1956 United States presidential election in Iowa
← 1952 November 6, 1956[1] 1960 →
All 10 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[a] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 729,187 501,858
Percentage 59.06% 40.65%
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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The 1956 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.06% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 40.65% of the popular vote.[4][5] Iowa’s result weighed in as exactly 3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower carried every county except for Wapello County, thereby making him the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since Abraham Lincoln in 1860; this would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Dubuque County until Donald Trump in 2016.[6]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 729,187 59.06%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 501,858 40.65%
American Constitution Party of Iowa T. Coleman Andrews 3,202 0.26%
Socialist Darlington Hoopes 192 0.02%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 125 0.01%
Total votes 1,234,564 100%

Results by county

County[7] Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic 		Thomas Coleman Andrews
American Constitution 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 3,426 59.16% 2,362 40.79% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,064 18.37% 5,791
Adams 2,248 55.92% 1,756 43.68% 13 0.32% 3 0.07% 492 12.24% 4,020
Allamakee 5,182 66.23% 2,622 33.51% 18 0.23% 2 0.03% 2,560 32.72% 7,824
Appanoose 4,980 55.00% 4,064 44.89% 10 0.11% 0 0.00% 916 10.12% 9,054
Audubon 3,057 54.16% 2,585 45.80% 0 0.00% 2 0.04% 472 8.36% 5,644
Benton 5,634 56.31% 3,946 39.44% 421 4.21% 5 0.05% 1,688 16.87% 10,006
Black Hawk 28,250 57.99% 20,403 41.88% 56 0.11% 10 0.02% 7,847 16.11% 48,719
Boone 6,740 53.65% 5,815 46.28% 9 0.07% 0 0.00% 925 7.36% 12,564
Bremer 5,930 67.15% 2,892 32.75% 9 0.10% 0 0.00% 3,038 34.40% 8,831
Buchanan 5,512 61.01% 3,513 38.88% 9 0.10% 1 0.01% 1,999 22.13% 9,035
Buena Vista 6,470 61.25% 4,083 38.65% 7 0.07% 3 0.03% 2,387 22.60% 10,563
Butler 5,669 71.21% 2,289 28.75% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% 3,380 42.46% 7,961
Calhoun 4,409 57.49% 2,972 38.75% 286 3.73% 2 0.03% 1,437 18.74% 7,669
Carroll 5,816 53.29% 5,085 46.60% 9 0.08% 3 0.03% 731 6.70% 10,913
Cass 6,103 68.34% 2,818 31.56% 9 0.10% 0 0.00% 3,285 36.79% 8,930
Cedar 5,344 64.71% 2,912 35.26% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 2,432 29.45% 8,258
Cerro Gordo 12,449 57.00% 9,362 42.86% 21 0.10% 9 0.04% 3,087 14.13% 21,841
Cherokee 4,821 59.67% 3,254 40.28% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,567 19.40% 8,079
Chickasaw 4,205 56.10% 3,275 43.70% 15 0.20% 0 0.00% 930 12.41% 7,495
Clarke 2,462 55.99% 1,929 43.87% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 533 12.12% 4,397
Clay 5,107 62.36% 2,970 36.26% 101 1.23% 12 0.15% 2,137 26.09% 8,190
Clayton 6,529 59.76% 4,384 40.12% 12 0.11% 1 0.01% 2,145 19.63% 10,926
Clinton 14,765 63.62% 8,394 36.17% 29 0.12% 20 0.09% 6,371 27.45% 23,208
