1956 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1956 Presidential election year November 6 Republican Party (US)Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 85th Republican hold Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 457 Adlai Stevenson (D) 73 Republican +15.4% 1956 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Eisenhower, blue denotes states won by Stevenson. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. 35 of 96 seats(32 Class 3 seats + 3 special elections) Democratic hold 0Democrats picked up two seats in the regularly-scheduled elections, but Republicans picked up two seats in special elections. 1956 Senate results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold All 435 voting members Democratic hold Democratic +2.5% Democratic +2 400px 30 Democratic +2 1956 gubernatorial election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold Elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower won reelection in a landslide, while the Democrats retained control of Congress. In the presidential election, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic former Governor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois in a re-match of the 1952 election. Eisenhower won the popular vote by fifteen points and once again won every state outside the Southern United States. At the Democratic convention, Stevenson easily defeated New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, taking the nomination on the first ballot. In the Senate, the party balance of the chamber remained unchanged as Republican and Democratic gains cancelled each other out. In the House, the Democrats picked up two seats, increasing their majority.1956 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1956 The American Presidency Project 9 April 2017Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035069023&view=1up&seq=129 U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 1 March 2021Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Revision) http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1956election.pdf U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk 9 April 2017 This was the first of two consecutive election cycles in which the winning presidential candidate did not have coattails in either house of Congress. See also 1956 United States presidential election 1956 United States House of Representatives elections 1956 United States Senate elections 1956 United States gubernatorial elections References 1956