1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee
The 1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Tennessee was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 49.21% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 48.60% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 462,288 | 49.21% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 456,507 | 48.60% | |
| Dixiecrat | T. Coleman Andrews | 19,820 | 2.11% | |
| Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick | 789 | 0.08% | |
| Total votes | 939,404 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower[6] Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II[6] Democratic |
Thomas Coleman Andrews[6] States’ Rights |
Enoch Arden Holtwick[6] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 11,071 | 52.42% | 9,368 | 44.35% | 682 | 3.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,703 | 8.06% | 21,121 |
| Bedford | 2,258 | 33.08% | 4,517 | 66.18% | 50 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,259 | -33.10% | 6,825 |
| Benton | 1,279 | 36.22% | 2,231 | 63.18% | 21 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -952 | -26.96% | 3,531 |
| Bledsoe | 1,429 | 56.57% | 1,079 | 42.72% | 18 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 350 | 13.86% | 2,526 |
| Blount | 12,667 | 70.90% | 5,076 | 28.41% | 113 | 0.63% | 11 | 0.06% | 7,591 | 42.49% | 17,867 |
| Bradley | 6,247 | 65.00% | 3,225 | 33.56% | 139 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,022 | 31.44% | 9,611 |
| Campbell | 5,065 | 64.78% | 2,628 | 33.61% | 126 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,437 | 31.17% | 7,819 |
| Cannon | 919 | 37.13% | 1,547 | 62.51% | 9 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -628 | -25.37% | 2,475 |
| Carroll | 4,235 | 55.80% | 3,232 | 42.58% | 123 | 1.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,003 | 13.21% | 7,590 |
| Carter | 11,218 | 78.80% | 2,933 | 20.60% | 85 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,285 | 58.20% | 14,236 |
| Cheatham | 498 | 17.72% | 2,297 | 81.71% | 11 | 0.39% | 5 | 0.18% | -1,799 | -64.00% | 2,811 |
| Chester | 1,460 | 48.85% | 1,495 | 50.02% | 32 | 1.07% | 2 | 0.07% | -35 | -1.17% | 2,989 |
| Claiborne | 3,377 | 62.21% | 1,973 | 36.35% | 34 | 0.63% | 44 | 0.81% | 1,404 | 25.87% | 5,428 |
| Clay | 902 | 48.31% | 948 | 50.78% | 17 | 0.91% | 0 | 0.00% | -46 | -2.46% | 1,867 |
| Cocke | 5,526 | 82.29% | 1,121 | 16.69% | 39 | 0.58% | 29 | 0.43% | 4,405 | 65.60% | 6,715 |
| Coffee | 2,389 | 32.42% | 4,930 | 66.90% | 50 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,541 | -34.48% | 7,369 |
| Crockett | 1,026 | 33.02% | 1,964 | 63.21% | 105 | 3.38% | 12 | 0.39% | -938 | -30.19% | 3,107 |
| Cumberland | 3,200 | 62.00% | 1,925 | 37.30% | 36 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,275 | 24.70% | 5,161 |
| Davidson | 37,077 | 39.08% | 56,822 | 59.89% | 975 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -19,745 | -20.81% | 94,874 |
| Decatur | 1,512 | 48.76% | 1,554 | 50.11% | 35 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -42 | -1.35% | 3,101 |
| DeKalb | 1,690 | 45.76% | 1,982 | 53.67% | 21 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -292 | -7.91% | 3,693 |
| Dickson | 1,247 | 24.38% | 3,799 | 74.29% | 68 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,552 | -49.90% | 5,114 |
| Dyer | 2,682 | 36.21% | 4,524 | 61.08% | 201 | 2.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,842 | -24.87% | 7,407 |
| Fayette | 358 | 18.19% | 639 | 32.47% | 971 | 49.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -332[lower-alpha 2] | -16.87% | 1,968 |
| Fentress | 2,233 | 69.52% | 934 | 29.08% | 30 | 0.93% | 15 | 0.47% | 1,299 | 40.44% | 3,212 |
| Franklin | 1,727 | 26.19% | 4,791 | 72.65% | 77 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,064 | -46.46% | 6,595 |
| Gibson | 3,481 | 29.72% | 7,884 | 67.31% | 348 | 2.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -4,403 | -37.59% | 11,713 |
| Giles | 1,401 | 22.65% | 4,750 | 76.79% | 35 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,349 | -54.14% | 6,186 |
| Grainger | 2,497 | 72.40% | 913 | 26.47% | 39 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,584 | 45.93% | 3,449 |
