1956 United States presidential election in Kansas
The 1956 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Kansas was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 65.44% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 34.21% of the popular vote. Eisenhower, as expected, had no trouble carrying his boyhood home state, having spent his formative years in Abilene.[4][5]
With 65.44% of the popular vote, Kansas proved to be Eisenhower's fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Nebraska.[6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 566,878 | 65.44% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 296,317 | 34.21% | |
| Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick | 3,048 | 0.35% | |
| Total votes | 866,243 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Enoch Holtwick Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 5,342 | 71.15% | 2,143 | 28.54% | 23 | 0.31% | 3,199 | 42.61% | 7,508 |
| Anderson | 3,080 | 69.01% | 1,369 | 30.67% | 14 | 0.31% | 1,711 | 38.34% | 4,463 |
| Atchison | 5,608 | 64.08% | 3,134 | 35.81% | 9 | 0.10% | 2,474 | 28.27% | 8,751 |
| Barber | 2,698 | 68.32% | 1,241 | 31.43% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,457 | 36.90% | 3,949 |
| Barton | 8,644 | 66.17% | 4,378 | 33.51% | 41 | 0.31% | 4,266 | 32.66% | 13,063 |
| Bourbon | 5,306 | 62.39% | 3,151 | 37.05% | 47 | 0.55% | 2,155 | 25.34% | 8,504 |
| Brown | 5,138 | 76.95% | 1,519 | 22.75% | 20 | 0.30% | 3,619 | 54.20% | 6,677 |
| Butler | 9,591 | 60.73% | 6,158 | 38.99% | 45 | 0.28% | 3,433 | 21.74% | 15,794 |
| Chase | 1,553 | 74.45% | 529 | 25.36% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,024 | 49.09% | 2,086 |
| Chautauqua | 2,180 | 70.85% | 887 | 28.83% | 10 | 0.32% | 1,293 | 42.02% | 3,077 |
| Cherokee | 5,824 | 58.39% | 4,112 | 41.22% | 39 | 0.39% | 1,712 | 17.16% | 9,975 |
| Cheyenne | 1,479 | 68.79% | 663 | 30.84% | 8 | 0.37% | 816 | 37.95% | 2,150 |
| Clark | 1,243 | 69.83% | 529 | 29.72% | 8 | 0.45% | 714 | 40.11% | 1,780 |
| Clay | 4,378 | 80.17% | 1,034 | 18.93% | 49 | 0.90% | 3,344 | 61.23% | 5,461 |
| Cloud | 4,466 | 68.61% | 2,008 | 30.85% | 35 | 0.54% | 2,458 | 37.76% | 6,509 |
| Coffey | 3,286 | 72.24% | 1,247 | 27.41% | 16 | 0.35% | 2,039 | 44.82% | 4,549 |
| Comanche | 1,238 | 72.40% | 461 | 26.96% | 11 | 0.64% | 777 | 45.44% | 1,710 |
| Cowley | 6,734 | 63.93% | 3,753 | 35.63% | 46 | 0.44% | 2,981 | 28.30% | 10,533 |
| Crawford | 9,578 | 54.93% | 7,799 | 44.73% | 60 | 0.34% | 1,779 | 10.20% | 17,437 |
