New Yorkhttp://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAPPE0334&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+History+Online&InputText=%22presidential+election+1952%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=U.S.+presidential+election%2C+1952&TabRecordType=Subject+Entry&BioCountPass=0&SubCountPass=1&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=1&AmericanData=Set U.S. presidential election, 1952 Facts on File October 24, 2013 Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195323/http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAPPE0334&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+History+Online&InputText=%22presidential+election+1952%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=U.S.+presidential+election%2C+1952&TabRecordType=Subject+Entry&BioCountPass=0&SubCountPass=1&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=1&AmericanData=Set October 29, 2013 dead 0 Richard Nixon 112,966 39.56% 190px County results 190px Congressional district results Stevenson #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) 1952 United States presidential election The 1952 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the United States presidential election of 1952. The Democratic Party candidate, Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, won the state of Mississippi over Dwight D. Eisenhower, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and General of the Army by a margin of 59,600 votes, or 20.88 percentage points. Eisenhower went on to win the election nationally, with 442 electoral votes and a commanding 10.9 percent lead over Stevenson in the popular vote. Mississippi in this time period was a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. The Republican Party was virtually nonexistent as a result of disenfranchisement among poor whites and African Americans,Wright-Austin Sharon D. The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta 2006 9780791468012 45 SUNY Press including voter intimidation against those who refused to vote Democratic. The state Republican Party led by Perry Wilbon Howard II — who resided in Washington D.C. after 1928 — was entirely drawn from the state's tiny black middle class and never contested non-presidential elections,Busbee Westley F. Mississippi: A History 2014 9781118822722 276–278 John Wiley & Sons serving entirely to sell federal patronage,Heersink Boris Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968 Jenkins Jeffery A. Cambridge University Press 2020 9781108850827 329–331 mostly to white Democrats.African American Lives Oxford University Press 9780199882861 Higginbotham Evelyn Brooks March 23, 2004 417–418 Gates Henry Louis The 1948 election split the National Democratic Party and segregationist Southern Democrats over the issue of civil rights for African Americans.Kehl James A. Philadelphia, 1948: City of Crucial Conventions Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 67 2 313–326 In the 1952 election, Stevenson, a moderate on race issues, selected the segregationist Senator Sparkman as his running mate to avoid another split in the Democratic vote. However, this was not enough for some white Mississippians, who felt that the national Republican Party already offered a better prospect for their conservative social and economic goals. Campaign Because the state Republican Party remained under black-and-tan control due to state politicians’ longstanding fear of competition with a lily-white GOP, national Republican candidates Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon ran as “Independents for Eisenhower”. Both Howard's black-and-tans and the long-insurgent “lily-white” faction led by George L. Sheldon