1956 United States presidential election in Missouri
This article describes the United States presidential election, 1956, in Missouri. With the exception of the 1956 election, Missouri chose the eventual winner of each U.S. presidential contest between the 1904 election and the 2004 election.
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Democrat Adlai Stevenson II narrowly won the state over the Republican Incumbent, Dwight Eisenhower, thanks in large part to a 72,000-vote margin in St. Louis. This was the last election until 2008 when Missouri did not also vote for the winner of the presidency, and as of 2020 remains the last election in which the Republican nominee won the presidency without carrying Missouri.
Missouri has voted in presidential elections since 1820.
Results
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai Stevenson | Estes Kefauver | Democrat | 13[2] | 918,273 | 50.11% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Richard Nixon | Republican | 0 | 914,289 | 49.89% |
Results by county
| County | Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Margin | Total votes[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,418 | 39.11% | 5,322 | 60.89% | -1,904 | -21.78% | 8,740 |
| Andrew | 2,393 | 39.87% | 3,609 | 60.13% | -1,216 | -20.26% | 6,002 |
| Atchison | 2,321 | 45.55% | 2,774 | 54.45% | -453 | -8.89% | 5,095 |
| Audrain | 5,951 | 56.06% | 4,664 | 43.94% | 1,287 | 12.12% | 10,615 |
| Barry | 4,523 | 42.73% | 6,063 | 57.27% | -1,540 | -14.55% | 10,586 |
| Barton | 2,881 | 44.82% | 3,547 | 55.18% | -666 | -10.36% | 6,428 |
| Bates | 4,300 | 44.03% | 5,467 | 55.97% | -1,167 | -11.95% | 9,767 |
| Benton | 1,563 | 33.20% | 3,145 | 66.80% | -1,582 | -33.60% | 4,708 |
| Bollinger | 2,185 | 43.44% | 2,845 | 56.56% | -660 | -13.12% | 5,030 |
| Boone | 10,404 | 55.93% | 8,197 | 44.07% | 2,207 | 11.86% | 18,601 |
| Buchanan | 18,384 | 47.51% | 20,311 | 52.49% | -1,927 | -4.98% | 38,695 |
| Butler | 5,869 | 44.85% | 7,216 | 55.15% | -1,347 | -10.29% | 13,085 |
| Caldwell | 1,929 | 37.49% | 3,216 | 62.51% | -1,287 | -25.01% | 5,145 |
| Callaway | 5,165 | 59.12% | 3,572 | 40.88% | 1,593 | 18.23% | 8,737 |
| Camden | 1,460 | 34.14% | 2,817 | 65.86% | -1,357 | -31.73% | 4,277 |
| Cape Girardeau | 7,633 | 41.78% | 10,638 | 58.22% | -3,005 | -16.45% | 18,271 |
| Carroll | 3,432 | 41.94% | 4,751 | 58.06% | -1,319 | -16.12% | 8,183 |
| Carter | 1,067 | 50.81% | 1,033 | 49.19% | 34 | 1.62% | 2,100 |
| Cass | 5,575 | 49.94% | 5,589 | 50.06% | -14 | -0.13% | 11,164 |
| Cedar | 1,720 | 34.43% | 3,276 | 65.57% | -1,556 | -31.14% | 4,996 |
| Chariton | 3,671 | 51.49% | 3,459 | 48.51% | 212 | 2.97% | 7,130 |
| Christian | 1,730 | 31.67% | 3,732 | 68.33% | -2,002 | -36.65% | 5,462 |
| Clark | 2,193 | 45.54% | 2,623 | 54.46% | -430 | -8.93% | 4,816 |
| Clay | 13,605 | 50.31% | 13,436 | 49.69% | 169 | 0.62% | 27,041 |
| Clinton | 2,976 | 49.58% | 3,026 | 50.42% | -50 | -0.83% | 6,002 |
| Cole | 7,388 | 44.21% | 9,323 | 55.79% | -1,935 | -11.58% | 16,711 |
| Cooper | 3,511 | 41.28% | 4,995 | 58.72% | -1,484 | -17.45% | 8,506 |
| Crawford | 2,455 | 40.59% | 3,594 | 59.41% | -1,139 | -18.83% | 6,049 |
| Dade | 1,479 | 35.90% | 2,641 | 64.10% | -1,162 | -28.20% | 4,120 |
