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The United States presidential election of 1956 was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. The popular incumbent President, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, successfully ran for re-election. The election was a re-match of 1952, as Eisenhower's opponent in 1956 was Adlai Stevenson, a former Illinois governor, whom Eisenhower had defeated four years earlier.
1956 US Presidential Election Result
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral | Running mate | |||
Count | Pct | vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Elect. vote | |||
Dwight D. Eisenhower(Incumbent) | Republican | Pennsylvania | 3,55,79,180 | 57.37% | 457 | Richard Nixon | California | 457 |
Adlai Stevenson | Democratic | Illinois | 2,60,28,028 | 41.97% | 73 | Estes Kefauver | Tennessee | 73 |
(Unpledged electors) | (n/a) | (n/a) | 1,96,145 | 0.32% | 0 | (n/a) | (n/a) | 0 |
T. Coleman Andrews | States' Rights | Virginia | 1,07,929 | 0.17% | 0 | Thomas Werdel | California | 0 |
Eric Hass | Socialist Labor | New York | 44,300 | 0.07% | 0 | Georgia Cozzini | Wisconsin | 0 |
Enoch A. Holtwick | Prohibition | Illinois | 41,937 | 0.07% | 0 | Edwin M. Cooper | California | 0 |
Walter Burgwyn Jones | Democratic | Alabama | —(a) | —(a) | 1 | Herman Talmadge | Georgia | 1 |
Other | 23,809 | 0.04% | — | Other | — | |||
Total | 6,20,21,328 | 100% | 531 | 531 | ||||
Needed to win | 266 | 266 |
Source: Wikipedia