of Clinton agreed to withdraw their slates in favour of the Eisenhower Democrats in mid-October.Merger of State Ike Factions Near: GOP Groups Set to Withdraw Electors Hattiesburg American Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1 October 20, 1952 Eisenhower's electors ran as independents. His electors were Sam Lumpkin, Everette Truly, Earle Wingo, Hardy Lott, Joe Wroten, Earl Evans, W.L. Guice, and the wife of Robert Shands. Stevenson's electors were T.J. Tubb, Jim Blount, R.P. Sugg, Erst Long, Hilton Waits, William Harold Cox, J. L. Craft, and Boyce Holleman.Register 1961 386-387 Despite Stevenson winning the state, Eisenhower won many Black Belt counties on the Mississippi River with large nonvoting African American populations.Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 McFarland & Company 2005 0786422173 Jefferson, North Carolina 91, 233–237 Eisenhower won five of the nine counties with black populations above 70%. This was due to white Republican voters rather than black voters, who were ineligible to vote.Buchanan 1953 5 Polls SourceRankingAs ofThe Columbus LedgerLauderdale W.M. Allen Robert S. Mississippi Is Still Democratic Although Eisenhower Is Strong The Columbus Ledger Columbus, Mississippi September 8, 1952 5Safe D(Flip)September 8, 1952Lansing State JournalCornell Douglas B. September 17, 1952 Ike Given 50–50 Chance To Break into Solid South 7, 16 Lansing State Journal Lansing, MichiganSafe D(Flip)September 17, 1952The Daily HeraldFuller Keith Survey by State Newspapers Indicates Mississippi Will Stay Democrat in Election The Daily Herald Biloxi, Mississippi October 23, 1952 4Likely D(Flip)October 23, 1952The Salt Lake TribuneCornell Douglas B. October 24, 1952 Journalists Bet 50–50 Ike Will Dent South 1–2 The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake CitySafe D(Flip)October 24, 1952The Greeneville SunOctober 25, 1952 US Poll Shows — Eisenhower Leading Stevenson in Electoral Votes, but Governor Has More States in His Column 1, 8 The Greeneville Sun Greeneville, Tennessee Princeton Research ServiceCertain D(Flip)October 25, 1952The Modesto BeeOctober 27, 1952 NY Times Survey Indicates Close Election Tuesday 8 The Modesto Bee Modesto, CaliforniaSafe D(Flip)October 27, 1952Wichita Falls TimesGallup George October 29, 1952 Ferment in Dixie Is Big Campaign Issue 15 Wichita Falls Times Wichita Falls, TexasLikely D(Flip)October 29, 1952 Results 1952 United States presidential election in MississippiMcGillivray Scammon 1994 413-414PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Adlai Stevenson172,56660.44%8 Independent Dwight D. Eisenhower 112,966 39.56% 0 Totals 285,532 100.00% 8 Results by county CountyAdlai StevensonDemocraticDwight D. EisenhowerIndependentMarginTotal votes castMcGillivray Scammon 1994 413-414 # % # % # % Adams 1,697 41.71% 2,372 58.29% -675 -16.58% 4,069 Alcorn 3,275 73.93% 1,155 26.07% 2,120 47.86% 4,430 Amite 1,121 59.06% 777 40.94% 344 18.12% 1,898 Attala 2,258 65.72% 1,178 34.28% 1,080 31.44% 3,436 Benton 963 81.68% 216 18.32% 747 63.36% 1,179 Bolivar 1,843 46.79% 2,096 53.21% -253 -6.42% 3,939 Calhoun 2,284 76.77% 691 23.23% 1,593 53.54% 2,975 Carroll 1,168 68.58% 535 31.42% 633 37.16% 1,703 Chickasaw 1,805 72.49% 685 27.51% 1,120 44.98% 2,490 Choctaw 1,387 72.58% 524 27.42% 863 45.16% 1,911 Claiborne 496 46.97% 560 53.03% -64 -6.06% 1,056 Clarke 2,000 72.62% 754 27.38% 1,246 45.24% 2,754 Clay 1,230 53.32% 1,077 46.68% 153 6.64% 2,307 Coahoma 2,115 56.64% 1,619 43.36% 496 13.28% 3,734 Copiah 2,050 57.31% 1,527 42.69% 523 14.62% 3,577 Covington 1,535 66.59% 770 33.41% 765 33.18% 2,305 DeSoto 1,288 63.08% 754 36.92% 534 26.16% 2,042 Forrest 2,936 39.59% 4,480 60.41% -1,544 -20.82% 7,416 Franklin 