1956 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 6, 1956
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County Results
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| Elections in Indiana |
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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower and the vice president of the United States Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic ticket of the former governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson II and the senior U.S. senator from Tennessee Estes Kefauver. Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in the national election with 457 electoral votes.[3]
Primary elections
Republican Party
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 351,903 | 96.35 | |
| Republican | Lar Daly | 13,320 | 3.65 | |
| Total votes | 365,223 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic Party
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Estes Kefauver | 242,842 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 242,842 | 100.00 | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard Nixon |
1,182,811 | 59.90 | 1.79 | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson II Estes Kefauver |
783,908 | 39.70 | 1.29 | |
| Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick Herbert C. Holdridge |
6,554 | 0.33 | 0.45 | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass Georgia Cozzini |
1,334 | 0.07 | 0.02 | |
| Total votes | 1,974,607 | 100.00 | |||
Results by county
| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 7,079 | 66.11% | 3,520 | 32.87% | 109 | 1.02% | 3,559 | 33.24% | 10,708 |
| Allen | 58,210 | 69.43% | 25,444 | 30.35% | 190 | 0.23% | 32,766 | 39.08% | 83,844 |
| Bartholomew | 12,227 | 59.78% | 8,134 | 39.77% | 92 | 0.45% | 4,093 | 20.01% | 20,453 |
| Benton | 4,004 | 67.02% | 1,961 | 32.83% | 9 | 0.15% | 2,043 | 34.19% | 5,974 |
| Blackford | 3,855 | 54.52% | 3,152 | 44.58% | 64 | 0.91% | 703 | 9.94% | 7,071 |
| Boone | 8,573 | 61.56% | 5,318 | 38.19% | 35 | 0.25% | 3,255 | 23.37% | 13,926 |
| Brown | 1,649 | 51.23% | 1,555 | 48.31% | 15 | 0.47% | 94 | 2.92% | 3,219 |
| Carroll | 5,748 | 63.26% | 3,312 | 36.45% | 26 | 0.29% | 2,436 | 26.81% | 9,086 |
| Cass | 12,624 | 62.19% | 7,594 | 37.41% | 81 | 0.40% | 5,030 | 24.78% | 20,299 |
| Clark | 12,483 | 51.09% | 11,871 | 48.59% | 79 | 0.32% | 612 | 2.50% | 24,433 |
| Clay | 7,302 | 55.91% | 5,720 | 43.79% | 39 | 0.30% | 1,582 | 12.12% | 13,061 |
| Clinton | 9,690 | 60.44% | 6,268 | 39.10% | 74 | 0.46% | 3,422 | 21.34% | 16,032 |
| Crawford | 2,694 | 51.96% | 2,433 | 46.92% | 58 | 1.12% | 261 | 5.04% | 5,185 |
| Daviess | 8,608 | 62.80% | 5,057 | 36.89% | 42 | 0.31% | 3,551 | 25.91% | 13,707 |
| Dearborn | 7,189 | 56.40% | 5,535 | 43.43% | 22 | 0.17% | 1,654 | 12.97% | 12,746 |
| Decatur | 6,390 | 64.87% | 3,427 | 34.79% | 34 | 0.35% | 2,963 | 30.08% | 9,851 |
| DeKalb | 9,061 | 66.75% | 4,435 | 32.67% | 79 | 0.58% | 4,626 | 34.08% | 13,575 |
| Delaware | 24,792 | 54.10% | 20,818 | 45.43% | 217 | 0.47% | 3,974 | 8.67% | 45,827 |
| Dubois | 6,942 | 57.19% | 5,177 | 42.65% | 20 | 0.16% | 1,765 | 14.54% | 12,139 |
| Elkhart | 28,088 | 69.05% | 12,363 | 30.39% | 226 | 0.56% | 15,725 | 38.66% | 40,677 |
| Fayette | 6,673 | 56.26% | 5,156 | 43.47% | 33 | 0.28% | 1,517 | 12.79% | 11,862 |
| Floyd | 10,410 | 55.18% | 8,378 | 44.41% | 77 | 0.41% | 2,032 | 10.77% | 18,865 |
