1956 United States presidential election in Nebraska
← 1952 November 6, 1956[1] 1960 →
All 6 Nebraska 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 6 0
Popular vote 378,108 199,029
Percentage 65.51% 34.49%
County Results
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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

Nebraska was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 65.51% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 34.49% of the popular vote.[4][5]

With 65.51% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Eisenhower's fourth strongest state after Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.[6]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 378,108 65.51%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 199,029 34.49%
Total votes 577,137 100%

Results by county

County[7] Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Adams 8,186 66.93% 4,045 33.07% 4,141 33.86% 12,231
Antelope 3,607 73.00% 1,334 27.00% 2,273 46.00% 4,941
Arthur 248 78.48% 68 21.52% 180 56.96% 316
Banner 329 64.01% 185 35.99% 144 28.02% 514
Blaine 416 73.63% 149 26.37% 267 47.26% 565
Boone 3,021 70.29% 1,277 29.71% 1,744 40.58% 4,298
Box Butte 2,991 68.71% 1,362 31.29% 1,629 37.42% 4,353
Boyd 1,414 62.51% 848 37.49% 566 25.02% 2,262
Brown 1,566 74.08% 548 25.92% 1,018 48.16% 2,114
Buffalo 7,342 70.31% 3,100 29.69% 4,242 40.62% 10,442
Burt 3,459 69.49% 1,519 30.51% 1,940 38.97% 4,978
Butler 2,864 56.07% 2,244 43.93% 620 12.14% 5,108
Cass 4,814 63.87% 2,723 36.13% 2,091 27.74% 7,537
Cedar 3,809 64.70% 2,078 35.30% 1,731 29.40% 5,887
Chase 1,444 68.31% 670 31.69% 774 36.61% 2,114
Cherry 2,414 73.20% 884 26.80% 1,530 46.39% 3,298
Cheyenne 3,809 63.58% 2,182 36.42% 1,627 27.16% 5,991
Clay 3,099 71.42% 1,240 28.58% 1,859 42.84% 4,339
Colfax 2,843 65.07% 1,526 34.93% 1,317 30.14% 4,369
Cuming 4,223 76.43% 1,302 23.57% 2,921 52.87% 5,525
Custer 5,798 70.51% 2,425 29.49% 3,373 41.02% 8,223
Dakota 2,516 53.08% 2,224 46.92% 292 6.16% 4,740
Dawes 2,523 73.86% 893 26.14% 1,630 47.72% 3,416
Dawson 6,503 76.13% 2,039 23.87% 4,464 52.26% 8,542
Deuel 1,165 79.85% 294 20.15% 871 59.70% 1,459
Dixon 2,493 59.09% 1,726 40.91% 767 18.18% 4,219
Dodge 9,210 69.26% 4,088 30.74% 5,122 38.52% 13,298
Douglas 73,270 59.39% 50,110 40.61% 23,160 18.77% 123,380
Dundy 1,196 70.73% 495 29.27% 701 41.45% 1,691
Fillmore 3,137 66.94% 1,549 33.06% 1,588 33.89% 4,686
Franklin 1,955 68.77% 888 31.23% 1,067 37.53% 2,843
Frontier 1,602 71.65% 634 28.35% 968 43.29% 2,236
Furnas 2,894 72.26% 1,111 27.74% 1,783 44.52% 4,005
Gage 7,514 67.64% 3,595 32.36% 3,919 35.28% 11,109
Garden 1,167 77.70% 335 22.30% 832 55.39% 1,502
Garfield 936 78.13% 262 21.87% 674 56.26% 1,198
Gosper 814 71.47% 325 28.53% 489 42.93% 1,139
Grant 433 83.27% 87 16.73% 346 66.54% 520
Greeley 1,240 57.67% 910 42.33% 330 15.35% 2,150
Hall 9,536 66.45% 4,815 33.55% 4,721 32.90% 14,351
Hamilton 3,217 74.95% 1,075 25.05% 2,142 49.91% 4,292
Harlan 1,850 68.57% 848 31.43% 1,002 37.14% 2,698