| Dallas | 1,600 | 34.88% | 2,987 | 65.12% | -1,387 | -30.24% | 4,587 |
| Daviess | 2,611 | 43.98% | 3,326 | 56.02% | -715 | -12.04% | 5,937 |
| DeKalb | 1,872 | 42.45% | 2,538 | 57.55% | -666 | -15.10% | 4,410 |
| Dent | 2,961 | 52.70% | 2,658 | 47.30% | 303 | 5.39% | 5,619 |
| Douglas | 1,133 | 28.02% | 2,910 | 71.98% | -1,777 | -43.95% | 4,043 |
| Dunklin | 8,698 | 63.76% | 4,943 | 36.24% | 3,755 | 27.53% | 13,641 |
| Franklin | 8,391 | 41.96% | 11,605 | 58.04% | -3,214 | -16.07% | 19,996 |
| Gasconade | 1,353 | 21.03% | 5,080 | 78.97% | -3,727 | -57.94% | 6,433 |
| Gentry | 2,662 | 46.85% | 3,020 | 53.15% | -358 | -6.30% | 5,682 |
| Greene | 20,206 | 40.29% | 29,944 | 59.71% | -9,738 | -19.42% | 50,150 |
| Grundy | 2,752 | 39.94% | 4,139 | 60.06% | -1,387 | -20.13% | 6,891 |
| Harrison | 2,518 | 37.81% | 4,141 | 62.19% | -1,623 | -24.37% | 6,659 |
| Henry | 4,900 | 45.84% | 5,789 | 54.16% | -889 | -8.32% | 10,689 |
| Hickory | 695 | 29.50% | 1,661 | 70.50% | -966 | -41.00% | 2,356 |
| Holt | 1,713 | 37.23% | 2,888 | 62.77% | -1,175 | -25.54% | 4,601 |
| Howard | 3,542 | 61.93% | 2,177 | 38.07% | 1,365 | 23.87% | 5,719 |
| Howell | 3,066 | 35.91% | 5,473 | 64.09% | -2,407 | -28.19% | 8,539 |
| Iron | 1,970 | 52.12% | 1,810 | 47.88% | 160 | 4.23% | 3,780 |
| Jackson | 133,522 | 52.22% | 122,182 | 47.78% | 11,340 | 4.43% | 255,704 |
| Jasper | 13,404 | 39.64% | 20,414 | 60.36% | -7,010 | -20.73% | 33,818 |
| Jefferson | 13,868 | 56.42% | 10,712 | 43.58% | 3,156 | 12.84% | 24,580 |
| Johnson | 4,530 | 40.70% | 6,599 | 59.30% | -2,069 | -18.59% | 11,129 |
| Knox | 1,850 | 48.89% | 1,934 | 51.11% | -84 | -2.22% | 3,784 |
| Laclede | 3,287 | 39.29% | 5,079 | 60.71% | -1,792 | -21.42% | 8,366 |
| Lafayette | 6,081 | 42.78% | 8,133 | 57.22% | -2,052 | -14.44% | 14,214 |
| Lawrence | 4,789 | 39.38% | 7,372 | 60.62% | -2,583 | -21.24% | 12,161 |
| Lewis | 2,728 | 54.25% | 2,301 | 45.75% | 427 | 8.49% | 5,029 |
| Lincoln | 3,990 | 56.17% | 3,114 | 43.83% | 876 | 12.33% | 7,104 |
| Linn | 5,055 | 50.13% | 5,028 | 49.87% | 27 | 0.27% | 10,083 |
| Livingston | 3,785 | 42.29% | 5,165 | 57.71% | -1,380 | -15.42% | 8,950 |
| Macon | 4,337 | 48.02% | 4,694 | 51.98% | -357 | -3.95% | 9,031 |
| Madison | 2,280 | 45.21% | 2,763 | 54.79% | -483 | -9.58% | 5,043 |
| Maries | 1,885 | 57.52% | 1,392 | 42.48% | 493 | 15.04% | 3,277 |
| Marion | 6,874 | 54.86% | 5,657 | 45.14% | 1,217 | 9.71% | 12,531 |
| McDonald | 2,757 | 43.06% | 3,646 | 56.94% | -889 | -13.88% | 6,403 |
| Mercer | 1,109 | 35.27% | 2,035 | 64.73% | -926 | -29.45% | 3,144 |
| Miller | 2,535 | 38.29% | 4,085 | 61.71% | -1,550 | -23.41% | 6,620 |
| Mississippi | 3,653 | 63.38% | 2,111 | 36.62% | 1,542 | 26.75% | 5,764 |
| Moniteau | 2,552 | 44.07% | 3,239 | 55.93% | -687 | -11.86% | 5,791 |
| Monroe | 4,412 | 76.82% | 1,331 | 23.18% | 3,081 | 53.65% | 5,743 |
| Montgomery | 2,844 | 45.24% | 3,443 | 54.76% | -599 | -9.53% | 6,287 |
| Morgan | 2,131 | 40.25% | 3,163 | 59.75% | -1,032 | -19.49% | 5,294 |
| New Madrid | 8,419 | 70.33% | 3,552 | 29.67% | 4,867 | 40.66% | 11,971 |
| Newton | 5,529 | 41.51% | 7,792 | 58.49% | -2,263 | -16.99% | 13,321 |
| Nodaway | 5,371 | 45.70% | 6,381 | 54.30% | -1,010 | -8.59% | 11,752 |
| Oregon | 2,472 | 63.25% | 1,436 | 36.75% | 1,036 | 26.51% | 3,908 |
