1956 United States presidential election in Illinois

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election in Illinois Illinois 1915 presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in Illinois 1952 1960 United States presidential election in Illinois 1960 All 27 Illinois 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 27 2,623,327 59.52% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson II Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Estes Kefauver 0 1,775,682 40.29% 1956 United States presidential election in Illinois results map by county.svg 180px County results Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Stevenson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) 84.47% The 1956 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27https://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. Illinois was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.52% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 40.29% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=17&year=1956 1956 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois July 9, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1956 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956 July 9, 2017 As of 2024, this is the most recent time that a Democratic candidate did not earn at least 1 million votes from Cook County, by far the state's most populous county and home to Chicago, in a presidential election. Primaries Turnout The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1956 JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1955, 1956 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 10 1958 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1956/PE%20and%20GE%201956.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220704221556/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1956/PE%20and%20GE%201956.pdf dead July 4, 2022 Illinois State Board of Elections 4 July 2020 Turnout in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 31.69% with a total of 1,577,163 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 16, 1982 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1982/1982%20PE.PDF www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 4 July 2020 February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Turnout during the general election was 84.47%, with 4,407,407 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2, 1982 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1982/1982%20GE.PDF www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 4 July 2020 February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 10. Democratic 1956 Illinois Democratic presidential primary no 1952 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1952 1960 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1960 presidential Illinois 1956 04 10 150x150px Adlai Stevenson 1E90FF Illinois 717,742 95.26% 280px The 1956 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 10, 1956, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1956 presidential election. The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates. All candidates besides Adlai Stevenson II, who won a landslide victory, were write-ins. 1956 Illinois Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes% Adlai E. Stevenson 717,742 95.26Estes Kefauver (write-in) 34,092 4.53 Frank Lausche (write-in) 1,146 0.15 Stuart Symington (write-in) 232 0.03 Averell Harriman (write-in) 134 0.02 Other write-ins 128 0.02 Total 753,474 100 Republican 1956 Illinois Republican presidential primary Illinois presidential no 1952 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1952 1960 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1960 1956 04 10 x160px Dwight D. Eisenhower FF8080 Kansas 781,710 94.90% 100px The 1956 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 10, 1956, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1956 presidential election. