1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky
The 1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose ten[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Kentucky was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 54.30 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 45.21 percent of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 572,192 | 54.30% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 476,453 | 45.21% | |
| States’ Rights | Harry F. Byrd | 2,657 | 0.25% | |
| Prohibition | Enoch A. Holtwick | 2,145 | 0.20% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 358 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 1,053,805 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower[6] Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II[6] Democratic |
Harry Flood Byrd[6] States’ Rights |
Enoch Arden Holtwick[6] Prohibition |
Eric Hass[6] Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 4,157 | 62.50% | 2,491 | 37.45% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,666 | 25.05% | 6,651 |
| Allen | 3,200 | 61.62% | 1,975 | 38.03% | 3 | 0.06% | 15 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,225 | 23.59% | 5,193 |
| Anderson | 1,878 | 47.27% | 2,089 | 52.58% | 4 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -211 | -5.31% | 3,973 |
| Ballard | 838 | 21.29% | 3,088 | 78.46% | 4 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.05% | -2,250 | -57.16% | 3,936 |
| Barren | 4,206 | 44.68% | 5,206 | 55.30% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,000 | -10.62% | 9,414 |
| Bath | 1,889 | 45.79% | 2,221 | 53.84% | 9 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -332 | -8.05% | 4,125 |
| Bell | 6,824 | 60.29% | 4,477 | 39.55% | 18 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,347 | 20.74% | 11,319 |
| Boone | 3,139 | 51.54% | 2,933 | 48.16% | 14 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 206 | 3.38% | 6,090 |
| Bourbon | 2,475 | 42.75% | 3,263 | 56.36% | 14 | 0.24% | 33 | 0.57% | 5 | 0.09% | -788 | -13.61% | 5,790 |
| Boyd | 11,502 | 57.28% | 8,546 | 42.56% | 10 | 0.05% | 22 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,956 | 14.72% | 20,082 |
| Boyle | 3,427 | 49.81% | 3,436 | 49.94% | 10 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.03% | -9 | -0.13% | 6,880 |
| Bracken | 1,754 | 53.54% | 1,515 | 46.25% | 6 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 239 | 7.30% | 3,276 |
| Breathitt | 2,423 | 42.71% | 3,246 | 57.22% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -823 | -14.51% | 5,673 |
| Breckinridge | 3,784 | 56.72% | 2,867 | 42.98% | 13 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 917 | 13.75% | 6,671 |
| Bullitt | 2,007 | 46.78% | 2,279 | 53.12% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | -272 | -6.34% | 4,290 |
| Butler | 3,303 | 73.19% | 1,202 | 26.63% | 2 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,101 | 46.55% | 4,513 |
| Caldwell | 2,681 | 52.32% | 2,417 | 47.17% | 22 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 264 | 5.15% | 5,124 |
| Calloway | 2,292 | 27.09% | 6,152 | 72.72% | 4 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.02% | -3,860 | -45.63% | 8,460 |
| Campbell | 18,617 | 63.82% | 10,359 | 35.51% | 121 | 0.41% | 56 | 0.19% | 18 | 0.06% | 8,258 | 28.31% | 29,171 |
| Carlisle | 608 | 22.72% | 2,063 | 77.09% | 5 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,455 | -54.37% | 2,676 |
| Carroll | 1,130 | 34.08% | 2,169 | 65.41% | 10 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.06% | -1,039 | -31.33% | 3,316 |
| Carter | 5,127 | 62.09% | 3,112 | 37.68% | 8 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,015 | 24.40% | 8,258 |
| Casey | 4,167 | 72.48% | 1,570 | 27.31% | 2 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,597 | 45.17% | 5,749 |
| Christian | 4,963 | 43.18% | 6,487 | 56.43% | 38 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.02% | -1,524 | -13.26% | 11,495 |
| Clark | 3,030 | 45.48% | 3,609 | 54.16% | 17 | 0.26% | 5 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.03% | -579 | -8.69% | 6,663 |
