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The 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1956. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson and former Commissioner of Internal Revenue T. Coleman Andrews, who received the nomination of the States' Rights Party. Andrews had his strongest showing in his home state of Virginia. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 57.37% of the vote. This election marks the most recent time Virginia voted to the left of Maryland (by margin of victory).[2][3]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election when majority-black Charles City County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[4]
| Elections in Virginia |
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| 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Dwight Eisenhower (inc.) | 386,459 | 55.37% | 12 | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 267,760 | 38.36% | 0 | |
| Dixiecrat/States' Rights | T. Coleman Andrews | 42,964 | 6.16% | 0 | |
| Social Democratic | Darlington Hoopes | 444 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 351 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Totals | 697,978 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
| County or Independent City | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Thomas Coleman Andrews States' Rights |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack County | 2,823 | 54.25% | 2,213 | 42.52% | 162 | 3.11% | 6 | 0.12% | 610 | 11.72% | 5,204 |
| Albemarle County | 2,508 | 57.18% | 1,412 | 32.19% | 466 | 10.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,096 | 24.99% | 4,386 |
| Alleghany County | 1,135 | 55.26% | 822 | 40.02% | 97 | 4.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 313 | 15.24% | 2,054 |
| Amelia County | 745 | 43.11% | 403 | 23.32% | 571 | 33.04% | 9 | 0.52% | 174[b] | 10.07% | 1,728 |
| Amherst County | 1,529 | 42.59% | 1,933 | 53.84% | 124 | 3.45% | 4 | 0.11% | -404 | -11.25% | 3,590 |
| Appomattox County | 853 | 40.89% | 1,079 | 51.73% | 153 | 7.33% | 1 | 0.05% | -226 | -10.83% | 2,086 |
| Arlington County | 21,868 | 55.05% | 16,674 | 41.97% | 1,151 | 2.90% | 32 | 0.08% | 5,194 | 13.07% | 39,725 |
| Augusta County | 3,466 | 68.07% | 1,484 | 29.14% | 139 | 2.73% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,982 | 38.92% | 5,092 |
| Bath County | 739 | 58.47% | 479 | 37.90% | 45 | 3.56% | 1 | 0.08% | 260 | 20.57% | 1,264 |
| Bedford County | 3,148 | 52.07% | 2,649 | 43.81% | 241 | 3.99% | 8 | 0.13% | 499 | 8.25% | 6,046 |
| Bland County | 1,113 | 57.16% | 813 | 41.76% | 20 | 1.03% | 1 | 0.05% | 300 | 15.41% | 1,947 |
| Botetourt County | 2,280 | 60.67% | 1,377 | 36.64% | 101 | 2.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 903 | 24.03% | 3,758 |
| Brunswick County | 799 | 25.28% | 1,357 | 42.94% | 996 | 31.52% | 8 | 0.25% | 361[c] | 11.42% | 3,160 |
| Buchanan County | 3,191 | 46.71% | 3,616 | 52.94% | 21 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.04% | -425 | -6.22% | 6,831 |
| Buckingham County | 751 | 43.64% | 648 | 37.65% | 312 | 18.13% | 10 | 0.58% | 103 | 5.98% | 1,721 |
| Campbell County | 2,827 | 47.79% | 2,674 | 45.20% | 401 | 6.78% | 14 | 0.24% | 153 | 2.59% | 5,916 |