| Fountain | 6,456 | 63.11% | 3,751 | 36.67% | 23 | 0.22% | 2,705 | 26.44% | 10,230 |
| Franklin | 4,429 | 63.02% | 2,573 | 36.61% | 26 | 0.37% | 1,856 | 26.41% | 7,028 |
| Fulton | 6,258 | 67.59% | 2,945 | 31.81% | 56 | 0.60% | 3,313 | 35.78% | 9,259 |
| Gibson | 9,256 | 55.58% | 7,318 | 43.94% | 79 | 0.47% | 1,938 | 11.64% | 16,653 |
| Grant | 17,548 | 64.50% | 9,455 | 34.75% | 203 | 0.75% | 8,093 | 29.75% | 27,206 |
| Greene | 8,722 | 54.62% | 7,186 | 45.00% | 61 | 0.38% | 1,536 | 9.62% | 15,969 |
| Hamilton | 11,220 | 68.96% | 4,974 | 30.57% | 77 | 0.47% | 6,246 | 38.39% | 16,271 |
| Hancock | 6,962 | 59.93% | 4,600 | 39.60% | 55 | 0.47% | 2,362 | 20.33% | 11,617 |
| Harrison | 5,299 | 54.92% | 4,266 | 44.22% | 83 | 0.86% | 1,033 | 10.70% | 9,648 |
| Hendricks | 10,578 | 65.58% | 5,521 | 34.23% | 30 | 0.19% | 5,057 | 31.35% | 16,129 |
| Henry | 13,750 | 61.33% | 8,502 | 37.92% | 166 | 0.74% | 5,248 | 23.41% | 22,418 |
| Howard | 17,234 | 58.26% | 12,159 | 41.10% | 188 | 0.64% | 5,075 | 17.16% | 29,581 |
| Huntington | 11,024 | 64.15% | 6,027 | 35.07% | 133 | 0.77% | 4,997 | 29.08% | 17,184 |
| Jackson | 8,375 | 57.30% | 6,185 | 42.31% | 57 | 0.39% | 2,190 | 14.99% | 14,617 |
| Jasper | 5,374 | 72.63% | 2,004 | 27.08% | 21 | 0.28% | 3,370 | 45.55% | 7,399 |
| Jay | 6,767 | 59.08% | 4,571 | 39.91% | 116 | 1.01% | 2,196 | 19.17% | 11,454 |
| Jefferson | 6,632 | 60.27% | 4,344 | 39.48% | 28 | 0.25% | 2,288 | 20.79% | 11,004 |
| Jennings | 4,502 | 60.72% | 2,879 | 38.83% | 33 | 0.45% | 1,623 | 21.89% | 7,414 |
| Johnson | 10,125 | 62.15% | 6,125 | 37.60% | 41 | 0.25% | 4,000 | 24.55% | 16,291 |
| Knox | 13,047 | 59.85% | 8,691 | 39.87% | 63 | 0.29% | 4,356 | 19.98% | 21,801 |
| Kosciusko | 12,777 | 71.68% | 4,904 | 27.51% | 143 | 0.80% | 7,873 | 44.17% | 17,824 |
| LaGrange | 3,815 | 70.47% | 1,562 | 28.85% | 37 | 0.68% | 2,253 | 41.61% | 5,414 |
| Lake | 92,803 | 52.00% | 85,000 | 47.63% | 657 | 0.37% | 7,803 | 4.37% | 178,460 |
| LaPorte | 24,622 | 62.90% | 14,417 | 36.83% | 103 | 0.26% | 10,205 | 26.07% | 39,142 |
| Lawrence | 11,090 | 63.93% | 6,197 | 35.73% | 59 | 0.34% | 4,893 | 28.20% | 17,346 |
| Madison | 30,329 | 54.21% | 25,408 | 45.42% | 206 | 0.37% | 4,921 | 8.79% | 55,943 |
| Marion | 162,566 | 61.97% | 99,102 | 37.78% | 679 | 0.26% | 63,464 | 24.19% | 262,347 |
| Marshall | 10,504 | 65.72% | 5,398 | 33.78% | 80 | 0.50% | 5,106 | 31.94% | 15,982 |
| Martin | 2,946 | 55.63% | 2,343 | 44.24% | 7 | 0.13% | 603 | 11.39% | 5,296 |
| Miami | 9,574 | 62.28% | 5,724 | 37.24% | 74 | 0.48% | 3,850 | 25.04% | 15,372 |
| Monroe | 13,223 | 62.92% | 7,732 | 36.79% | 60 | 0.29% | 5,491 | 26.13% | 21,015 |
| Montgomery | 10,418 | 65.41% | 5,443 | 34.17% | 66 | 0.41% | 4,975 | 31.24% | 15,927 |
| Morgan | 8,318 | 63.48% | 4,735 | 36.14% | 50 | 0.38% | 3,583 | 27.34% | 13,103 |
| Newton | 3,890 | 74.49% | 1,316 | 25.20% | 16 | 0.31% | 2,574 | 49.29% | 5,222 |
| Noble | 8,175 | 66.64% | 4,028 | 32.84% | 64 | 0.52% | 4,147 | 33.80% | 12,267 |
| Ohio | 1,237 | 53.07% | 1,087 | 46.63% | 7 | 0.30% | 150 | 6.44% | 2,331 |
| Orange | 5,751 | 62.37% | 3,438 | 37.28% | 32 | 0.35% | 2,313 | 25.09% | 9,221 |
| Owen | 3,685 | 58.48% | 2,581 | 40.96% | 35 | 0.56% | 1,104 | 17.52% | 6,301 |
| Parke | 5,080 | 59.04% | 3,502 | 40.70% | 22 | 0.26% | 1,578 | 18.34% | 8,604 |
| Perry | 4,946 | 55.00% | 4,037 | 44.89% | 10 | 0.11% | 909 | 10.11% | 8,993 |
| Pike | 4,596 | 57.34% | 3,353 | 41.83% | 66 | 0.82% | 1,243 | 15.51% | 8,015 |