| Decatur | 2,028 | 68.58% | 920 | 31.11% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,108 | 37.47% | 2,957 |
| Dickinson | 7,422 | 74.91% | 2,452 | 24.75% | 34 | 0.34% | 4,970 | 50.16% | 9,908 |
| Doniphan | 3,130 | 72.14% | 1,197 | 27.59% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,933 | 44.55% | 4,339 |
| Douglas | 11,029 | 71.85% | 4,283 | 27.90% | 39 | 0.25% | 6,746 | 43.95% | 15,351 |
| Edwards | 1,816 | 69.93% | 771 | 29.69% | 10 | 0.39% | 1,045 | 40.24% | 2,597 |
| Elk | 1,909 | 69.90% | 812 | 29.73% | 10 | 0.37% | 1,097 | 40.17% | 2,731 |
| Ellis | 4,466 | 59.33% | 3,058 | 40.62% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,408 | 18.70% | 7,528 |
| Ellsworth | 2,524 | 64.90% | 1,351 | 34.74% | 14 | 0.36% | 1,173 | 30.16% | 3,889 |
| Finney | 3,576 | 66.87% | 1,752 | 32.76% | 20 | 0.37% | 1,824 | 34.11% | 5,348 |
| Ford | 5,561 | 66.84% | 2,710 | 32.57% | 49 | 0.59% | 2,851 | 34.27% | 8,320 |
| Franklin | 6,557 | 71.42% | 2,591 | 28.22% | 33 | 0.36% | 3,966 | 43.20% | 9,181 |
| Geary | 4,013 | 65.54% | 2,078 | 33.94% | 32 | 0.52% | 1,935 | 31.60% | 6,123 |
| Gove | 1,315 | 72.29% | 492 | 27.05% | 12 | 0.66% | 823 | 45.24% | 1,819 |
| Graham | 1,676 | 69.49% | 725 | 30.06% | 11 | 0.46% | 951 | 39.43% | 2,412 |
| Grant | 1,058 | 69.47% | 459 | 30.14% | 6 | 0.39% | 599 | 39.33% | 1,523 |
| Gray | 1,278 | 66.77% | 627 | 32.76% | 9 | 0.47% | 651 | 34.01% | 1,914 |
| Greeley | 599 | 77.09% | 174 | 22.39% | 4 | 0.51% | 425 | 54.70% | 777 |
| Greenwood | 4,164 | 70.01% | 1,763 | 29.64% | 21 | 0.35% | 2,401 | 40.37% | 5,948 |
| Hamilton | 865 | 60.66% | 552 | 38.71% | 9 | 0.63% | 313 | 21.95% | 1,426 |
| Harper | 3,111 | 69.99% | 1,311 | 29.49% | 23 | 0.52% | 1,800 | 40.49% | 4,445 |
| Harvey | 7,367 | 70.20% | 3,084 | 29.39% | 43 | 0.41% | 4,283 | 40.81% | 10,494 |
| Haskell | 829 | 70.49% | 341 | 29.00% | 6 | 0.51% | 488 | 41.50% | 1,176 |
| Hodgeman | 1,113 | 71.62% | 435 | 27.99% | 6 | 0.39% | 678 | 43.63% | 1,554 |
| Jackson | 3,469 | 71.72% | 1,356 | 28.03% | 12 | 0.25% | 2,113 | 43.68% | 4,837 |
| Jefferson | 3,677 | 70.24% | 1,536 | 29.34% | 22 | 0.42% | 2,141 | 40.90% | 5,235 |
| Jewell | 3,395 | 75.51% | 1,034 | 23.00% | 67 | 1.49% | 2,361 | 52.51% | 4,496 |
| Johnson | 35,511 | 71.40% | 14,185 | 28.52% | 37 | 0.07% | 21,326 | 42.88% | 49,733 |
| Kearny | 854 | 66.98% | 418 | 32.78% | 3 | 0.24% | 436 | 34.20% | 1,275 |
| Kingman | 3,226 | 69.08% | 1,428 | 30.58% | 16 | 0.34% | 1,798 | 38.50% | 4,670 |
| Kiowa | 1,717 | 76.18% | 517 | 22.94% | 20 | 0.89% | 1,200 | 53.24% | 2,254 |
| Labette | 7,677 | 59.35% | 5,202 | 40.21% | 57 | 0.44% | 2,475 | 19.13% | 12,936 |