| Caroline County | 907 | 46.06% | 853 | 43.32% | 202 | 10.26% | 7 | 0.36% | 54 | 2.74% | 1,969 |
| Carroll County | 4,060 | 69.66% | 1,739 | 29.84% | 24 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.09% | 2,321 | 39.82% | 5,828 |
| Charles City County | 661 | 72.08% | 174 | 18.97% | 79 | 8.62% | 3 | 0.33% | 487 | 53.11% | 917 |
| Charlotte County | 791 | 27.86% | 1,431 | 50.41% | 605 | 21.31% | 12 | 0.42% | -640 | -22.54% | 2,839 |
| Chesterfield County | 5,787 | 53.12% | 3,306 | 30.35% | 1,791 | 16.44% | 10 | 0.09% | 2,481 | 22.77% | 10,894 |
| Clarke County | 785 | 48.91% | 725 | 45.17% | 95 | 5.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 60 | 3.74% | 1,605 |
| Craig County | 485 | 48.84% | 501 | 50.45% | 7 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -16 | -1.61% | 993 |
| Culpeper County | 1,502 | 56.44% | 966 | 36.30% | 188 | 7.07% | 5 | 0.19% | 536 | 20.14% | 2,661 |
| Cumberland County | 566 | 42.91% | 331 | 25.09% | 416 | 31.54% | 6 | 0.45% | 150[b] | 11.37% | 1,319 |
| Dickenson County | 3,444 | 48.15% | 3,695 | 51.66% | 8 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.08% | -251 | -3.51% | 7,153 |
| Dinwiddie County | 807 | 30.71% | 1,282 | 48.78% | 524 | 19.94% | 15 | 0.57% | -475 | -18.07% | 2,628 |
| Essex County | 597 | 55.48% | 328 | 30.48% | 149 | 13.85% | 2 | 0.19% | 269 | 25.00% | 1,076 |
| Fairfax County | 20,761 | 55.71% | 15,633 | 41.95% | 862 | 2.31% | 11 | 0.03% | 5,128 | 13.76% | 37,267 |
| Fauquier County | 2,112 | 55.55% | 1,567 | 41.22% | 122 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 545 | 14.33% | 3,802 |
| Floyd County | 1,970 | 70.46% | 799 | 28.58% | 25 | 0.89% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,171 | 41.88% | 2,796 |
| Fluvanna County | 734 | 53.85% | 417 | 30.59% | 208 | 15.26% | 4 | 0.29% | 317 | 23.26% | 1,363 |
| Franklin County | 2,125 | 48.81% | 2,142 | 49.20% | 84 | 1.93% | 3 | 0.07% | -17 | -0.39% | 4,354 |
| Frederick County | 1,882 | 56.01% | 1,405 | 41.82% | 71 | 2.11% | 2 | 0.06% | 477 | 14.20% | 3,360 |
| Giles County | 2,270 | 51.84% | 2,016 | 46.04% | 81 | 1.85% | 12 | 0.27% | 254 | 5.80% | 4,379 |
| Gloucester County | 1,319 | 57.95% | 723 | 31.77% | 223 | 9.80% | 11 | 0.48% | 596 | 26.19% | 2,276 |
| Goochland County | 748 | 50.10% | 508 | 34.03% | 233 | 15.61% | 4 | 0.27% | 240 | 16.08% | 1,493 |
| Grayson County | 4,039 | 62.18% | 2,426 | 37.35% | 26 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,613 | 24.83% | 6,496 |
| Greene County | 539 | 63.49% | 246 | 28.98% | 63 | 7.42% | 1 | 0.12% | 293 | 34.51% | 849 |
| Greensville County | 724 | 29.08% | 994 | 39.92% | 760 | 30.52% | 12 | 0.48% | 234[c] | 9.40% | 2,490 |
| Halifax County | 1,782 | 30.73% | 2,470 | 42.59% | 1,513 | 26.09% | 34 | 0.59% | -688 | -11.86% | 5,799 |
| Hanover County | 2,272 | 54.07% | 1,109 | 26.39% | 813 | 19.35% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,163 | 27.68% | 4,202 |
| Henrico County | 12,702 | 60.20% | 5,032 | 23.85% | 3,354 | 15.89% | 13 | 0.06% | 7,670 | 36.35% | 21,101 |
| Henry County | 2,436 | 47.75% | 2,582 | 50.61% | 75 | 1.47% | 9 | 0.18% | -146 | -2.86% | 5,102 |
| Highland County | 633 | 58.02% | 432 | 39.60% | 23 | 2.11% | 3 | 0.27% | 201 | 18.42% | 1,091 |
