1956 United States presidential election in Missouri

1956 United States presidential election in Missouri

← 1952 November 6, 1956 1960 →
 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Pennsylvania[a]
Running mate Estes Kefauver Richard Nixon
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 918,273 914,289
Percentage 50.11% 49.89%

County Results

President before election

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Democrat Adlai Stevenson II narrowly won the state of Missouri over the Republican incumbent, Dwight D. Eisenhower, thanks in large part to a 72,000-vote margin in St. Louis. This election saw the state deviate from its traditional status as a national bellwether; except for this election, Missouri chose the eventual winner of each U.S. presidential contest from 1904 to 2004. Missouri was the only state Eisenhower won in 1952 that Stevenson managed to flip. This is the last election in which the Republican nominee won the presidency without carrying Missouri. This was also the only state outside the old Confederacy that Stevenson managed to win.

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver Democratic 13[2] 918,273 50.11%
Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard Nixon Republican 0 914,289 49.89%

Results by county

1956 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[3]
County Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  2. ^ 1956 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
  3. ^ 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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