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. 1956 Illinois Republican presidential primaryIllinois Blue Book 1955-1956 Illinois Secretary of State 815 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/11792 31 March 2020CandidateVotes%Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) 781,710 94.90William F. Knowland 33,534 4.07Lar "America First" Daly 8,354 1.01 Write-ins 91 0.01 Total 823,689 100 Results 1956 United States presidential election in Illinois Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 2,623,327 59.52% Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) 1,775,682 40.29% Eric Hass Socialist Labor Party of America 8,342 0.19% Others Write-in 56 0.00% 4,407,407 100% Results by county CountyDwight D. EisenhowerRepublicanAdlai StevensonDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes castOur Campaigns; IL US President Race, November 06, 1956 # % # % # % # % Adams 19,569 63.12% 11,402 36.78% 32 0.10% 8,167 26.34% 31,003 Alexander 4,425 51.38% 4,167 48.38% 21 0.24% 258 3.00% 8,613 Bond 4,342 60.41% 2,834 39.43% 11 0.15% 1,508 20.98% 7,187 Boone 6,706 77.96% 1,890 21.97% 6 0.07% 4,816 55.99% 8,602 Brown 2,026 53.67% 1,748 46.30% 1 0.03% 278 7.37% 3,775 Bureau 13,909 70.56% 5,781 29.33% 21 0.11% 8,128 41.23% 19,711 Calhoun 1,892 55.79% 1,498 44.18% 1 0.03% 394 11.61% 3,391 Carroll 6,503 70.60% 2,693 29.24% 15 0.16% 3,810 41.36% 9,211 Cass 4,125 54.97% 3,368 44.88% 11 0.15% 757 10.09% 7,504 Champaign 28,190 67.06% 13,799 32.82% 51 0.12% 14,391 34.24% 42,040 Christian 10,282 52.91% 9,093 46.79% 59 0.30% 1,189 6.12% 19,434Clark5,45160.74%3,51939.21%40.04% 1,932 21.53% 8,974 Clay 5,079 58.73% 3,553 41.08% 16 0.19% 1,526 17.65% 8,648 Clinton 7,378 63.46% 4,242 36.48% 7 0.06% 3,136 26.98% 11,627 Coles 12,436 62.13% 7,569 37.82% 10 0.05% 4,867 24.31% 20,015 Cook 1,293,223 56.80% 977,821 42.95% 5,800 0.25% 315,402 13.85% 2,276,844 Crawford 6,747 63.28% 3,906 36.63% 9 0.08% 2,841 26.65% 10,662 Cumberland 3,235 58.69% 2,272 41.22% 5 0.09% 963 17.47% 5,512 DeKalb 15,078 75.66% 4,826 24.22% 25 0.13% 10,252 51.44% 19,929 DeWitt 5,307 63.15% 3,093 36.80% 4 0.05% 2,214 26.35% 8,404 Douglas 5,559 66.66% 2,774 33.27% 6 0.07% 2,785 33.39% 8,339 DuPage 91,834 79.76% 23,103 20.06% 207 0.18% 68,731 59.70% 115,144 Edgar 7,942 64.52% 4,362 35.44% 5 0.04% 3,580 29.08% 12,309 Edwards 3,339 73.38% 1,210 26.59% 1 0.02% 2,129 46.79% 4,550 Effingham 6,904 60.67% 4,455 39.15% 21 0.18% 2,449 21.52% 11,380 Fayette 6,739 57.81% 4,914 42.15% 5 0.04% 1,825 15.66% 11,658 Ford 6,027 73.66% 2,152 26.30% 3 0.04% 3,875 47.36% 8,182 Franklin 11,761 50.98% 11,308 49.02% 0 0.00% 453 1.96% 23,069 Fulton 12,375 58.58% 8,702 41.19% 48 0.23% 3,673 17.39% 21,125 Gallatin 2,179 49.35% 2,230 50.51% 6 0.14% -51 -1.16% 4,415 Greene 4,718 54.57% 3,909 45.21% 19 0.22% 809 9.36% 8,646 Grundy 7,640 74.46% 2,618 25.51% 3 0.03% 5,022 48.95% 10,261 Hamilton 3,675 57.75% 2,685 42.19% 4 0.06% 990 15.56% 6,364 Hancock 8,431 63.41% 4,854 36.50% 12 0.09% 3,577 26.91% 13,297 Hardin 1,919 56.93% 1,444 42.84% 8 0.24% 475 14.09% 3,371 Henderson 2,743 65.08% 1,469 34.85% 3 0.07% 1,274 30.23% 4,215 Henry 15,896 65.46% 8,349 34.38% 39 0.16% 7,547 31.08% 24,284 Iroquois 12,104 72.88% 4,487 27.02% 18 0.11% 7,617 45.86% 16,609 Jackson 10,526 58.72% 7,391 41.23% 10 0.06% 3,135 17.49% 17,927 Jasper 3,107 51.77% 2,895 48.23% 0 0.00% 212 3.54% 6,002 Jefferson 9,637 54.36% 8,090 45.64% 0 0.00% 1,547 8.72% 17,727 Jersey 4,220 55.24% 3,415 44.70% 5 0.07% 805 10.54% 7,640 Jo Daviess 6,762 69.81% 2,906 30.00% 18 0.19% 3,856 39.81% 9,686 Johnson 2,973 65.72% 1,549 34.24% 2 0.04% 1,424 31.48% 4,524 Kane 56,009 72.82% 20,848 27.10% 59 0.08% 35,161 45.72% 76,916 Kankakee 21,993 66.39% 11,088 33.47% 47 