1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
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All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[2][a] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 394,479 263,997
Percentage 59.49% 39.81%
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.49% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.81% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 394,479 59.49%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 263,997 39.81%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 3,308 0.50%
Constitutional States’ Rights T. Coleman Andrews 759 0.11%
Socialist Darlington Hoopes 531 0.08%
Total votes 663,074 100%

Results by county

County Dwight David Eisenhower[6]
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson II[6]
Democratic 		Eric Hass[6]
Socialist Labor 		Thomas Coleman Andrews[6]
Constitutional States’ Rights 		Darlington Hoopes[6]
Socialist 		Margin
% # % # % # % # % # % #
Hinsdale 76.73% 155 23.27% 47 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 53.47% 108
Larimer 71.77% 14,364 28.04% 5,612 0.04% 9 0.06% 12 0.09% 18 43.73% 8,752
Rio Blanco 71.47% 1,593 28.49% 635 0.04% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 42.98% 958
Grand 71.33% 1,239 28.55% 496 0.06% 1 0.06% 1 0.00% 0 42.77% 743
Kit Carson 70.96% 2,243 28.82% 911 0.09% 3 0.13% 4 0.00% 0 42.14% 1,332
Park 70.58% 715 29.32% 297 0.10% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 41.26% 418
Moffat 68.80% 1,762 31.12% 797 0.04% 1 0.04% 1 0.00% 0 37.68% 965
Douglas 68.08% 1,508 31.47% 697 0.09% 2 0.23% 5 0.14% 3 36.61% 811
Fremont 67.40% 6,040 32.31% 2,896 0.04% 4 0.16% 14 0.09% 8 35.08% 3,144
Boulder 66.89% 16,748 32.55% 8,149 0.48% 121 0.08% 21 0.00% 0 34.34% 8,599
Custer 66.83% 534 33.04% 264 0.13% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 33.79% 270
La Plata 66.81% 4,770 33.14% 2,366 0.03% 2 0.01% 1 0.01% 1 33.67% 2,404
Jackson 66.59% 594 33.30% 297 0.11% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 33.30% 297
Teller 66.42% 977 33.58% 494 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 32.83% 483
Ouray 65.90% 634 33.47% 322 0.10% 1 0.52% 5 0.00% 0 32.43% 312
Rio Grande 66.04% 2,816 33.79% 1,441 0.12% 5 0.05% 2 0.00% 0 32.25% 1,375
Washington 65.20% 2,020 34.44% 1,067 0.06% 2 0.13% 4 0.16% 5 30.76% 953
Clear Creek 64.87% 973 34.67% 520 0.07% 1 0.20% 3 0.20% 3 30.20% 453
Elbert 64.75% 1,295 35.10% 702 0.05% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 1 29.65% 593
Delta 64.71% 4,531 35.10% 2,458 0.07% 5 0.06% 4 0.06% 4 29.61% 2,073
Kiowa 64.64% 810 35.36% 443 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 29.29% 367
Logan 64.50% 5,199 35.25% 2,841 0.07% 6 0.15% 12 0.02% 2 29.26% 2,358
Summit 64.61% 429 35.39% 235 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 29.22% 194
Yuma 64.26% 2,782 35.67% 1,544 0.05% 2 0.02% 1 0.00% 0 28.60% 1,238
Morgan 64.17% 5,325 35.62% 2,956 0.13% 11 0.07% 6 0.00% 0 28.55% 2,369
Jefferson 63.71% 25,398 35.80% 14,270 0.36% 145 0.08% 33 0.05% 19 27.91% 11,128
Montezuma 63.59% 2,492 35.77% 1,402 0.20% 8 0.43% 17 0.00% 0 27.81% 1,090
Chaffee 63.67% 2,284 36.33% 1,303 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 27.35% 981