| Isle of Wight County | 1,298 | 47.08% | 1,324 | 48.02% | 131 | 4.75% | 4 | 0.15% | -26 | -0.94% | 2,757 |
| James City County | 728 | 62.54% | 312 | 26.80% | 122 | 10.48% | 2 | 0.17% | 416 | 35.74% | 1,164 |
| King and Queen County | 495 | 54.64% | 289 | 31.90% | 116 | 12.80% | 6 | 0.66% | 206 | 22.74% | 906 |
| King George County | 655 | 51.70% | 563 | 44.44% | 47 | 3.71% | 2 | 0.16% | 92 | 7.26% | 1,267 |
| King William County | 887 | 62.16% | 357 | 25.02% | 180 | 12.61% | 3 | 0.21% | 530 | 37.14% | 1,427 |
| Lancaster County | 1,380 | 70.66% | 373 | 19.10% | 192 | 9.83% | 8 | 0.41% | 1,007 | 51.56% | 1,953 |
| Lee County | 4,548 | 54.77% | 3,714 | 44.73% | 30 | 0.36% | 12 | 0.14% | 834 | 10.04% | 8,304 |
| Loudoun County | 2,489 | 53.41% | 1,960 | 42.06% | 205 | 4.40% | 6 | 0.13% | 529 | 11.35% | 4,660 |
| Louisa County | 1,152 | 47.43% | 795 | 32.73% | 472 | 19.43% | 10 | 0.41% | 357 | 14.70% | 2,429 |
| Lunenburg County | 580 | 24.80% | 1,111 | 47.50% | 641 | 27.40% | 7 | 0.30% | 470[c] | 20.09% | 2,339 |
| Madison County | 850 | 56.86% | 533 | 35.65% | 111 | 7.42% | 1 | 0.07% | 317 | 21.20% | 1,495 |
| Mathews County | 1,018 | 65.42% | 406 | 26.09% | 132 | 8.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 612 | 39.33% | 1,556 |
| Mecklenburg County | 1,498 | 33.78% | 2,004 | 45.20% | 920 | 20.75% | 12 | 0.27% | -506 | -11.41% | 4,434 |
| Middlesex County | 721 | 58.00% | 338 | 27.19% | 180 | 14.48% | 4 | 0.32% | 383 | 30.81% | 1,243 |
| Montgomery County | 4,598 | 70.10% | 1,848 | 28.18% | 106 | 1.62% | 7 | 0.11% | 2,750 | 41.93% | 6,559 |
| Nansemond County | 1,753 | 40.21% | 2,492 | 57.16% | 98 | 2.25% | 17 | 0.39% | -739 | -16.95% | 4,360 |
| Nelson County | 764 | 37.20% | 1,215 | 59.15% | 73 | 3.55% | 2 | 0.10% | -451 | -21.96% | 2,054 |
| New Kent County | 510 | 57.95% | 178 | 20.23% | 189 | 21.48% | 3 | 0.34% | 321[b] | 36.48% | 880 |
| Norfolk County | 4,558 | 41.74% | 6,026 | 55.18% | 332 | 3.04% | 4 | 0.04% | -1,468 | -13.44% | 10,920 |
| Northampton County | 1,264 | 51.03% | 1,132 | 45.70% | 78 | 3.15% | 3 | 0.12% | 132 | 5.33% | 2,477 |
| Northumberland County | 1,191 | 62.68% | 428 | 22.53% | 277 | 14.58% | 4 | 0.21% | 763 | 40.16% | 1,900 |
| Nottoway County | 1,124 | 33.76% | 1,242 | 37.31% | 961 | 28.87% | 2 | 0.06% | -118 | -3.54% | 3,329 |
| Orange County | 1,344 | 53.55% | 794 | 31.63% | 363 | 14.46% | 9 | 0.36% | 550 | 21.91% | 2,510 |
| Page County | 2,372 | 62.73% | 1,358 | 35.92% | 49 | 1.30% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,014 | 26.82% | 3,781 |
| Patrick County | 1,345 | 43.93% | 1,677 | 54.77% | 38 | 1.24% | 2 | 0.07% | -332 | -10.84% | 3,062 |
| Pittsylvania County | 2,870 | 36.82% | 4,136 | 53.07% | 767 | 9.84% | 21 | 0.27% | -1,266 | -16.24% | 7,794 |
| Powhatan County | 729 | 54.08% | 297 | 22.03% | 314 | 23.29% | 8 | 0.59% | 415[b] | 30.79% | 1,348 |
| Prince Edward County | 932 | 31.43% | 437 | 14.74% | 1,588 | 53.56% | 8 | 0.27% | -656[b] | -22.12% | 2,965 |
| Prince George County | 689 | 46.24% | 642 | 43.09% | 149 | 10.00% | 10 | 0.67% | 47 | 3.15% | 1,490 |
| Princess Anne County | 4,675 | 50.52% | 4,342 | 46.93% | 227 | 2.45% | 9 | 0.10% | 333 | 3.60% | 9,253 |