| Clay | 4,897 | 82.52% | 1,027 | 17.31% | 3 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,870 | 65.22% | 5,934 |
| Clinton | 3,396 | 81.89% | 747 | 18.01% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,649 | 63.88% | 4,147 |
| Crittenden | 2,548 | 62.64% | 1,494 | 36.73% | 19 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,054 | 25.91% | 4,068 |
| Cumberland | 2,584 | 71.76% | 1,000 | 27.77% | 4 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,584 | 43.99% | 3,601 |
| Daviess | 11,491 | 62.54% | 6,674 | 36.33% | 50 | 0.27% | 146 | 0.79% | 12 | 0.07% | 4,817 | 26.22% | 18,373 |
| Edmonson | 2,800 | 71.85% | 1,092 | 28.02% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,708 | 43.83% | 3,897 |
| Elliott | 1,033 | 32.53% | 2,143 | 67.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,110 | -34.95% | 3,176 |
| Estill | 2,946 | 60.52% | 1,912 | 39.28% | 2 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,034 | 21.24% | 4,868 |
| Fayette | 21,904 | 61.38% | 13,547 | 37.96% | 84 | 0.24% | 132 | 0.37% | 16 | 0.04% | 8,357 | 23.42% | 35,683 |
| Fleming | 2,744 | 51.97% | 2,519 | 47.71% | 9 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 225 | 4.26% | 5,280 |
| Floyd | 6,166 | 43.77% | 7,907 | 56.13% | 1 | 0.01% | 10 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.03% | -1,741 | -12.36% | 14,088 |
| Franklin | 4,047 | 38.35% | 6,412 | 60.76% | 19 | 0.18% | 70 | 0.66% | 5 | 0.05% | -2,365 | -22.41% | 10,553 |
| Fulton | 1,147 | 27.79% | 2,953 | 71.54% | 23 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,806 | -43.75% | 4,128 |
| Gallatin | 547 | 30.89% | 1,223 | 69.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -676 | -38.17% | 1,771 |
| Garrard | 2,311 | 55.92% | 1,798 | 43.50% | 3 | 0.07% | 19 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.05% | 513 | 12.41% | 4,133 |
| Grant | 1,680 | 42.04% | 2,300 | 57.56% | 10 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.03% | -620 | -15.52% | 3,996 |
| Graves | 3,711 | 26.86% | 10,090 | 73.04% | 8 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -6,379 | -46.17% | 13,815 |
| Grayson | 4,565 | 69.25% | 2,021 | 30.66% | 2 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,544 | 38.59% | 6,592 |
| Green | 2,951 | 62.93% | 1,726 | 36.81% | 8 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,225 | 26.12% | 4,689 |
| Greenup | 5,464 | 51.85% | 5,045 | 47.87% | 15 | 0.14% | 10 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.04% | 419 | 3.98% | 10,538 |
| Hancock | 1,317 | 56.14% | 1,022 | 43.56% | 4 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.04% | 295 | 12.57% | 2,346 |
| Hardin | 5,050 | 53.55% | 4,325 | 45.86% | 17 | 0.18% | 33 | 0.35% | 5 | 0.05% | 725 | 7.69% | 9,430 |
| Harlan | 8,820 | 55.96% | 6,915 | 43.87% | 8 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.06% | 1,905 | 12.09% | 15,761 |
| Harrison | 2,128 | 37.62% | 3,515 | 62.14% | 9 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,387 | -24.52% | 5,657 |
| Hart | 3,276 | 50.35% | 3,207 | 49.29% | 11 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.11% | 69 | 1.06% | 6,506 |
| Henderson | 5,085 | 46.92% | 5,501 | 50.76% | 226 | 2.09% | 23 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.03% | -416 | -3.84% | 10,838 |
| Henry | 1,670 | 34.52% | 3,157 | 65.25% | 5 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,487 | -30.74% | 4,838 |
| Hickman | 785 | 24.82% | 2,367 | 74.83% | 9 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,582 | -50.02% | 3,163 |
| Hopkins | 5,300 | 44.47% | 6,535 | 54.84% | 73 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | -1,235 | -10.36% | 11,917 |
| Jackson | 3,950 | 88.35% | 501 | 11.21% | 6 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.11% | 3,449 | 77.14% | 4,471 |
| Jefferson | 119,262 | 58.49% | 83,483 | 40.94% | 357 | 0.18% | 727 | 0.36% | 88 | 0.04% | 35,779 | 17.55% | 203,917 |
| Jessamine | 2,340 | 51.39% | 2,072 | 45.51% | 53 | 1.16% | 70 | 1.54% | 18 | 0.40% | 268 | 5.89% | 4,553 |
| Johnson | 5,802 | 71.06% | 2,356 | 28.85% | 6 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,446 | 42.20% | 8,165 |
