1956 United States presidential election in Delaware
← 1952 November 6, 1956[1] 1960 →
All 3 Delaware votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[2][3] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 98,057 79,421
Percentage 55.09% 44.62%
County Results
Eisenhower
  50-60%

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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The 1956 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose three[4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 55.09% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 44.62% of the popular vote.[5][6] As of 2022, this is the last time that Sussex County was not the most Republican county in the state.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Delaware
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 98,057 55.09%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 79,421 44.62%
Write-in 510 0.29%
Total votes 177,988 100.00%

Results by county

County Dwight Eisenhower
Republican		 Adlai Stevenson II
Democrat		 Various candidates
Others		 Total
votes
% # % # % #
Kent 52.18% 10,303 47.20% 9,319 0.62% 123 19,745
New Castle 55.65% 71,113 44.14% 56,405 0.22% 275 127,793
Sussex 54.62% 16,621 45.01% 13,697 0.37% 112 30,430

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  4. ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 5, 2017.


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