| Prince William County | 2,023 | 50.96% | 1,851 | 46.62% | 95 | 2.39% | 1 | 0.03% | 172 | 4.33% | 3,970 |
| Pulaski County | 3,517 | 63.05% | 1,994 | 35.75% | 65 | 1.17% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,523 | 27.30% | 5,578 |
| Rappahannock County | 514 | 47.81% | 523 | 48.65% | 35 | 3.26% | 3 | 0.28% | -9 | -0.84% | 1,075 |
| Richmond County | 761 | 67.89% | 274 | 24.44% | 85 | 7.58% | 1 | 0.09% | 487 | 43.44% | 1,121 |
| Roanoke County | 7,509 | 69.83% | 2,899 | 26.96% | 342 | 3.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,610 | 42.87% | 10,753 |
| Rockbridge County | 2,273 | 66.50% | 1,039 | 30.40% | 106 | 3.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,234 | 36.10% | 3,418 |
| Rockingham County | 4,324 | 71.74% | 1,605 | 26.63% | 93 | 1.54% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,719 | 45.11% | 6,027 |
| Russell County | 3,550 | 49.14% | 3,641 | 50.40% | 25 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.11% | -91 | -1.26% | 7,224 |
| Scott County | 5,116 | 58.44% | 3,595 | 41.07% | 36 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,521 | 17.37% | 8,754 |
| Shenandoah County | 4,164 | 69.18% | 1,769 | 29.39% | 84 | 1.40% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,395 | 39.79% | 6,019 |
| Smyth County | 4,771 | 66.23% | 2,374 | 32.95% | 56 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,397 | 33.27% | 7,204 |
| Southampton County | 1,290 | 35.29% | 2,039 | 55.79% | 317 | 8.67% | 9 | 0.25% | -749 | -20.49% | 3,655 |
| Spotsylvania County | 1,244 | 51.94% | 993 | 41.46% | 154 | 6.43% | 4 | 0.17% | 251 | 10.48% | 2,395 |
| Stafford County | 1,563 | 58.94% | 978 | 36.88% | 109 | 4.11% | 2 | 0.08% | 585 | 22.06% | 2,652 |
| Surry County | 425 | 32.52% | 616 | 47.13% | 259 | 19.82% | 7 | 0.54% | -191 | -14.61% | 1,307 |
| Sussex County | 785 | 39.31% | 851 | 42.61% | 357 | 17.88% | 4 | 0.20% | -66 | -3.30% | 1,997 |
| Tazewell County | 3,960 | 52.55% | 3,495 | 46.38% | 75 | 1.00% | 5 | 0.07% | 465 | 6.17% | 7,535 |
| Warren County | 2,003 | 58.83% | 1,322 | 38.83% | 77 | 2.26% | 3 | 0.09% | 681 | 20.00% | 3,405 |
| Washington County | 4,651 | 56.38% | 3,547 | 42.99% | 45 | 0.55% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,104 | 13.38% | 8,250 |
| Westmoreland County | 1,033 | 54.45% | 695 | 36.64% | 167 | 8.80% | 2 | 0.11% | 338 | 17.82% | 1,897 |
| Wise County | 4,871 | 46.41% | 5,567 | 53.04% | 51 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.06% | -696 | -6.63% | 10,495 |
| Wythe County | 3,484 | 65.65% | 1,766 | 33.28% | 56 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,718 | 32.37% | 5,307 |
| York County | 1,759 | 60.10% | 1,064 | 36.35% | 100 | 3.42% | 4 | 0.14% | 695 | 23.74% | 2,927 |
| Alexandria City | 8,633 | 52.48% | 7,451 | 45.30% | 357 | 2.17% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,182 | 7.19% | 16,449 |
| Bristol City | 1,794 | 51.89% | 1,645 | 47.58% | 17 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.03% | 149 | 4.31% | 3,457 |
| Buena Vista City | 545 | 60.76% | 326 | 36.34% | 24 | 2.68% | 2 | 0.22% | 219 | 24.41% | 897 |
| Charlottesville City | 3,746 | 62.19% | 1,783 | 29.60% | 490 | 8.14% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,963 | 32.59% | 6,023 |