Hayes 726 70.01% 311 29.99% 415 40.02% 1,037
Hitchcock 1,570 67.94% 741 32.06% 829 35.87% 2,311
Holt 4,237 69.33% 1,874 30.67% 2,363 38.67% 6,111
Hooker 368 85.19% 64 14.81% 304 70.37% 432
Howard 1,701 54.00% 1,449 46.00% 252 8.00% 3,150
Jefferson 4,267 71.25% 1,722 28.75% 2,545 42.49% 5,989
Johnson 2,160 65.45% 1,140 34.55% 1,020 30.91% 3,300
Kearney 2,158 64.80% 1,172 35.20% 986 29.61% 3,330
Keith 2,624 73.83% 930 26.17% 1,694 47.66% 3,554
Keya Paha 635 70.71% 263 29.29% 372 41.43% 898
Kimball 1,590 70.79% 656 29.21% 934 41.59% 2,246
Knox 2,814 57.15% 2,110 42.85% 704 14.30% 4,924
Lancaster 35,591 64.94% 19,217 35.06% 16,374 29.88% 54,808
Lincoln 7,523 62.70% 4,475 37.30% 3,048 25.40% 11,998
Logan 367 71.26% 148 28.74% 219 42.52% 515
Loup 441 76.03% 139 23.97% 302 52.07% 580
Madison 7,968 72.99% 2,949 27.01% 5,019 45.97% 10,917
McPherson 281 74.14% 98 25.86% 183 48.28% 379
Merrick 2,857 71.73% 1,126 28.27% 1,731 43.46% 3,983
Morrill 1,810 63.75% 1,029 36.25% 781 27.51% 2,839
Nance 1,779 69.55% 779 30.45% 1,000 39.09% 2,558
Nemaha 3,141 68.66% 1,434 31.34% 1,707 37.31% 4,575
Nuckolls 2,672 64.28% 1,485 35.72% 1,187 28.55% 4,157
Otoe 5,275 69.67% 2,296 30.33% 2,979 39.35% 7,571
Pawnee 1,830 64.17% 1,022 35.83% 808 28.33% 2,852
Perkins 1,296 66.06% 666 33.94% 630 32.11% 1,962
Phelps 3,502 72.73% 1,313 27.27% 2,189 45.46% 4,815
Pierce 2,800 70.85% 1,152 29.15% 1,648 41.70% 3,952
Platte 6,574 69.23% 2,922 30.77% 3,652 38.46% 9,496
Polk 2,482 68.62% 1,135 31.38% 1,347 37.24% 3,617
Red Willow 3,806 70.08% 1,625 29.92% 2,181 40.16% 5,431
Richardson 4,480 64.05% 2,514 35.95% 1,966 28.11% 6,994
Rock 928 76.76% 281 23.24% 647 53.52% 1,209
Saline 3,248 48.89% 3,395 51.11% -147 -2.21% 6,643
Sarpy 3,826 60.47% 2,501 39.53% 1,325 20.94% 6,327
Saunders 4,973 59.86% 3,335 40.14% 1,638 19.72% 8,308
Scotts Bluff 8,027 63.12% 4,690 36.88% 3,337 26.24% 12,717
Seward 3,688 65.88% 1,910 34.12% 1,778 31.76% 5,598
Sheridan 2,618 74.57% 893 25.43% 1,725 49.13% 3,511
Sherman 1,429 53.97% 1,219 46.03% 210 7.93% 2,648
Sioux 499 65.74% 260 34.26% 239 31.49% 759
Stanton 1,676 65.14% 897 34.86% 779 30.28% 2,573
Thayer 3,346 69.81% 1,447 30.19% 1,899 39.62% 4,793
Thomas 422 77.72% 121 22.28% 301 55.43% 543
Thurston 1,722 55.05% 1,406 44.95% 316 10.10% 3,128
Valley 2,189 66.78% 1,089 33.22% 1,100 33.56% 3,278
Washington 3,531 67.10% 1,731 32.90% 1,800 34.21% 5,262
Wayne 3,040 72.68% 1,143 27.32% 1,897 45.35% 4,183
Webster 2,298 70.62% 956 29.38% 1,342 41.24% 3,254
Wheeler 391 64.20% 218 35.80% 173 28.41% 609
York 5,065 76.35% 1,569 23.65% 3,496 52.70% 6,634
Totals 378,108 65.51% 199,029 34.49% 179,079 31.03% 577,137

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 10, 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 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  6. ^ "1956 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "NE US President Race, November 06, 1956". Our Campaigns.
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