| Porter | 14,970 | 72.71% | 5,574 | 27.07% | 45 | 0.22% | 9,396 | 45.64% | 20,589 |
| Posey | 5,780 | 59.44% | 3,919 | 40.30% | 25 | 0.26% | 1,861 | 19.14% | 9,724 |
| Pulaski | 4,117 | 62.07% | 2,424 | 36.54% | 92 | 1.39% | 1,693 | 25.53% | 6,633 |
| Putnam | 6,684 | 59.26% | 4,572 | 40.53% | 24 | 0.21% | 2,112 | 18.73% | 11,280 |
| Randolph | 9,020 | 65.02% | 4,701 | 33.89% | 152 | 1.10% | 4,319 | 31.13% | 13,873 |
| Ripley | 6,577 | 61.85% | 4,026 | 37.86% | 30 | 0.28% | 2,551 | 23.99% | 10,633 |
| Rush | 6,202 | 64.69% | 3,346 | 34.90% | 39 | 0.41% | 2,856 | 29.79% | 9,587 |
| St. Joseph | 57,827 | 51.41% | 54,152 | 48.15% | 493 | 0.44% | 3,675 | 3.26% | 112,472 |
| Scott | 3,117 | 50.63% | 3,011 | 48.91% | 28 | 0.45% | 106 | 1.72% | 6,156 |
| Shelby | 9,170 | 58.00% | 6,561 | 41.50% | 80 | 0.51% | 2,609 | 16.50% | 15,811 |
| Spencer | 5,404 | 60.31% | 3,530 | 39.40% | 26 | 0.29% | 1,874 | 20.91% | 8,960 |
| Starke | 5,063 | 59.94% | 3,349 | 39.65% | 35 | 0.41% | 1,714 | 20.29% | 8,447 |
| Steuben | 5,538 | 71.56% | 2,171 | 28.05% | 30 | 0.39% | 3,367 | 43.51% | 7,739 |
| Sullivan | 5,829 | 48.79% | 6,048 | 50.63% | 69 | 0.58% | -219 | -1.84% | 11,946 |
| Switzerland | 2,074 | 49.28% | 2,114 | 50.23% | 21 | 0.50% | -40 | -0.95% | 4,209 |
| Tippecanoe | 23,776 | 70.25% | 9,995 | 29.53% | 72 | 0.21% | 13,781 | 40.72% | 33,843 |
| Tipton | 4,939 | 59.47% | 3,320 | 39.98% | 46 | 0.55% | 1,619 | 19.49% | 8,305 |
| Union | 2,026 | 63.47% | 1,157 | 36.25% | 9 | 0.28% | 869 | 27.22% | 3,192 |
| Vanderburgh | 42,462 | 57.68% | 30,860 | 41.92% | 297 | 0.40% | 11,602 | 15.76% | 73,619 |
| Vermillion | 5,352 | 50.81% | 5,149 | 48.88% | 32 | 0.30% | 203 | 1.93% | 10,533 |
| Vigo | 25,253 | 50.44% | 24,680 | 49.29% | 135 | 0.27% | 573 | 1.15% | 50,068 |
| Wabash | 10,318 | 71.18% | 4,085 | 28.18% | 93 | 0.64% | 6,233 | 43.00% | 14,496 |
| Warren | 2,979 | 67.61% | 1,408 | 31.96% | 19 | 0.43% | 1,571 | 35.65% | 4,406 |
| Warrick | 6,286 | 57.21% | 4,668 | 42.49% | 33 | 0.30% | 1,618 | 14.72% | 10,987 |
| Washington | 4,864 | 55.66% | 3,849 | 44.04% | 26 | 0.30% | 1,015 | 11.62% | 8,739 |
| Wayne | 20,157 | 61.76% | 12,337 | 37.80% | 144 | 0.44% | 7,820 | 23.96% | 32,638 |
| Wells | 5,703 | 58.32% | 3,984 | 40.74% | 91 | 0.93% | 1,719 | 17.58% | 9,778 |
| White | 6,708 | 67.42% | 3,219 | 32.36% | 22 | 0.22% | 3,489 | 35.06% | 9,949 |
| Whitley | 6,422 | 63.23% | 3,688 | 36.31% | 47 | 0.46% | 2,734 | 26.92% | 10,157 |
| Totals | 1,182,811 | 59.90% | 783,908 | 39.70% | 7,888 | 0.40% | 398,903 | 20.20% | 1,974,607 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
Note
- ^ Eisenhower moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during his first term as president.[2]
References
- ^ Lenning 1956, p. 36.
- ^ Smith 2012, p. 181, 542.
- ^ Petersen 1963, p. 109.
- ^ a b Congressional Quarterly 1985, p. 410.
- ^ "Ike Piles Up Big Vote in State Primary". Decatur Daily Democrat. May 9, 1956.
- ^ Lenning 1956, p. 5.
Bibliography
- Congressional Quarterly (1985). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly. ISBN 978-0-87187-339-2.
- Lenning, Frank A. (1956). Annual Election Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana: 1956 General Election Statistics. Indianapolis: Indiana Secretary of State.
- Petersen, Svend (1963). A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company. LCCN 62-21786.
- Smith, Jean Edward (2012). Eisenhower in War and Peace. New York: Random House.