Crawford 4,608 55.03% 3,749 44.77% 15 0.18% 2 0.02% 859 10.26% 8,374
Dallas 6,619 56.06% 5,185 43.92% 2 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,434 12.15% 11,806
Davis 2,661 51.88% 2,458 47.92% 10 0.19% 0 0.00% 203 3.96% 5,129
Decatur 2,912 50.86% 2,806 49.01% 6 0.10% 1 0.02% 106 1.85% 5,725
Delaware 5,732 68.49% 2,621 31.32% 13 0.16% 3 0.04% 3,111 37.17% 8,369
Des Moines 11,152 55.88% 8,781 44.00% 17 0.09% 8 0.04% 2,371 11.88% 19,958
Dickinson 3,641 59.14% 2,498 40.57% 13 0.21% 5 0.08% 1,143 18.56% 6,157
Dubuque 17,923 57.36% 13,174 42.16% 133 0.43% 17 0.05% 4,749 15.20% 31,247
Emmet 4,193 63.68% 2,386 36.24% 4 0.06% 1 0.02% 1,807 27.45% 6,584
Fayette 7,914 61.51% 4,935 38.36% 13 0.10% 4 0.03% 2,979 23.15% 12,866
Floyd 6,172 62.17% 3,739 37.66% 14 0.14% 2 0.02% 2,433 24.51% 9,927
Franklin 4,563 64.41% 2,513 35.47% 7 0.10% 1 0.01% 2,050 28.94% 7,084
Fremont 3,241 58.81% 2,254 40.90% 14 0.25% 2 0.04% 987 17.91% 5,511
Greene 4,255 59.41% 2,802 39.12% 105 1.47% 0 0.00% 1,453 20.29% 7,162
Grundy 4,915 71.99% 1,908 27.95% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 3,007 44.05% 6,827
Guthrie 4,283 58.91% 2,981 41.00% 4 0.06% 2 0.03% 1,302 17.91% 7,270
Hamilton 5,667 59.56% 3,829 40.25% 15 0.16% 3 0.03% 1,838 19.32% 9,514
Hancock 4,305 60.51% 2,803 39.40% 4 0.06% 2 0.03% 1,502 21.11% 7,114
Hardin 6,642 63.67% 3,775 36.19% 6 0.06% 9 0.09% 2,867 27.48% 10,432
Harrison 5,209 58.30% 3,709 41.51% 17 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,500 16.79% 8,935
Henry 5,818 68.49% 2,667 31.39% 10 0.12% 0 0.00% 3,151 37.09% 8,495
Howard 3,491 52.85% 3,106 47.02% 7 0.11% 1 0.02% 385 5.83% 6,605
Humboldt 3,747 57.58% 2,756 42.35% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 991 15.23% 6,507
Ida 3,226 60.75% 2,083 39.23% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,143 21.53% 5,310
Iowa 4,875 62.68% 2,753 35.40% 139 1.79% 10 0.13% 2,122 27.29% 7,777
Jackson 5,575 62.61% 3,181 35.72% 147 1.65% 2 0.02% 2,394 26.88% 8,905
Jasper 9,310 56.67% 7,098 43.21% 14 0.09% 6 0.04% 2,212 13.46% 16,428
Jefferson 4,807 62.76% 2,845 37.15% 7 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,962 25.62% 7,659
Johnson 11,298 56.28% 8,767 43.67% 11 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,531 12.61% 20,076
Jones 5,605 62.51% 3,352 37.38% 6 0.07% 4 0.04% 2,253 25.13% 8,967
Keokuk 4,680 56.13% 3,649 43.76% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 1,031 12.37% 8,338
Kossuth 6,680 54.74% 5,514 45.18% 6 0.05% 4 0.03% 1,166 9.55% 12,204
Lee 11,571 58.35% 8,226 41.48% 29 0.15% 3 0.02% 3,345 16.87% 19,829
Linn 33,402 60.60% 21,667 39.31% 40 0.07% 7 0.01% 11,735 21.29% 55,116
Louisa 3,184 63.07% 1,858 36.81% 6 0.12% 0 0.00% 1,326 26.27% 5,048
Lucas 3,397 58.25% 2,431 41.68% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% 966 16.56% 5,832
Lyon 4,356 70.83% 1,790 29.11% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,566 41.72% 6,150
Madison 3,883 59.34% 2,652 40.53% 5 0.08% 4 0.06% 1,231 18.81% 6,544
Mahaska 6,864 62.21% 3,965 35.93% 201 1.82% 4 0.04% 2,899 26.27% 11,034
Marion 6,830 56.13% 5,316 43.69% 18 0.15% 4 0.03% 1,514 12.44% 12,168
Marshall 10,305 62.74% 5,755 35.04% 357 2.17% 8 0.05% 4,550 27.70% 16,425