| Clifton Forge City | 1,125 | 61.48% | 633 | 34.59% | 71 | 3.88% | 1 | 0.05% | 492 | 26.89% | 1,830 |
| Colonial Heights City | 1,037 | 47.74% | 956 | 44.01% | 177 | 8.15% | 2 | 0.09% | 81 | 3.73% | 2,172 |
| Covington City | 1,639 | 56.34% | 1,189 | 40.87% | 79 | 2.72% | 2 | 0.07% | 450 | 15.47% | 2,909 |
| Danville City | 4,561 | 59.03% | 2,409 | 31.18% | 740 | 9.58% | 16 | 0.21% | 2,152 | 27.85% | 7,726 |
| Falls Church City | 1,462 | 53.13% | 1,233 | 44.80% | 55 | 2.00% | 2 | 0.07% | 229 | 8.32% | 2,752 |
| Fredericksburg City | 1,672 | 60.25% | 934 | 33.66% | 168 | 6.05% | 1 | 0.04% | 738 | 26.59% | 2,775 |
| Galax City | 761 | 68.31% | 346 | 31.06% | 7 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 415 | 37.25% | 1,114 |
| Hampton City | 7,432 | 57.24% | 5,108 | 39.34% | 421 | 3.24% | 22 | 0.17% | 2,324 | 17.90% | 12,983 |
| Harrisonburg City | 2,265 | 78.29% | 571 | 19.74% | 56 | 1.94% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,694 | 58.56% | 2,893 |
| Hopewell City | 1,908 | 53.91% | 1,388 | 39.22% | 235 | 6.64% | 8 | 0.23% | 520 | 14.69% | 3,539 |
| Lynchburg City | 6,806 | 64.81% | 3,362 | 32.01% | 329 | 3.13% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,444 | 32.79% | 10,502 |
| Martinsville City | 2,125 | 59.67% | 1,368 | 38.42% | 65 | 1.83% | 3 | 0.08% | 757 | 21.26% | 3,561 |
| Newport News City | 3,779 | 53.26% | 3,069 | 43.26% | 237 | 3.34% | 10 | 0.14% | 710 | 10.01% | 7,095 |
| Norfolk City | 18,650 | 54.02% | 14,571 | 42.20% | 1,285 | 3.72% | 19 | 0.06% | 4,079 | 11.81% | 34,525 |
| Norton City | 684 | 55.12% | 552 | 44.48% | 4 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.08% | 132 | 10.64% | 1,241 |
| Petersburg City | 3,166 | 58.10% | 1,882 | 34.54% | 395 | 7.25% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,284 | 23.56% | 5,449 |
| Portsmouth City | 5,390 | 47.13% | 5,683 | 49.69% | 348 | 3.04% | 15 | 0.13% | -293 | -2.56% | 11,436 |
| Radford City | 1,910 | 62.46% | 1,118 | 36.56% | 28 | 0.92% | 2 | 0.07% | 792 | 25.90% | 3,058 |
| Richmond City | 27,367 | 61.79% | 10,758 | 24.29% | 6,136 | 13.85% | 30 | 0.07% | 16,609 | 37.50% | 44,291 |
| Roanoke City | 16,708 | 69.38% | 6,751 | 28.03% | 611 | 2.54% | 12 | 0.05% | 9,957 | 41.35% | 24,082 |
| South Norfolk City | 1,521 | 42.14% | 1,871 | 51.84% | 212 | 5.87% | 5 | 0.14% | -350 | -9.70% | 3,609 |
| Staunton City | 2,908 | 74.93% | 843 | 21.72% | 129 | 3.32% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,065 | 53.21% | 3,881 |
| Suffolk City | 1,617 | 57.50% | 1,103 | 39.22% | 88 | 3.13% | 4 | 0.14% | 514 | 18.28% | 2,812 |
| Virginia Beach City | 1,355 | 53.28% | 1,111 | 43.69% | 63 | 2.48% | 14 | 0.55% | 244 | 9.59% | 2,543 |
| Warwick City | 4,872 | 56.39% | 3,406 | 39.42% | 352 | 4.07% | 10 | 0.12% | 1,466 | 16.97% | 8,640 |
| Waynesboro City | 2,049 | 71.00% | 748 | 25.92% | 89 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,301 | 45.08% | 2,886 |
| Williamsburg City | 775 | 62.60% | 362 | 29.24% | 99 | 8.00% | 2 | 0.16% | 413 | 33.36% | 1,238 |
| Winchester City | 2,375 | 69.46% | 945 | 27.64% | 96 | 2.81% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,430 | 41.83% | 3,419 |
| Totals | 386,459 | 55.37% | 267,760 | 38.36% | 42,964 | 6.16% | 795 | 0.11% | 118,699 | 17.01% | 697,978 |