| Kenton | 20,895 | 57.93% | 14,923 | 41.37% | 202 | 0.56% | 33 | 0.09% | 17 | 0.05% | 5,972 | 16.56% | 36,070 |
| Knott | 1,715 | 30.02% | 3,987 | 69.80% | 6 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,272 | -39.78% | 5,712 |
| Knox | 6,341 | 71.39% | 2,539 | 28.59% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,802 | 42.81% | 8,882 |
| Larue | 2,387 | 56.05% | 1,859 | 43.65% | 10 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 528 | 12.40% | 4,259 |
| Laurel | 6,586 | 73.87% | 2,316 | 25.98% | 7 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,270 | 47.89% | 8,916 |
| Lawrence | 2,932 | 53.92% | 2,495 | 45.88% | 2 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.06% | 437 | 8.04% | 5,438 |
| Lee | 1,774 | 65.32% | 938 | 34.54% | 4 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 836 | 30.78% | 2,716 |
| Leslie | 3,770 | 87.37% | 531 | 12.31% | 3 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.07% | 3,239 | 75.06% | 4,315 |
| Letcher | 5,741 | 57.97% | 4,133 | 41.73% | 11 | 0.11% | 16 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,608 | 16.24% | 9,904 |
| Lewis | 3,333 | 67.65% | 1,585 | 32.17% | 2 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,748 | 35.48% | 4,927 |
| Lincoln | 3,535 | 54.30% | 2,953 | 45.36% | 11 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 582 | 8.94% | 6,510 |
| Livingston | 1,247 | 40.94% | 1,795 | 58.93% | 3 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -548 | -17.99% | 3,046 |
| Logan | 2,855 | 34.93% | 5,299 | 64.83% | 12 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.05% | -2,444 | -29.90% | 8,174 |
| Lyon | 989 | 39.01% | 1,527 | 60.24% | 13 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.04% | -538 | -21.22% | 2,535 |
| Madison | 5,955 | 50.85% | 5,670 | 48.42% | 26 | 0.22% | 55 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.03% | 285 | 2.43% | 11,710 |
| Magoffin | 2,343 | 51.96% | 2,162 | 47.95% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 181 | 4.01% | 4,509 |
| Marion | 2,945 | 49.98% | 2,927 | 49.68% | 10 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 18 | 0.31% | 5,892 |
| Marshall | 2,015 | 31.57% | 4,358 | 68.29% | 2 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,343 | -36.71% | 6,382 |
| Martin | 2,927 | 80.57% | 694 | 19.10% | 4 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,233 | 61.46% | 3,633 |
| Mason | 3,880 | 51.80% | 3,572 | 47.69% | 31 | 0.41% | 6 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.01% | 308 | 4.11% | 7,490 |
| McCracken | 7,076 | 33.29% | 14,103 | 66.34% | 42 | 0.20% | 35 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.01% | -7,027 | -33.06% | 21,258 |
| McCreary | 3,812 | 82.33% | 814 | 17.58% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,998 | 64.75% | 4,630 |
| McLean | 1,886 | 48.73% | 1,965 | 50.78% | 7 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.03% | -79 | -2.04% | 3,870 |
| Meade | 1,670 | 45.23% | 2,016 | 54.60% | 5 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -346 | -9.37% | 3,692 |
| Menifee | 799 | 40.25% | 1,185 | 59.70% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -386 | -19.45% | 1,985 |
| Mercer | 3,168 | 53.23% | 2,767 | 46.49% | 10 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.03% | 401 | 6.74% | 5,952 |
| Metcalfe | 2,412 | 54.35% | 2,014 | 45.38% | 3 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 398 | 8.97% | 4,438 |
| Monroe | 3,759 | 74.97% | 1,255 | 25.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,504 | 49.94% | 5,014 |
| Montgomery | 2,220 | 45.35% | 2,656 | 54.26% | 9 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | -436 | -8.91% | 4,895 |
| Morgan | 1,878 | 37.20% | 3,164 | 62.68% | 4 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,286 | -25.48% | 5,048 |
| Muhlenberg | 5,323 | 52.64% | 4,752 | 46.99% | 29 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.02% | 571 | 5.65% | 10,113 |
| Nelson | 4,107 | 55.76% | 3,240 | 43.99% | 7 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.03% | 867 | 11.77% | 7,365 |