| Osage | 2,445 | 44.28% | 3,077 | 55.72% | -632 | -11.45% | 5,522 |
| Ozark | 887 | 29.29% | 2,141 | 70.71% | -1,254 | -41.41% | 3,028 |
| Pemiscot | 8,064 | 67.02% | 3,969 | 32.98% | 4,095 | 34.03% | 12,033 |
| Perry | 2,346 | 34.78% | 4,400 | 65.22% | -2,054 | -30.45% | 6,746 |
| Pettis | 7,086 | 44.70% | 8,766 | 55.30% | -1,680 | -10.60% | 15,852 |
| Phelps | 4,761 | 49.94% | 4,773 | 50.06% | -12 | -0.13% | 9,534 |
| Pike | 4,232 | 54.92% | 3,474 | 45.08% | 758 | 9.84% | 7,706 |
| Platte | 5,271 | 59.45% | 3,596 | 40.55% | 1,675 | 18.89% | 8,867 |
| Polk | 2,968 | 40.23% | 4,410 | 59.77% | -1,442 | -19.54% | 7,378 |
| Pulaski | 2,936 | 53.69% | 2,532 | 46.31% | 404 | 7.39% | 5,468 |
| Putnam | 1,115 | 29.43% | 2,674 | 70.57% | -1,559 | -41.15% | 3,789 |
| Ralls | 2,632 | 65.72% | 1,373 | 34.28% | 1,259 | 31.44% | 4,005 |
| Randolph | 6,797 | 64.70% | 3,709 | 35.30% | 3,088 | 29.39% | 10,506 |
| Ray | 4,636 | 60.39% | 3,041 | 39.61% | 1,595 | 20.78% | 7,677 |
| Reynolds | 1,596 | 63.51% | 917 | 36.49% | 679 | 27.02% | 2,513 |
| Ripley | 2,149 | 49.54% | 2,189 | 50.46% | -40 | -0.92% | 4,338 |
| Saint Charles | 7,618 | 44.60% | 9,462 | 55.40% | -1,844 | -10.80% | 17,080 |
| Saint Clair | 2,200 | 42.16% | 3,018 | 57.84% | -818 | -15.68% | 5,218 |
| Saint Francois | 7,566 | 43.15% | 9,968 | 56.85% | -2,402 | -13.70% | 17,534 |
| Saint Louis | 121,881 | 46.88% | 138,111 | 53.12% | -16,230 | -6.24% | 259,992 |
| Saint Louis City | 202,210 | 60.86% | 130,045 | 39.14% | 72,165 | 21.72% | 332,255 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 2,363 | 47.30% | 2,633 | 52.70% | -270 | -5.40% | 4,996 |
| Saline | 5,841 | 49.45% | 5,970 | 50.55% | -129 | -1.09% | 11,811 |
| Schuyler | 1,648 | 52.35% | 1,500 | 47.65% | 148 | 4.70% | 3,148 |
| Scotland | 2,044 | 54.09% | 1,735 | 45.91% | 309 | 8.18% | 3,779 |
| Scott | 6,683 | 58.95% | 4,654 | 41.05% | 2,029 | 17.90% | 11,337 |
| Shannon | 1,822 | 60.88% | 1,171 | 39.12% | 651 | 21.75% | 2,993 |
| Shelby | 3,044 | 60.47% | 1,990 | 39.53% | 1,054 | 20.94% | 5,034 |
| Stoddard | 6,369 | 56.86% | 4,832 | 43.14% | 1,537 | 13.72% | 11,201 |
| Stone | 1,049 | 26.30% | 2,939 | 73.70% | -1,890 | -47.39% | 3,988 |
| Sullivan | 2,805 | 45.52% | 3,357 | 54.48% | -552 | -8.96% | 6,162 |
| Taney | 1,477 | 31.46% | 3,218 | 68.54% | -1,741 | -37.08% | 4,695 |
| Texas | 4,506 | 50.87% | 4,352 | 49.13% | 154 | 1.74% | 8,858 |
| Vernon | 4,547 | 46.73% | 5,184 | 53.27% | -637 | -6.55% | 9,731 |
| Warren | 1,211 | 29.81% | 2,852 | 70.19% | -1,641 | -40.39% | 4,063 |
| Washington | 2,380 | 41.30% | 3,383 | 58.70% | -1,003 | -17.40% | 5,763 |
| Wayne | 2,451 | 49.38% | 2,513 | 50.62% | -62 | -1.25% | 4,964 |
| Webster | 3,132 | 44.29% | 3,940 | 55.71% | -808 | -11.43% | 7,072 |
| Worth | 1,354 | 50.30% | 1,338 | 49.70% | 16 | 0.59% | 2,692 |
| Wright | 2,278 | 34.32% | 4,360 | 65.68% | -2,082 | -31.36% | 6,638 |
| Totals | 918,273 | 50.11% | 914,289 | 49.89% | 3,984 | 0.22% | 1,832,562 |
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.[1]
References
- "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- 1956 Presidential General Election Results - Missouri
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 264-265 ISBN 0405077114
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