1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina

The 1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 14[4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina

November 6, 1956[1]
All 14 North Carolina votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Pennsylvania[2][3] Running mate Estes Kefauver Richard Nixon Electoral vote 14 0 Popular vote 590,530 575,062 Percentage 50.7% 49.3%
County Results Stevenson   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Eisenhower   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%
President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican

North Carolina was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 50.66 percent of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 49.34 percent of the popular vote.[5][6] This would be the last time until 1992, when North Carolina did not vote for the winning candidate in a presidential election, while also being the most recent election when it supported a losing Democratic candidate.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	590,530	50.66%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.)	575,062	49.34%
Total votes			1,165,592	100%

Results by county

County	Adlai Stevenson II[7] Democratic		Dwight David Eisenhower[7] Republican		Margin
	%	#	%	#	%	#
Greene	93.67%	3,285	6.33%	222	87.34%	3,063
Martin	92.73%	5,730	7.27%	449	85.47%	5,281
Bertie	87.79%	3,373	12.21%	469	75.59%	2,904
Franklin	87.00%	5,298	13.00%	792	73.99%	4,506
Northampton	85.03%	4,242	14.97%	747	70.05%	3,495
Pitt	82.52%	11,873	17.48%	2,515	65.04%	9,358
Jones	82.47%	1,952	17.53%	415	64.93%	1,537
Edgecombe	80.97%	7,830	19.03%	1,840	61.94%	5,990
Warren	79.19%	2,733	20.81%	718	58.39%	2,015
Hoke	79.12%	1,944	20.88%	513	58.24%	1,431
Robeson	79.06%	10,516	20.94%	2,785	58.12%	7,731
Nash	78.91%	9,969	21.09%	2,665	57.81%	7,304
Hertford	78.79%	2,708	21.21%	729	57.58%	1,979
Gates	78.49%	1,244	21.51%	341	56.97%	903
Columbus	77.24%	7,805	22.76%	2,300	54.48%	5,505
Halifax	77.01%	7,860	22.99%	2,346	54.03%	5,514
Duplin	76.66%	6,931	23.34%	2,110	53.32%	4,821
Wilson	74.64%	8,328	25.36%	2,830	49.27%	5,498
Currituck	74.49%	1,425	25.51%	488	48.98%	937
Onslow	74.26%	4,692	25.74%	1,626	48.53%	3,066
Granville	73.28%	4,013	26.72%	1,463	46.57%	2,550
Chowan	72.76%	1,485	27.24%	556	45.52%	929
Lenoir	72.76%	6,847	27.24%	2,564	45.51%	4,283
Bladen	72.56%	4,078	27.44%	1,542	45.12%	2,536
Scotland	72.21%	3,042	27.79%	1,171	44.41%	1,871
Vance	71.57%	4,922	28.43%	1,955	43.14%	2,967
Beaufort	71.56%	5,730	28.44%	2,277	43.12%	3,453
Camden	70.33%	813	29.67%	343	40.66%	470
Richmond	69.40%	6,592	30.60%	2,907	38.79%	3,685
Anson	68.69%	3,598	31.31%	1,640	37.38%	1,958
Pender	68.52%	2,196	31.48%	1,009	37.04%	1,187
Lee	68.12%	4,163	31.88%	1,948	36.25%	2,215
Craven	68.12%	6,317	31.88%	2,956	36.25%	3,361
Hyde	67.68%	1,028	32.32%	491	35.35%	537
Caswell	67.21%	2,468	32.79%	1,204	34.42%	1,264
Johnston	66.82%	9,852	33.18%	4,893	33.63%	4,959
Person	66.36%	3,433	33.64%	1,740	32.73%	1,693
Union	65.50%	6,383	34.50%	3,362	31.00%	3,021
Washington	65.34%	1,947	34.66%	1,033	30.67%	914
Harnett	64.99%	7,421	35.01%	3,998	29.98%	3,423
Pasquotank	61.86%	2,963	38.14%	1,827	23.72%	1,136
Wayne	61.55%	6,756	38.45%	4,220	23.10%	2,536