0.14% 10,905 32.92% 33,128 Kendall 5,057 78.15% 1,407 21.74% 7 0.11% 3,650 56.41% 6,471 Knox 18,656 66.04% 9,558 33.83% 37 0.13% 9,098 32.21% 28,251 Lake 66,781 67.33% 32,279 32.54% 129 0.13% 34,502 34.79% 99,189 LaSalle 33,461 64.52% 18,318 35.32% 83 0.16% 15,143 29.20% 51,862 Lawrence 6,104 61.89% 3,751 38.03% 7 0.07% 2,353 23.86% 9,862 Lee 11,653 71.98% 4,531 27.99% 5 0.03% 7,122 43.99% 16,189 Livingston 13,939 72.82% 5,197 27.15% 7 0.04% 8,742 45.67% 19,143 Logan 9,589 66.61% 4,793 33.29% 14 0.10% 4,796 33.32% 14,396 Macon 27,673 54.53% 23,066 45.45% 8 0.02% 4,607 9.08% 50,747 Macoupin 12,290 49.84% 12,303 49.89% 66 0.27% -13 -0.05% 24,659 Madison 39,413 45.10% 47,897 54.80% 88 0.10% -8,484 -9.70% 87,398 Marion 10,813 55.75% 8,551 44.09% 32 0.16% 2,262 11.66% 19,396 Marshall 4,764 67.64% 2,245 31.88% 34 0.48% 2,519 35.76% 7,043 Mason 4,677 58.73% 3,199 40.17% 88 1.10% 1,478 18.56% 7,964 Massac 4,265 64.18% 2,359 35.50% 21 0.32% 1,906 28.68% 6,645 McDonough 9,725 71.50% 3,872 28.47% 5 0.04% 5,853 43.03% 13,602 McHenry 24,912 78.48% 6,820 21.48% 13 0.04% 18,092 57.00% 31,745 McLean 25,758 67.62% 12,332 32.37% 5 0.01% 13,426 35.25% 38,095 Menard 3,188 63.44% 1,833 36.48% 4 0.08% 1,355 26.96% 5,025 Mercer 5,732 65.82% 2,969 34.10% 7 0.08% 2,763 31.72% 8,708 Monroe 4,715 64.03% 2,648 35.96% 1 0.01% 2,067 28.07% 7,364 Montgomery 9,945 56.36% 7,692 43.59% 8 0.05% 2,253 12.77% 17,645 Morgan 10,262 61.82% 6,327 38.11% 11 0.07% 3,935 23.71% 16,600 Moultrie 3,756 57.65% 2,751 42.23% 8 0.12% 1,005 15.42% 6,515 Ogle 13,194 78.21% 3,660 21.70% 16 0.09% 9,534 56.51% 16,870 Peoria 50,888 62.72% 30,145 37.15% 108 0.13% 20,743 25.57% 81,141 Perry 6,513 57.06% 4,901 42.94% 0 0.00% 1,612 14.12% 11,414 Piatt 4,622 66.23% 2,356 33.76% 1 0.01% 2,266 32.47% 6,979 Pike 5,920 52.31% 5,382 47.55% 16 0.14% 538 4.76% 11,318 Pope 1,842 66.62% 922 33.35% 1 0.04% 920 33.27% 2,765 Pulaski 2,966 56.74% 2,246 42.97% 15 0.29% 720 13.77% 5,227 Putnam 1,724 65.28% 913 34.57% 4 0.15% 811 30.71% 2,641 Randolph 8,439 55.44% 6,778 44.53% 4 0.03% 1,661 10.91% 15,221 Richland 5,304 68.05% 2,485 31.88% 5 0.06% 2,819 36.17% 7,794 Rock Island 31,342 51.72% 29,145 48.09% 118 0.19% 2,197 3.63% 60,605 Saline 8,481 53.96% 7,215 45.91% 20 0.13% 1,266 8.05% 15,716 Sangamon 42,951 59.71% 28,949 40.24% 35 0.05% 14,002 19.47% 71,935 Schuyler 3,068 58.22% 2,189 41.54% 13 0.25% 879 16.68% 5,270 Scott 2,303 60.91% 1,478 39.09% 0 0.00% 825 21.82% 3,781 Shelby 7,075 56.94% 5,337 42.95% 13 0.10% 1,738 13.99% 12,425 St. Clair 41,528 42.77% 55,295 56.94% 283 0.29% -13,767 -14.17% 97,106 Stark 3,241 74.32% 1,118 25.64% 2 0.05% 2,123 48.68% 4,361 Stephenson 14,245 69.10% 6,349 30.80% 20 0.10% 7,896 38.30% 20,614 Tazewell 23,690 59.27% 16,230 40.61% 50 0.13% 7,460 18.66% 39,970 Union 4,204 49.06% 4,359 50.87% 6 0.07% -155 -1.81% 8,569 Vermilion 26,534 59.51% 17,991 40.35% 60 0.13% 8,543 19.16% 44,585 Wabash 4,425 61.92% 2,713 37.97% 8 0.11% 1,712 23.95% 7,146 Warren 7,580 71.63% 2,996 28.31% 6 0.06% 4,584 43.32% 10,582 Washington 5,299 65.14% 2,820 34.67% 16 0.20% 2,479 30.47% 8,135 Wayne 6,286 61.37% 3,942 38.49% 14 0.14% 2,344 22.88% 10,242 White 6,128 56.13% 4,778 43.77% 11 0.10% 1,350 12.36% 10,917 Whiteside 17,589 73.95% 6,158 25.89% 37 0.16% 11,431 48.06% 23,784 Will 45,628 64.34% 25,188 35.52% 100 0.14% 20,440 28.82% 70,916 Williamson 13,438 56.44% 10,345 43.45% 27 0.11% 3,093 12.99% 23,810 Winnebago 48,332 62.38% 29,063 37.51% 89 0.11% 19,269 24.87% 77,484Woodford 8,505 72.18% 3,257 27.64% 21 0.18% 5,248 44.54% 11,783Totals2,623,32759.52%1,775,68240.29%8,3980.19%847,64519.23%4,407,407 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Gallatin Union Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Franklin See also United States presidential elections in Illinois Notes References Illinois 1956 Category:1956 Illinois elections