Mills 3,539 64.89% 1,897 34.78% 17 0.31% 1 0.02% 1,642 30.11% 5,454
Mitchell 4,175 61.29% 2,630 38.61% 5 0.07% 2 0.03% 1,545 22.68% 6,812
Monona 3,854 52.47% 3,477 47.34% 12 0.16% 2 0.03% 377 5.13% 7,345
Monroe 2,984 53.17% 2,616 46.61% 9 0.16% 3 0.05% 368 6.56% 5,612
Montgomery 5,027 65.77% 2,597 33.98% 19 0.25% 0 0.00% 2,430 31.79% 7,643
Muscatine 8,552 59.81% 5,718 39.99% 22 0.15% 6 0.04% 2,834 19.82% 14,298
O'Brien 6,138 67.32% 2,970 32.57% 8 0.09% 2 0.02% 3,168 34.74% 9,118
Osceola 2,986 62.57% 1,779 37.28% 7 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,207 25.29% 4,772
Page 7,380 70.98% 3,001 28.86% 13 0.13% 3 0.03% 4,379 42.12% 10,397
Palo Alto 3,795 51.14% 3,624 48.83% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 171 2.30% 7,421
Plymouth 7,246 67.42% 3,502 32.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,744 34.83% 10,748
Pocahontas 3,606 52.89% 3,201 46.95% 9 0.13% 2 0.03% 405 5.94% 6,818
Polk 62,392 54.02% 53,025 45.91% 59 0.05% 15 0.01% 9,367 8.11% 115,491
Pottawattamie 17,632 57.87% 12,731 41.78% 96 0.32% 9 0.03% 4,901 16.09% 30,468
Poweshiek 5,145 58.81% 3,602 41.17% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 1,543 17.64% 8,749
Ringgold 2,713 60.42% 1,775 39.53% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 938 20.89% 4,490
Sac 4,874 59.99% 3,248 39.98% 2 0.02% 1 0.01% 1,626 20.01% 8,125
Scott 27,965 59.37% 18,969 40.27% 146 0.31% 24 0.05% 8,996 19.10% 47,104
Shelby 4,425 56.78% 3,300 42.35% 68 0.87% 0 0.00% 1,125 14.44% 7,793
Sioux 9,651 78.29% 2,666 21.63% 11 0.09% 0 0.00% 6,985 56.66% 12,328
Story 13,264 67.54% 6,352 32.34% 20 0.10% 4 0.02% 6,912 35.19% 19,640
Tama 5,952 55.25% 4,795 44.51% 23 0.21% 3 0.03% 1,157 10.74% 10,773
Taylor 3,533 59.10% 2,436 40.75% 7 0.12% 2 0.03% 1,097 18.35% 5,978
Union 4,666 62.21% 2,828 37.70% 7 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,838 24.50% 7,501
Van Buren 3,233 63.79% 1,833 36.17% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 1,400 27.62% 5,068
Wapello 10,401 48.65% 10,960 51.26% 16 0.07% 4 0.02% -559 -2.61% 21,381
Warren 5,430 59.19% 3,729 40.65% 15 0.16% 0 0.00% 1,701 18.54% 9,174
Washington 5,844 65.84% 3,022 34.05% 8 0.09% 2 0.02% 2,822 31.79% 8,876
Wayne 3,340 56.64% 2,553 43.29% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 787 13.35% 5,897
Webster 11,097 52.72% 9,901 47.04% 33 0.16% 18 0.09% 1,196 5.68% 21,049
Winnebago 3,926 60.84% 2,521 39.07% 5 0.08% 1 0.02% 1,405 21.77% 6,453
Winneshiek 6,192 59.20% 4,251 40.64% 14 0.13% 3 0.03% 1,941 18.56% 10,460
Woodbury 25,399 55.89% 19,997 44.00% 41 0.09% 8 0.02% 5,402 11.89% 45,445
Worth 2,700 52.25% 2,465 47.71% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 235 4.55% 5,167
Wright 5,512 58.70% 3,865 41.16% 12 0.13% 1 0.01% 1,647 17.54% 9,390
Totals 729,187 59.06% 501,858 40.65% 3,202 0.26% 317 0.03% 227,329 18.41% 1,234,564

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 9, 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 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. ^ Géoelections; presidential election of 1956 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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