1,166 69.40% 514 30.60% 652 38.80% 1,680 George 1,351 69.14% 603 30.86% 748 38.28% 1,954 Greene 1,247 71.14% 506 28.86% 741 42.28% 1,753 Grenada 1,174 54.00% 1,000 46.00% 174 8.00% 2,174 Hancock 1,578 53.95% 1,347 46.05% 231 7.90% 2,925 Harrison 7,181 54.65% 5,960 45.35% 1,221 9.30% 13,141 Hinds 10,933 46.62% 12,520 53.38% -1,587 -6.76% 23,453 Holmes 1,423 52.16% 1,305 47.84% 118 4.32% 2,728 Humphreys 858 59.30% 589 40.70% 269 18.60% 1,447 Issaquena 170 57.24% 127 42.76% 43 14.48% 297 Itawamba 2,236 80.09% 556 19.91% 1,680 60.18% 2,792 Jackson 4,146 65.64% 2,170 34.36% 1,976 31.28% 6,316 Jasper 1,872 73.70% 668 26.30% 1,204 47.40% 2,540 Jefferson 539 46.91% 610 53.09% -71 -6.18% 1,149 Jefferson Davis 1,626 77.47% 473 22.53% 1,153 54.94% 2,099 Jones 5,884 59.30% 4,039 40.70% 1,845 18.60% 9,923 Kemper 1,593 81.07% 372 18.93% 1,221 62.14% 1,965 Lafayette 2,363 73.14% 868 26.86% 1,495 46.28% 3,231 Lamar 1,260 54.93% 1,034 45.07% 226 9.86% 2,294 Lauderdale 5,841 58.54% 4,137 41.46% 1,704 17.08% 9,978 Lawrence 1,117 66.77% 556 33.23% 561 33.54% 1,673 Leake 2,667 81.56% 603 18.44% 2,064 63.12% 3,270 Lee 4,174 67.58% 2,002 32.42% 2,172 35.16% 6,176 Leflore 1,845 43.12% 2,434 56.88% -589 -13.76% 4,279 Lincoln 2,271 52.83% 2,028 47.17% 243 5.66% 4,299 Lowndes 1,618 37.73% 2,670 62.27% -1,052 -24.54% 4,288 Madison 1,425 48.78% 1,496 51.22% -71 -2.44% 2,921 Marion 2,597 64.65% 1,420 35.35% 1,177 29.30% 4,017 Marshall 1,847 75.36% 604 24.64% 1,243 50.72% 2,451 Monroe 3,512 71.25% 1,417 28.75% 2,095 42.50% 4,929 Montgomery 1,356 61.75% 840 38.25% 516 23.50% 2,196 Neshoba 3,567 76.74% 1,081 23.26% 2,486 53.48% 4,648 Newton 2,460 74.30% 851 25.70% 1,609 48.60% 3,311 Noxubee 758 46.08% 887 53.92% -129 -7.84% 1,645 Oktibbeha 1,666 53.72% 1,435 46.28% 231 7.44% 3,101 Panola 2,047 66.48% 1,032 33.52% 1,015 32.96% 3,079 Pearl River 2,060 54.20% 1,741 45.80% 319 8.40% 3,801 Perry 782 60.48% 511 39.52% 271 20.96% 1,293 Pike 2,495 46.18% 2,908 53.82% -413 -7.64% 5,403 Pontotoc 2,281 77.88% 648 22.12% 1,633 55.76% 2,929 Prentiss 2,672 78.52% 731 21.48% 1,941 57.04% 3,403 Quitman 1,158 70.18% 492 29.82% 666 40.36% 1,650 Rankin 2,077 57.34% 1,545 42.66% 532 14.68% 3,622 Scott 2,208 66.29% 1,123 33.71% 1,085 32.58% 3,331 Sharkey 388 39.27% 600 60.73% -212 -21.46% 988 Simpson 2,767 75.91% 878 24.09% 1,889 51.82% 3,645 Smith 2,288 75.61% 738 24.39% 1,550 51.22% 3,026 Stone 965 62.91% 569 37.09% 396 25.82% 1,534 Sunflower 2,049 50.52% 2,007 49.48% 42 1.04% 4,056 Tallahatchie 2,350 75.86% 748 24.14% 1,602 51.72% 3,098 Tate 1,575 80.28% 387 19.72% 1,188 60.56% 1,962 Tippah 2,878 84.92% 511 15.08% 2,367 69.84% 3,389 Tishomingo 1,595 70.14% 679 29.86% 916 40.28% 2,274 Tunica 530 58.05% 383 41.95% 147 16.10% 913 Union 2,749 74.99% 917 25.01% 1,832 49.98% 3,666 Walthall 1,357 73.43% 491 26.57% 866 46.86% 1,848 Warren 2,366 40.63% 3,458 59.38% -1,092 -18.75% 5,824 Washington 2,618 44.23% 3,301 55.77% -683 -11.54% 5,919 Wayne 1,604 69.11% 717 30.89% 887 38.22% 2,321 Webster 1,765 79.58% 453 20.42% 1,312 59.16% 2,218 Wilkinson 563 44.61% 699 55.39% -136 -10.78% 1,262 Winston 2,559 76.85% 771 23.15% 1,788 53.70% 3,330 Yalobusha 1,346 64.13% 753 35.87% 593 28.26% 2,099 Yazoo 1,702 50.28% 1,683 49.72% 19 0.56% 3,385Totals172,56660.44%112,96639.56%59,60020.88%285,532 Counties that flipped from Dixiecrat to Democratic 18em Carroll Coahoma Covington Choctaw Clarke Desoto Franklin Grenada George Greene Hancock Humphreys Harrison Jackson Jones Lamar Lauderdale Marshall Lawrence Lincoln Marion Neshoba Newton Oktibbeha Quitman Pearl River Perry Stone Tunica Wayne Webster Alcorn Amite Attala Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Clarke Clay Copiah Issaquena Itawamba Jasper Jefferson Davis Kemper Lafayette