Wake	59.61%	22,427	40.39%	15,194	19.23%	7,233
Tyrrell	59.42%	615	40.58%	420	18.84%	195
Pamlico	59.06%	1,376	40.94%	954	18.11%	422
Perquimans	59.04%	1,022	40.96%	709	18.08%	313
Cumberland	56.95%	8,862	43.05%	6,699	13.90%	2,163
Cleveland	54.30%	8,408	45.70%	7,076	8.60%	1,332
Chatham	52.68%	4,151	47.32%	3,729	5.36%	422
Haywood	52.21%	7,598	47.79%	6,955	4.42%	643
New Hanover	51.97%	10,247	48.03%	9,470	3.94%	777
Jackson	51.95%	3,787	48.05%	3,503	3.90%	284
Orange	51.90%	4,743	48.10%	4,396	3.80%	347
Sampson	51.84%	7,197	48.16%	6,685	3.69%	512
Yancey	51.35%	2,964	48.65%	2,808	2.70%	156
Durham	51.13%	13,835	48.87%	13,226	2.25%	609
Carteret	50.46%	3,875	49.54%	3,804	0.92%	71
Brunswick	49.98%	3,297	50.02%	3,299	-0.03%	-2
Rockingham	49.73%	8,896	50.27%	8,991	-0.53%	-95
Alleghany	49.57%	1,670	50.43%	1,699	-0.86%	-29
Montgomery	47.90%	3,088	52.10%	3,359	-4.20%	-271
Alamance	47.64%	11,029	52.36%	12,123	-4.73%	-1,094
Stokes	47.63%	3,948	52.37%	4,341	-4.74%	-393
Moore	47.45%	4,729	52.55%	5,238	-5.11%	-509
Polk	47.23%	2,527	52.77%	2,823	-5.53%	-296
Clay	47.16%	1,287	52.84%	1,442	-5.68%	-155
Macon	47.02%	3,025	52.98%	3,408	-5.95%	-383
Swain	46.96%	1,794	53.04%	2,026	-6.07%	-232
Transylvania	46.82%	3,435	53.18%	3,901	-6.35%	-466
Lincoln	46.80%	5,838	53.20%	6,637	-6.40%	-799
Rutherford	46.78%	7,208	53.22%	8,200	-6.44%	-992
Ashe	46.46%	3,982	53.54%	4,588	-7.07%	-606
Madison	46.42%	3,693	53.58%	4,263	-7.16%	-570
Gaston	46.32%	15,671	53.68%	18,159	-7.35%	-2,488
Graham	45.75%	1,486	54.25%	1,762	-8.50%	-276
Buncombe	45.67%	19,044	54.33%	22,655	-8.66%	-3,611
Dare	44.94%	839	55.06%	1,028	-10.12%	-189
McDowell	44.54%	4,392	55.46%	5,468	-10.91%	-1,076
Surry	43.82%	7,020	56.18%	9,001	-12.37%	-1,981
Cherokee	42.60%	2,843	57.40%	3,830	-14.79%	-987
Alexander	41.84%	2,710	58.16%	3,767	-16.32%	-1,057
Watauga	41.01%	3,223	58.99%	4,636	-17.98%	-1,413
Burke	40.35%	7,999	59.65%	11,823	-19.29%	-3,824
Guilford	40.13%	21,948	59.87%	32,751	-19.75%	-10,803
Iredell	39.57%	7,286	60.43%	11,125	-20.85%	-3,839
Randolph	38.95%	8,404	61.05%	13,174	-22.11%	-4,770
Caldwell	38.78%	6,861	61.22%	10,833	-22.45%	-3,972
Stanly	38.55%	6,693	61.45%	10,667	-22.89%	-3,974
Davidson	38.17%	9,987	61.83%	16,178	-23.66%	-6,191
Mecklenburg	37.98%	27,227	62.02%	44,469	-24.05%	-17,242
Catawba	37.25%	11,424	62.75%	19,246	-25.50%	-7,822
Rowan	35.72%	9,761	64.28%	17,562	-28.55%	-7,801
Forsyth	35.01%	15,819	64.99%	29,368	-29.98%	-13,549
Wilkes	33.71%	5,870	66.29%	11,544	-32.58%	-5,674
Cabarrus	33.15%	7,173	66.85%	14,462	-33.69%	-7,289
Davie	31.45%	2,110	68.55%	4,599	-37.10%	-2,489
Henderson	30.22%	4,003	69.78%	9,243	-39.56%	-5,240
Yadkin	30.15%	2,361	69.85%	5,469	-39.69%	-3,108
Mitchell	20.03%	1,069	79.97%	4,269	-59.95%	-3,200
Avery	19.47%	969	80.53%	4,009	-61.07%	-3,040

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
2. 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.
3. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
4. "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
5. "1956 Presidential General Election Results - North Carolina". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
6. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
7. Our Campaigns; NC US President Race, November 06, 1956