| Greene | 7,396 | 64.87% | 3,949 | 34.63% | 57 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,447 | 30.23% | 11,402 |
| Grundy | 918 | 30.36% | 2,076 | 68.65% | 23 | 0.76% | 7 | 0.23% | -1,158 | -38.29% | 3,024 |
| Hamblen | 5,608 | 67.77% | 2,592 | 31.32% | 75 | 0.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,016 | 36.45% | 8,275 |
| Hamilton | 34,429 | 53.11% | 28,287 | 43.63% | 2,114 | 3.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,142 | 9.47% | 64,830 |
| Hancock | 1,939 | 83.29% | 350 | 15.03% | 26 | 1.12% | 13 | 0.56% | 1,589 | 68.26% | 2,328 |
| Hardeman | 818 | 24.40% | 1,754 | 52.31% | 781 | 23.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -936 | -27.92% | 3,353 |
| Hardin | 2,898 | 61.92% | 1,734 | 37.05% | 48 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,164 | 24.87% | 4,680 |
| Hawkins | 6,916 | 68.04% | 3,180 | 31.29% | 37 | 0.36% | 31 | 0.30% | 3,736 | 36.76% | 10,164 |
| Haywood | 516 | 17.04% | 2,217 | 73.22% | 295 | 9.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,701 | -56.18% | 3,028 |
| Henderson | 3,294 | 66.91% | 1,613 | 32.76% | 16 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,681 | 34.15% | 4,923 |
| Henry | 2,337 | 28.97% | 5,625 | 69.72% | 106 | 1.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,288 | -40.75% | 8,068 |
| Hickman | 1,040 | 29.75% | 2,439 | 69.77% | 11 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.17% | -1,399 | -40.02% | 3,496 |
| Houston | 340 | 24.55% | 1,033 | 74.58% | 8 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.29% | -693 | -50.04% | 1,385 |
| Humphreys | 713 | 19.99% | 2,841 | 79.67% | 12 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,128 | -59.67% | 3,566 |
| Jackson | 881 | 33.13% | 1,743 | 65.55% | 35 | 1.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -862 | -32.42% | 2,659 |
| Jefferson | 4,870 | 77.63% | 1,338 | 21.33% | 65 | 1.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,532 | 56.30% | 6,273 |
| Johnson | 3,690 | 87.44% | 503 | 11.92% | 27 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,187 | 75.52% | 4,220 |
| Knox | 46,167 | 60.09% | 29,768 | 38.74% | 800 | 1.04% | 96 | 0.12% | 16,399 | 21.34% | 76,831 |
| Lake | 512 | 22.80% | 1,673 | 74.49% | 61 | 2.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,161 | -51.69% | 2,246 |
| Lauderdale | 1,049 | 18.94% | 4,383 | 79.12% | 108 | 1.95% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,334 | -60.18% | 5,540 |
| Lawrence | 4,588 | 51.67% | 4,227 | 47.60% | 44 | 0.50% | 21 | 0.24% | 361 | 4.07% | 8,880 |
| Lewis | 522 | 28.16% | 1,321 | 71.25% | 11 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -799 | -43.10% | 1,854 |
| Lincoln | 1,207 | 21.21% | 4,434 | 77.90% | 51 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,227 | -56.69% | 5,692 |
| Loudon | 4,583 | 60.91% | 2,844 | 37.80% | 75 | 1.00% | 22 | 0.29% | 1,739 | 23.11% | 7,524 |
| Macon | 2,207 | 66.96% | 1,069 | 32.43% | 20 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,138 | 34.53% | 3,296 |
| Madison | 6,642 | 41.42% | 8,540 | 53.25% | 810 | 5.05% | 45 | 0.28% | -1,898 | -11.84% | 16,037 |
| Marion | 2,925 | 50.45% | 2,781 | 47.96% | 92 | 1.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 2.48% | 5,798 |
| Marshall | 1,527 | 26.58% | 4,100 | 71.37% | 94 | 1.64% | 24 | 0.42% | -2,573 | -44.79% | 5,745 |
| Maury | 2,853 | 29.39% | 6,662 | 68.64% | 191 | 1.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,809 | -39.24% | 9,706 |
| McMinn | 6,075 | 59.83% | 3,950 | 38.90% | 93 | 0.92% | 35 | 0.34% | 2,125 | 20.93% | 10,153 |
| McNairy | 3,349 | 57.37% | 2,403 | 41.16% | 86 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 946 | 16.20% | 5,838 |
| Meigs | 847 | 51.93% | 759 | 46.54% | 21 | 1.29% | 4 | 0.25% | 88 | 5.40% | 1,631 |
| Monroe | 4,998 | 58.28% | 3,511 | 40.94% | 55 | 0.64% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,487 | 17.34% | 8,576 |
| Montgomery | 2,778 | 25.41% | 8,034 | 73.48% | 122 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -5,256 | -48.07% | 10,934 |
| Moore | 270 | 23.14% | 893 | 76.52% | 4 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -623 | -53.38% | 1,167 |
| Morgan | 2,402 | 62.83% | 1,379 | 36.07% | 42 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,023 | 26.76% | 3,823 |