| Lane | 992 | 72.09% | 380 | 27.62% | 4 | 0.29% | 612 | 44.48% | 1,376 |
| Leavenworth | 8,826 | 61.55% | 5,480 | 38.22% | 33 | 0.23% | 3,346 | 23.33% | 14,339 |
| Lincoln | 2,219 | 76.20% | 681 | 23.39% | 12 | 0.41% | 1,538 | 52.82% | 2,912 |
| Linn | 2,991 | 71.64% | 1,177 | 28.19% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,814 | 43.45% | 4,175 |
| Logan | 1,328 | 72.61% | 493 | 26.95% | 8 | 0.44% | 835 | 45.65% | 1,829 |
| Lyon | 8,021 | 67.34% | 3,831 | 32.16% | 59 | 0.50% | 4,190 | 35.18% | 11,911 |
| McPherson | 7,521 | 73.75% | 2,603 | 25.52% | 74 | 0.73% | 4,918 | 48.23% | 10,198 |
| Marion | 5,318 | 75.99% | 1,644 | 23.49% | 36 | 0.51% | 3,674 | 52.50% | 6,998 |
| Marshall | 5,664 | 69.25% | 2,487 | 30.41% | 28 | 0.34% | 3,177 | 38.84% | 8,179 |
| Meade | 1,720 | 74.30% | 575 | 24.84% | 20 | 0.86% | 1,145 | 49.46% | 2,315 |
| Miami | 5,031 | 59.30% | 3,428 | 40.41% | 25 | 0.29% | 1,603 | 18.89% | 8,484 |
| Mitchell | 3,198 | 72.16% | 1,214 | 27.39% | 20 | 0.45% | 1,984 | 44.77% | 4,432 |
| Montgomery | 13,252 | 64.34% | 7,265 | 35.27% | 81 | 0.39% | 5,987 | 29.07% | 20,598 |
| Morris | 2,677 | 68.55% | 1,208 | 30.93% | 20 | 0.51% | 1,469 | 37.62% | 3,905 |
| Morton | 814 | 64.76% | 436 | 34.69% | 7 | 0.56% | 378 | 30.07% | 1,257 |
| Nemaha | 4,195 | 67.11% | 2,038 | 32.60% | 18 | 0.29% | 2,157 | 34.51% | 6,251 |
| Neosho | 5,886 | 65.99% | 3,005 | 33.69% | 29 | 0.33% | 2,881 | 32.30% | 8,920 |
| Ness | 1,876 | 70.79% | 758 | 28.60% | 16 | 0.60% | 1,118 | 42.19% | 2,650 |
| Norton | 3,052 | 71.58% | 1,194 | 28.00% | 18 | 0.42% | 1,858 | 43.57% | 4,264 |
| Osage | 4,136 | 67.28% | 1,979 | 32.19% | 32 | 0.52% | 2,157 | 35.09% | 6,147 |
| Osborne | 2,948 | 73.72% | 1,023 | 25.58% | 28 | 0.70% | 1,925 | 48.14% | 3,999 |
| Ottawa | 2,329 | 68.80% | 1,037 | 30.64% | 19 | 0.56% | 1,292 | 38.17% | 3,385 |
| Pawnee | 2,788 | 63.73% | 1,567 | 35.82% | 20 | 0.46% | 1,221 | 27.91% | 4,375 |
| Phillips | 3,117 | 75.49% | 985 | 23.86% | 27 | 0.65% | 2,132 | 51.63% | 4,129 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,335 | 74.97% | 1,422 | 24.59% | 25 | 0.43% | 2,913 | 50.38% | 5,782 |
| Pratt | 3,620 | 64.53% | 1,956 | 34.87% | 34 | 0.61% | 1,664 | 29.66% | 5,610 |
| Rawlins | 1,668 | 69.88% | 711 | 29.79% | 8 | 0.34% | 957 | 40.09% | 2,387 |
| Reno | 15,057 | 66.56% | 7,461 | 32.98% | 102 | 0.45% | 7,596 | 33.58% | 22,620 |
| Republic | 3,621 | 68.76% | 1,613 | 30.63% | 32 | 0.61% | 2,008 | 38.13% | 5,266 |
| Rice | 4,638 | 70.48% | 1,926 | 29.27% | 17 | 0.26% | 2,712 | 41.21% | 6,581 |
