1956 United States presidential election in South Dakota
← 1952 November 6, 1956[1] 1960 →
All 4 South Dakota 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 4 0
Popular vote 171,569 122,288
Percentage 58.39% 41.61%
County Results
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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 South Dakota took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Dakota was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 58.39 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, with 41.61% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 171,569 58.39%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 122,288 41.61%
Total votes 293,857 100%

Results by county

County[6] Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Aurora 1,055 43.43% 1,374 56.57% -319 -13.13% 2,429
Beadle 5,216 53.06% 4,614 46.94% 602 6.12% 9,830
Bennett 746 52.13% 685 47.87% 61 4.26% 1,431
Bon Homme 2,696 55.70% 2,144 44.30% 552 11.40% 4,840
Brookings 5,293 66.89% 2,620 33.11% 2,673 33.78% 7,913
Brown 8,193 53.28% 7,184 46.72% 1,009 6.56% 15,377
Brule 1,317 41.02% 1,894 58.98% -577 -17.97% 3,211
Buffalo 314 49.68% 318 50.32% -4 -0.63% 632
Butte 2,231 68.46% 1,028 31.54% 1,203 36.91% 3,259
Campbell 1,268 81.44% 289 18.56% 979 62.88% 1,557
Charles Mix 2,202 41.40% 3,117 58.60% -915 -17.20% 5,319
Clark 2,173 58.83% 1,521 41.17% 652 17.65% 3,694
Clay 2,632 57.72% 1,928 42.28% 704 15.44% 4,560
Codington 5,150 57.72% 3,772 42.28% 1,378 15.44% 8,922
Corson 1,394 55.63% 1,112 44.37% 282 11.25% 2,506
Custer 1,514 63.96% 853 36.04% 661 27.93% 2,367
Davison 4,056 51.57% 3,809 48.43% 247 3.14% 7,865
Day 2,652 47.16% 2,971 52.84% -319 -5.67% 5,623
Deuel 1,698 55.47% 1,363 44.53% 335 10.94% 3,061
Dewey 1,197 56.76% 912 43.24% 285 13.51% 2,109
Douglas 1,713 67.81% 813 32.19% 900 35.63% 2,526
Edmunds 1,685 51.61% 1,580 48.39% 105 3.22% 3,265
Fall River 2,377 67.39% 1,150 32.61% 1,227 34.79% 3,527
Faulk 1,260 52.17% 1,155 47.83% 105 4.35% 2,415
Grant 2,621 55.87% 2,070 44.13% 551 11.75% 4,691
Gregory 1,945 52.01% 1,795 47.99% 150 4.01% 3,740
Haakon 936 61.18% 594 38.82% 342 22.35% 1,530
Hamlin 2,083 61.68% 1,294 38.32% 789 23.36% 3,377
Hand 1,804 55.39% 1,453 44.61% 351 10.78% 3,257
Hanson 1,050 46.94% 1,187 53.06% -137 -6.12% 2,237
Harding 650 63.35% 376 36.65% 274 26.71% 1,026
Hughes 2,923 63.41% 1,687 36.59% 1,236 26.81% 4,610
Hutchinson 3,870 73.16% 1,420 26.84% 2,450 46.31% 5,290
Hyde 755 55.84% 597 44.16% 158 11.69% 1,352
Jackson 490 54.57% 408 45.43% 82 9.13% 898
Jerauld 1,175 53.90% 1,005 46.10% 170 7.80% 2,180
Jones 601 56.06% 471 43.94% 130 12.13% 1,072
Kingsbury 2,933 64.92% 1,585 35.08% 1,348 29.84% 4,518
Lake 3,404 62.32% 2,058 37.68% 1,346 24.64% 5,462
Lawrence 4,654 71.33% 1,871 28.67% 2,783 42.65% 6,525
Lincoln 3,529 62.24% 2,141 37.76% 1,388 24.48% 5,670
Lyman 1,151 56.87% 873 43.13% 278 13.74% 2,024
Marshall 1,639 50.06% 1,635 49.94% 4 0.12% 3,274
McCook 2,382 57.54% 1,758 42.46% 624 15.07% 4,140
McPherson 2,225 77.85% 633 22.15% 1,592 55.70% 2,858
Meade 2,467 59.81% 1,658 40.19% 809 19.61% 4,125
Mellette 643 55.29% 520 44.71% 123 10.58% 1,163
Miner 1,456 48.97% 1,517 51.03% -61 -2.05% 2,973
Minnehaha 22,285 62.99% 13,093 37.01% 9,192 25.98% 35,378
Moody 2,133 53.69% 1,840 46.31% 293 7.37% 3,973
Pennington 10,955 67.26% 5,332 32.74% 5,623 34.52% 16,287
Perkins 1,743 59.41% 1,191 40.59% 552 18.81% 2,934
Potter 1,445 63.16% 843 36.84% 602 26.31% 2,288
Roberts 2,854 46.79% 3,246 53.21% -392 -6.43% 6,100
Sanborn 1,327 50.48% 1,302 49.52% 25 0.95% 2,629
Shannon 762 44.54% 949 55.46% -187 -10.93% 1,711
Spink 2,683 48.29% 2,873 51.71% -190 -3.42% 5,556
Stanley 587 50.87% 567 49.13% 20 1.73% 1,154
Sully 726 59.51% 494 40.49% 232 19.02% 1,220
Todd 748 47.31% 833 52.69% -85 -5.38% 1,581
Tripp 2,064 52.94% 1,835 47.06% 229 5.87% 3,899
Turner 4,096 70.89% 1,682 29.11% 2,414 41.78% 5,778
Union 2,636 52.94% 2,343 47.06% 293 5.88% 4,979
Walworth 2,132 60.21% 1,409 39.79% 723 20.42% 3,541
Washabaugh 265 58.89% 185 41.11% 80 17.78% 450
Yankton 4,063 57.63% 2,987 42.37% 1,076 15.26% 7,050
Ziebach 627 57.05% 472 42.95% 155 14.10% 1,099
Totals 171,549 58.38% 122,288 41.62% 49,261 16.76% 293,837

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 22, 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 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 408-409 ISBN 0405077114
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