Sedgwick 63.55% 1,334 36.21% 760 0.05% 1 0.05% 1 0.14% 3 27.35% 574
Arapahoe 63.11% 19,716 36.33% 11,351 0.50% 157 0.01% 4 0.05% 15 26.77% 8,365
Phillips 63.35% 1,535 36.61% 887 0.04% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 26.74% 648
Garfield 62.90% 3,332 36.87% 1,953 0.04% 2 0.15% 8 0.04% 2 26.03% 1,379
Mesa 62.79% 12,869 36.92% 7,567 0.12% 24 0.13% 26 0.05% 10 25.87% 5,302
Mineral 62.69% 168 36.94% 99 0.37% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 25.75% 69
Weld 62.75% 17,228 37.04% 10,170 0.12% 34 0.03% 7 0.06% 16 25.71% 7,058
Alamosa 62.33% 2,442 37.39% 1,465 0.18% 7 0.10% 4 0.00% 0 24.94% 977
Gunnison 62.31% 1,400 37.65% 846 0.04% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 24.66% 554
Pitkin 62.15% 550 37.74% 334 0.11% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 24.41% 216
Montrose 62.04% 4,054 37.66% 2,461 0.15% 10 0.03% 2 0.11% 7 24.38% 1,593
Crowley 62.05% 1,220 37.89% 745 0.05% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 24.16% 475
Cheyenne 61.70% 820 38.15% 507 0.15% 2 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 23.55% 313
Gilpin 61.66% 394 38.18% 244 0.16% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 23.47% 150
Otero 61.53% 5,964 38.40% 3,722 0.01% 1 0.03% 3 0.03% 3 23.13% 2,242
Lincoln 61.25% 1,603 38.67% 1,012 0.08% 2 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 22.58% 591
Dolores 60.38% 544 39.29% 354 0.22% 2 0.11% 1 0.00% 0 21.09% 190
Archuleta 59.91% 635 39.91% 423 0.19% 2 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 20.00% 212
Baca 59.63% 1,715 39.99% 1,150 0.28% 8 0.10% 3 0.00% 0 19.65% 565
El Paso 58.46% 27,282 40.46% 18,879 0.07% 31 0.95% 445 0.06% 29 18.01% 8,403
San Juan 58.38% 324 41.62% 231 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 16.76% 93
Saguache 58.03% 1,149 41.57% 823 0.15% 3 0.25% 5 0.00% 0 16.46% 326
San Miguel 57.86% 648 41.88% 469 0.27% 3 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 15.98% 179
Prowers 57.61% 3,350 42.30% 2,460 0.07% 4 0.02% 1 0.00% 0 15.31% 890
Routt 57.55% 1,811 42.26% 1,330 0.03% 1 0.03% 1 0.13% 4 15.28% 481
Eagle 57.36% 1,154 42.35% 852 0.20% 4 0.10% 2 0.00% 0 15.01% 302
Bent 57.25% 1,718 42.75% 1,283 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 14.50% 435
Denver 55.91% 121,402 43.21% 93,812 0.71% 1,545 0.07% 156 0.09% 206 12.71% 27,590
Conejos[7] 55.89% 1,884 43.64% 1,471[b] 0.24% 8 0.02% 1 0.21% 7 12.25% 413
Pueblo 52.34% 23,454 45.60% 20,433 1.95% 876 0.01% 4 0.10% 47 6.74% 3,021
Adams 52.23% 12,778 46.89% 11,470 0.82% 200 0.06% 15 0.00% 0 5.35% 1,308
Lake 51.31% 1,433 48.51% 1,355 0.11% 3 0.07% 2 0.00% 0 2.79% 78
Las Animas 50.80% 5,290 48.96% 5,099 0.15% 16 0.09% 9 0.00% 0 1.83% 191
Huerfano 47.90% 2,091 51.82% 2,262 0.16% 7 0.05% 2 0.07% 3 -3.92% -171
Costilla 42.50% 958 55.72% 1,256 1.02% 23 0.75% 17 0.00% 0 -13.22% -298

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.
  2. ^ The Stevenson figure in Our Campaigns is not in agreement with other figures for this county on the site or in America at the Polls.

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 06, 1956
  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 72 ISBN 0405077114
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