| Riley | 9,385 | 76.84% | 2,784 | 22.80% | 44 | 0.36% | 6,601 | 54.05% | 12,213 |
| Rooks | 3,059 | 70.88% | 1,238 | 28.68% | 19 | 0.44% | 1,821 | 42.19% | 4,316 |
| Rush | 2,007 | 64.87% | 1,080 | 34.91% | 7 | 0.23% | 927 | 29.96% | 3,094 |
| Russell | 3,920 | 71.78% | 1,528 | 27.98% | 13 | 0.24% | 2,392 | 43.80% | 5,461 |
| Saline | 11,172 | 69.32% | 4,908 | 30.45% | 37 | 0.23% | 6,264 | 38.87% | 16,117 |
| Scott | 1,376 | 75.11% | 451 | 24.62% | 5 | 0.27% | 925 | 50.49% | 1,832 |
| Sedgwick | 72,292 | 61.08% | 45,732 | 38.64% | 336 | 0.28% | 26,560 | 22.44% | 118,360 |
| Seward | 2,885 | 70.95% | 1,162 | 28.58% | 19 | 0.47% | 1,723 | 42.38% | 4,066 |
| Shawnee | 32,647 | 66.52% | 16,298 | 33.21% | 130 | 0.26% | 16,349 | 33.31% | 49,075 |
| Sheridan | 1,324 | 67.41% | 633 | 32.23% | 7 | 0.36% | 691 | 35.18% | 1,964 |
| Sherman | 1,825 | 64.97% | 962 | 34.25% | 22 | 0.78% | 863 | 30.72% | 2,809 |
| Smith | 3,142 | 72.95% | 1,139 | 26.45% | 26 | 0.60% | 2,003 | 46.51% | 4,307 |
| Stafford | 2,728 | 68.37% | 1,242 | 31.13% | 20 | 0.50% | 1,486 | 37.24% | 3,990 |
| Stanton | 549 | 70.20% | 226 | 28.90% | 7 | 0.90% | 323 | 41.30% | 782 |
| Stevens | 1,273 | 69.00% | 565 | 30.62% | 7 | 0.38% | 708 | 38.37% | 1,845 |
| Sumner | 7,024 | 62.95% | 4,088 | 36.64% | 46 | 0.41% | 2,936 | 26.31% | 11,158 |
| Thomas | 1,888 | 62.06% | 1,138 | 37.41% | 16 | 0.53% | 750 | 24.65% | 3,042 |
| Trego | 1,668 | 69.41% | 726 | 30.21% | 9 | 0.37% | 942 | 39.20% | 2,403 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,650 | 76.63% | 802 | 23.19% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,848 | 53.44% | 3,458 |
| Wallace | 684 | 72.69% | 251 | 26.67% | 6 | 0.64% | 433 | 46.01% | 941 |
| Washington | 4,220 | 74.81% | 1,389 | 24.62% | 32 | 0.57% | 2,831 | 50.19% | 5,641 |
| Wichita | 747 | 70.41% | 312 | 29.41% | 2 | 0.19% | 435 | 41.00% | 1,061 |
| Wilson | 4,502 | 73.00% | 1,645 | 26.67% | 20 | 0.32% | 2,857 | 46.33% | 6,167 |
| Woodson | 2,171 | 70.88% | 870 | 28.40% | 22 | 0.72% | 1,301 | 42.47% | 3,063 |
| Wyandotte | 34,604 | 47.64% | 37,842 | 52.10% | 186 | 0.26% | -3,238 | -4.46% | 72,632 |
| Totals | 566,878 | 65.44% | 296,317 | 34.21% | 3,048 | 0.35% | 270,561 | 31.23% | 866,243 |
Notes
- Although 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.
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower’s home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- "1956 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 171-172 ISBN 0405077114
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