| Obion | 2,349 | 30.76% | 5,185 | 67.89% | 103 | 1.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,836 | -37.14% | 7,637 |
| Overton | 1,508 | 38.44% | 2,385 | 60.80% | 15 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.38% | -877 | -22.36% | 3,923 |
| Perry | 694 | 39.43% | 1,052 | 59.77% | 14 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -358 | -20.34% | 1,760 |
| Pickett | 985 | 63.30% | 560 | 35.99% | 11 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 425 | 27.31% | 1,556 |
| Polk | 2,136 | 58.22% | 1,533 | 41.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 603 | 16.43% | 3,669 |
| Putnam | 3,492 | 43.63% | 4,481 | 55.98% | 31 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | -989 | -12.36% | 8,004 |
| Rhea | 2,516 | 55.70% | 1,930 | 42.73% | 71 | 1.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 586 | 12.97% | 4,517 |
| Roane | 6,147 | 56.82% | 4,531 | 41.88% | 131 | 1.21% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,616 | 14.94% | 10,818 |
| Robertson | 1,517 | 23.25% | 4,961 | 76.02% | 34 | 0.52% | 14 | 0.21% | -3,444 | -52.77% | 6,526 |
| Rutherford | 2,713 | 29.15% | 6,494 | 69.78% | 99 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,781 | -40.63% | 9,306 |
| Scott | 3,282 | 79.10% | 842 | 20.29% | 25 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,440 | 58.81% | 4,149 |
| Sequatchie | 683 | 43.89% | 859 | 55.21% | 14 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | -176 | -11.31% | 1,556 |
| Sevier | 6,950 | 86.46% | 1,043 | 12.98% | 40 | 0.50% | 5 | 0.06% | 5,907 | 73.49% | 8,038 |
| Shelby | 65,690 | 48.65% | 62,051 | 45.96% | 7,284 | 5.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,639 | 2.70% | 135,025 |
| Smith | 1,267 | 29.96% | 2,949 | 69.73% | 8 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.12% | -1,682 | -39.77% | 4,229 |
| Stewart | 560 | 20.77% | 2,120 | 78.64% | 16 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,560 | -57.86% | 2,696 |
| Sullivan | 18,903 | 56.42% | 14,106 | 42.10% | 206 | 0.61% | 291 | 0.87% | 4,797 | 14.32% | 33,506 |
| Sumner | 2,123 | 22.28% | 7,368 | 77.34% | 36 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | -5,245 | -55.05% | 9,527 |
| Tipton | 983 | 16.26% | 4,828 | 79.87% | 234 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,845 | -63.61% | 6,045 |
| Trousdale | 209 | 16.76% | 1,032 | 82.76% | 6 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -823 | -66.00% | 1,247 |
| Unicoi | 3,978 | 77.71% | 1,111 | 21.70% | 30 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,867 | 56.01% | 5,119 |
| Union | 2,154 | 79.69% | 535 | 19.79% | 14 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,619 | 59.90% | 2,703 |
| Van Buren | 381 | 38.45% | 602 | 60.75% | 8 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -221 | -22.30% | 991 |
| Warren | 1,954 | 32.58% | 4,014 | 66.92% | 30 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,060 | -34.34% | 5,998 |
| Washington | 13,471 | 71.23% | 5,314 | 28.10% | 127 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,157 | 43.13% | 18,912 |
| Wayne | 2,557 | 70.67% | 1,045 | 28.88% | 16 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,512 | 41.79% | 3,618 |
| Weakley | 2,720 | 36.22% | 4,717 | 62.81% | 61 | 0.81% | 12 | 0.16% | -1,997 | -26.59% | 7,510 |
| White | 1,346 | 35.81% | 2,378 | 63.26% | 35 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,032 | -27.45% | 3,759 |
| Williamson | 1,979 | 31.86% | 4,174 | 67.20% | 58 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,195 | -35.34% | 6,211 |
| Wilson | 2,266 | 30.04% | 5,221 | 69.21% | 57 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,955 | -39.17% | 7,544 |
| Totals | 462,288 | 49.21% | 456,507 | 48.60% | 19,820 | 2.11% | 789 | 0.08% | 5,781 | 0.62% | 939,404 |
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]
- In this county where Andrews came first with Stevenson second and Eisenhower third, margin given is Stevenson vote minus Andrews vote and percentage margin Stevenson percentage minus Andrews percentage.
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 5, 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 5, 2017.
- "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- Our Campaigns; TN US President, November 06, 1956
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