| Nicholas | 999 | 37.07% | 1,667 | 61.86% | 9 | 0.33% | 19 | 0.71% | 1 | 0.04% | -668 | -24.79% | 2,695 |
| Ohio | 4,901 | 64.07% | 2,726 | 35.64% | 8 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,175 | 28.44% | 7,649 |
| Oldham | 2,128 | 54.44% | 1,769 | 45.25% | 8 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 359 | 9.18% | 3,909 |
| Owen | 857 | 22.61% | 2,928 | 77.24% | 5 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,071 | -54.63% | 3,791 |
| Owsley | 2,013 | 85.77% | 331 | 14.10% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,682 | 71.67% | 2,347 |
| Pendleton | 2,273 | 54.46% | 1,889 | 45.26% | 6 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 9.20% | 4,174 |
| Perry | 6,591 | 59.05% | 4,545 | 40.72% | 8 | 0.07% | 15 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,046 | 18.33% | 11,161 |
| Pike | 11,678 | 50.37% | 11,466 | 49.45% | 13 | 0.06% | 25 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.01% | 212 | 0.91% | 23,185 |
| Powell | 1,339 | 49.87% | 1,343 | 50.02% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -4 | -0.15% | 2,685 |
| Pulaski | 10,363 | 72.47% | 3,899 | 27.27% | 18 | 0.13% | 16 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.02% | 6,464 | 45.21% | 14,299 |
| Robertson | 617 | 43.70% | 793 | 56.16% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -176 | -12.46% | 1,412 |
| Rockcastle | 3,787 | 74.08% | 1,313 | 25.68% | 7 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,474 | 48.40% | 5,112 |
| Rowan | 2,470 | 50.85% | 2,380 | 49.00% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 90 | 1.85% | 4,857 |
| Russell | 3,065 | 70.33% | 1,284 | 29.46% | 1 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,781 | 40.87% | 4,358 |
| Scott | 1,940 | 40.02% | 2,860 | 58.99% | 12 | 0.25% | 32 | 0.66% | 4 | 0.08% | -920 | -18.98% | 4,848 |
| Shelby | 2,768 | 40.71% | 4,017 | 59.08% | 6 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,249 | -18.37% | 6,799 |
| Simpson | 1,454 | 33.43% | 2,879 | 66.18% | 9 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.05% | -1,425 | -32.76% | 4,350 |
| Spencer | 896 | 42.32% | 1,214 | 57.35% | 3 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | -318 | -15.02% | 2,117 |
| Taylor | 3,892 | 61.37% | 2,433 | 38.36% | 5 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,459 | 23.01% | 6,342 |
| Todd | 1,480 | 32.28% | 3,087 | 67.33% | 9 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,607 | -35.05% | 4,585 |
| Trigg | 1,329 | 34.47% | 2,517 | 65.29% | 7 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,188 | -30.82% | 3,855 |
| Trimble | 506 | 21.90% | 1,792 | 77.58% | 1 | 0.04% | 10 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.04% | -1,286 | -55.67% | 2,310 |
| Union | 1,956 | 37.67% | 2,863 | 55.13% | 369 | 7.11% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | -907 | -17.47% | 5,193 |
| Warren | 8,123 | 53.06% | 7,143 | 46.66% | 27 | 0.18% | 14 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.02% | 980 | 6.40% | 15,310 |
| Washington | 2,536 | 54.71% | 2,084 | 44.96% | 11 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.06% | 452 | 9.75% | 4,635 |
| Wayne | 3,609 | 61.15% | 2,263 | 38.34% | 18 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,346 | 22.81% | 5,902 |
| Webster | 1,948 | 37.08% | 3,050 | 58.06% | 242 | 4.61% | 9 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.08% | -1,102 | -20.98% | 5,253 |
| Whitley | 7,759 | 74.33% | 2,656 | 25.45% | 10 | 0.10% | 12 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,103 | 48.89% | 10,438 |
| Wolfe | 1,059 | 38.62% | 1,683 | 61.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -624 | -22.76% | 2,742 |
| Woodford | 2,170 | 50.97% | 2,027 | 47.62% | 19 | 0.45% | 37 | 0.87% | 4 | 0.09% | 143 | 3.36% | 4,257 |
| Totals | 572,192 | 54.30% | 476,453 | 45.21% | 2,657 | 0.25% | 2,145 | 0.20% | 358 | 0.03% | 95,739 | 9.09% | 1,053,805 |
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.[2]
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 – Kentucky". Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 06, 1956
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