Leake Lee Madison Monroe Montgomery Panola Pontotoc Prentiss Rankin Scott Simpson Smith Sunflower Tallahatchie Tate Tippah Tishomingo Union Walthall Yalobusha Winston Coahoma Marshall Tunica Yazoo Counties that flipped from Dixiecrat to Republican 18em Adams Bolivar Claiborne Forrest Hinds Leflore Jefferson Lowndes Madison Noxubee Pike Sharkey Washington Warren Wilkinson Analysis The Stevenson-Sparkman ticket carried Mississippi and its eight electoral votes with 60.44 percent of the popular vote, amounting to a total of 172,566 votes. These results, however, were the weakest for a state Democrat since the 1872 election when the state remained occupied by Union troops and Republican Ulysses S. Grant carried the state.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=1952&fips=28&f=1&off=0&elect=0&type=state Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Mississippi Leip David 2017-05-07 It represented a large swing for the Republicans from 1948, when Thomas E. Dewey won only 2.62 percent of the vote. Stevenson carried 67 of Mississippi's 82 counties, running up huge margins in the northeastern corner and rural areas of the state. Eisenhower, whose Mississippi electors were “Independent”, carried fifteen counties, the first time a national Republican had carried any since Herbert Hoover in 1928. His main base of support came from the western counties along the Mississippi River, which had a high concentration of nonvoting African Americans, including Hinds County, home to the state capital Jackson. In contrast, the northeastern hills, which had given President Truman his highest proportion in 1948,Strong Donald S. August 1955 The Presidential Election in the South, 1952 The Journal of Politics 17 3 343–389 10.1017/S0022381600091064 along with the southeastern pineywoods both voted solidly for Stevenson, although not by the margins pre-1948 Democrats ran up throughout Mississippi. Whereas Delta whites had permanently estranged themselves from the Democratic Party over issues of economics and race, Hills and Pine Belt counties, much more economically populist although even more socially conservative,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 262 978-0-691-16324-6 had not shared much in the Dixiecrat upheaval despite all giving majorities to “Democrat” Strom Thurmond in 1948. The divide between traditional Democrat Stevenson and the independent electors pledged to Eisenhower was closely related to the cleavage between “Delta” and “Hills”Key, Valdimer Orlando; Southern Politics in State and Nation, p. 227 Alfred A. Knopf (1949) seen in Democratic white primaries during the first half of the twentieth century. This election began to show signs of the impending collapse of Democratic dominance in Mississippi and the rest of the South. The vote share for the state Democratic candidate would decline in the next two subsequent elections, ultimately paving the way for Barry Goldwater’s victory in Mississippi and the Deep South in 1964. See also United States presidential elections in Mississippi References Works cited Buchanan William Recent Trends in Mississippi Voting The Social Science Bulletin Johns Hopkins University Press 1953 6 4 2–6 45214742 https://www.jstor.org/stable/45214742 McGillivray Alice Scammon Richard America At The Polls 1920-1956: Harding to Eisenhower - A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics Congressional Quarterly 1994 https://archive.org/details/americaatpollsha1920-1956unse_t1n1 1568020589 Mississippi Official and Statistical Register: 1956-1960 Secretary of State of Mississippi 1961 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c092714757 Register 1961 Mississippi Category:1952 Mississippi elections 1952