Election in Missouri
1956 United States presidential election in Missouri
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| | | 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 Stevenson 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | Eisenhower 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | |
President before election Dwight Eisenhower Republican | Elected President Dwight Eisenhower Republican | |
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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 voted for the 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 won.
Results
Results by county
County | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Dwight D. 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 | -8.90% | 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 | -14.54% | 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 | -11.94% | 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 | -10.30% | 13,085 |
Caldwell | 1,929 | 37.49% | 3,216 | 62.51% | -1,287 | -25.02% | 5,145 |
Callaway | 5,165 | 59.12% | 3,572 | 40.88% | 1,593 | 18.24% | 8,737 |
Camden | 1,460 | 34.14% | 2,817 | 65.86% | -1,357 | -31.72% | 4,277 |
Cape Girardeau | 7,633 | 41.78% | 10,638 | 58.22% | -3,005 | -16.44% | 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 | -0.12% | 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 | 2.98% | 7,130 |
Christian | 1,730 | 31.67% | 3,732 | 68.33% | -2,002 | -36.66% | 5,462 |
Clark | 2,193 | 45.54% | 2,623 | 54.46% | -430 | -8.92% | 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 | -0.84% | 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 | -17.44% | 8,506 |
Crawford | 2,455 | 40.59% | 3,594 | 59.41% | -1,139 | -18.82% | 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 | 5.40% | 5,619 |
Douglas | 1,133 | 28.02% | 2,910 | 71.98% | -1,777 | -43.96% | 4,043 |
Dunklin | 8,698 | 63.76% | 4,943 | 36.24% | 3,755 | 27.52% | 13,641 |
Franklin | 8,391 | 41.96% | 11,605 | 58.04% | -3,214 | -16.08% | 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 | -20.12% | 6,891 |
Harrison | 2,518 | 37.81% | 4,141 | 62.19% | -1,623 | -24.38% | 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 | 23.86% | 5,719 |
Howell | 3,066 | 35.91% | 5,473 | 64.09% | -2,407 | -28.18% | 8,539 |
Iron | 1,970 | 52.12% | 1,810 | 47.88% | 160 | 4.24% | 3,780 |
Jackson | 133,522 | 52.22% | 122,182 | 47.78% | 11,340 | 4.44% | 255,704 |
Jasper | 13,404 | 39.64% | 20,414 | 60.36% | -7,010 | -20.72% | 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 | -18.60% | 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 | 8.50% | 5,029 |
Lincoln | 3,990 | 56.17% | 3,114 | 43.83% | 876 | 12.34% | 7,104 |
Linn | 5,055 | 50.13% | 5,028 | 49.87% | 27 | 0.26% | 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 | -3.96% | 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 | 9.72% | 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 | -29.46% | 3,144 |
Miller | 2,535 | 38.29% | 4,085 | 61.71% | -1,550 | -23.42% | 6,620 |
Mississippi | 3,653 | 63.38% | 2,111 | 36.62% | 1,542 | 26.76% | 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 | 53.64% | 5,743 |
Montgomery | 2,844 | 45.24% | 3,443 | 54.76% | -599 | -9.52% | 6,287 |
Morgan | 2,131 | 40.25% | 3,163 | 59.75% | -1,032 | -19.50% | 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 | -16.98% | 13,321 |
Nodaway | 5,371 | 45.70% | 6,381 | 54.30% | -1,010 | -8.60% | 11,752 |
Oregon | 2,472 | 63.25% | 1,436 | 36.75% | 1,036 | 26.50% | 3,908 |
Osage | 2,445 | 44.28% | 3,077 | 55.72% | -632 | -11.44% | 5,522 |
Ozark | 887 | 29.29% | 2,141 | 70.71% | -1,254 | -41.42% | 3,028 |
Pemiscot | 8,064 | 67.02% | 3,969 | 32.98% | 4,095 | 34.04% | 12,033 |
Perry | 2,346 | 34.78% | 4,400 | 65.22% | -2,054 | -30.44% | 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 | -0.12% | 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 | 18.90% | 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 | 7.38% | 5,468 |
Putnam | 1,115 | 29.43% | 2,674 | 70.57% | -1,559 | -41.14% | 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 | 29.40% | 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 |
St. Charles | 7,618 | 44.60% | 9,462 | 55.40% | -1,844 | -10.80% | 17,080 |
St. Clair | 2,200 | 42.16% | 3,018 | 57.84% | -818 | -15.68% | 5,218 |
St. Francois | 7,566 | 43.15% | 9,968 | 56.85% | -2,402 | -13.70% | 17,534 |
St. Louis | 121,881 | 46.88% | 138,111 | 53.12% | -16,230 | -6.24% | 259,992 |
St. Louis City | 202,210 | 60.86% | 130,045 | 39.14% | 72,165 | 21.72% | 332,255 |
Ste. Genevieve | 2,363 | 47.30% | 2,633 | 52.70% | -270 | -5.40% | 4,996 |
Saline | 5,841 | 49.45% | 5,970 | 50.55% | -129 | -1.10% | 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 | 21.76% | 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 | -47.40% | 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 | -6.54% | 9,731 |
Warren | 1,211 | 29.81% | 2,852 | 70.19% | -1,641 | -40.38% | 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 | -1.24% | 4,964 |
Webster | 3,132 | 44.29% | 3,940 | 55.71% | -808 | -11.42% | 7,072 |
Worth | 1,354 | 50.30% | 1,338 | 49.70% | 16 | 0.60% | 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
- ^ 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
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