1956 United States presidential election in Kansas
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 8 Kansas votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 County Results
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elections in Kansas |
|---|
 |
The 1956 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 65.44 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 34.21 percent of the popular vote. Eisenhower, as expected, had no trouble carrying his boyhood home state, winning every county in the state except Wyandotte County, having spent his formative years in Abilene.[4][5]
With 65.44 percent of the popular vote, Kansas proved to be Eisenhower's fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Nebraska.[6]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 566,878 | 65.44% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 296,317 | 34.21% | |
| Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick | 3,048 | 0.35% | |
| Total votes | 866,243 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Enoch Holtwick Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 5,342 | 71.15% | 2,143 | 28.54% | 23 | 0.31% | 3,199 | 42.61% | 7,508 |
| Anderson | 3,080 | 69.01% | 1,369 | 30.67% | 14 | 0.31% | 1,711 | 38.34% | 4,463 |
| Atchison | 5,608 | 64.08% | 3,134 | 35.81% | 9 | 0.10% | 2,474 | 28.27% | 8,751 |
| Barber | 2,698 | 68.32% | 1,241 | 31.43% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,457 | 36.89% | 3,949 |
| Barton | 8,644 | 66.17% | 4,378 | 33.51% | 41 | 0.31% | 4,266 | 32.66% | 13,063 |
| Bourbon | 5,306 | 62.39% | 3,151 | 37.05% | 47 | 0.55% | 2,155 | 25.34% | 8,504 |
| Brown | 5,138 | 76.95% | 1,519 | 22.75% | 20 | 0.30% | 3,619 | 54.20% | 6,677 |
| Butler | 9,591 | 60.73% | 6,158 | 38.99% | 45 | 0.28% | 3,433 | 21.74% | 15,794 |
| Chase | 1,553 | 74.45% | 529 | 25.36% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,024 | 49.09% | 2,086 |
| Chautauqua | 2,180 | 70.85% | 887 | 28.83% | 10 | 0.32% | 1,293 | 42.02% | 3,077 |
| Cherokee | 5,824 | 58.39% | 4,112 | 41.22% | 39 | 0.39% | 1,712 | 17.17% | 9,975 |
| Cheyenne | 1,479 | 68.79% | 663 | 30.84% | 8 | 0.37% | 816 | 37.95% | 2,150 |
| Clark | 1,243 | 69.83% | 529 | 29.72% | 8 | 0.45% | 714 | 40.11% | 1,780 |
| Clay | 4,378 | 80.17% | 1,034 | 18.93% | 49 | 0.90% | 3,344 | 61.24% | 5,461 |
| Cloud | 4,466 | 68.61% | 2,008 | 30.85% | 35 | 0.54% | 2,458 | 37.76% | 6,509 |
| Coffey | 3,286 | 72.24% | 1,247 | 27.41% | 16 | 0.35% | 2,039 | 44.83% | 4,549 |
| Comanche | 1,238 | 72.40% | 461 | 26.96% | 11 | 0.64% | 777 | 45.44% | 1,710 |
| Cowley | 6,734 | 63.93% | 3,753 | 35.63% | 46 | 0.44% | 2,981 | 28.30% | 10,533 |
| Crawford | 9,578 | 54.93% | 7,799 | 44.73% | 60 | 0.34% | 1,779 | 10.20% | 17,437 |
| Decatur | 2,028 | 68.58% | 920 | 31.11% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,108 | 37.47% | 2,957 |
| Dickinson | 7,422 | 74.91% | 2,452 | 24.75% | 34 | 0.34% | 4,970 | 50.16% | 9,908 |
| Doniphan | 3,130 | 72.14% | 1,197 | 27.59% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,933 | 44.55% | 4,339 |
| Douglas | 11,029 | 71.85% | 4,283 | 27.90% | 39 | 0.25% | 6,746 | 43.95% | 15,351 |
| Edwards | 1,816 | 69.93% | 771 | 29.69% | 10 | 0.39% | 1,045 | 40.24% | 2,597 |
| Elk | 1,909 | 69.90% | 812 | 29.73% | 10 | 0.37% | 1,097 | 40.17% | 2,731 |
| Ellis | 4,466 | 59.33% | 3,058 | 40.62% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,408 | 18.71% | 7,528 |
| Ellsworth | 2,524 | 64.90% | 1,351 | 34.74% | 14 | 0.36% | 1,173 | 30.16% | 3,889 |
| Finney | 3,576 | 66.87% | 1,752 | 32.76% | 20 | 0.37% | 1,824 | 34.11% | 5,348 |
| Ford | 5,561 | 66.84% | 2,710 | 32.57% | 49 | 0.59% | 2,851 | 34.27% | 8,320 |
| Franklin | 6,557 | 71.42% | 2,591 | 28.22% | 33 | 0.36% | 3,966 | 43.20% | 9,181 |
| Geary | 4,013 | 65.54% | 2,078 | 33.94% | 32 | 0.52% | 1,935 | 31.60% | 6,123 |
| Gove | 1,315 | 72.29% | 492 | 27.05% | 12 | 0.66% | 823 | 45.24% | 1,819 |
| Graham | 1,676 | 69.49% | 725 | 30.06% | 11 | 0.46% | 951 | 39.43% | 2,412 |
| Grant | 1,058 | 69.47% | 459 | 30.14% | 6 | 0.39% | 599 | 39.33% | 1,523 |
| Gray | 1,278 | 66.77% | 627 | 32.76% | 9 | 0.47% | 651 | 34.01% | 1,914 |
| Greeley | 599 | 77.09% | 174 | 22.39% | 4 | 0.51% | 425 | 54.70% | 777 |
| Greenwood | 4,164 | 70.01% | 1,763 | 29.64% | 21 | 0.35% | 2,401 | 40.37% | 5,948 |
| Hamilton | 865 | 60.66% | 552 | 38.71% | 9 | 0.63% | 313 | 21.95% | 1,426 |
| Harper | 3,111 | 69.99% | 1,311 | 29.49% | 23 | 0.52% | 1,800 | 40.50% | 4,445 |
| Harvey | 7,367 | 70.20% | 3,084 | 29.39% | 43 | 0.41% | 4,283 | 40.81% | 10,494 |
| Haskell | 829 | 70.49% | 341 | 29.00% | 6 | 0.51% | 488 | 41.49% | 1,176 |
| Hodgeman | 1,113 | 71.62% | 435 | 27.99% | 6 | 0.39% | 678 | 43.63% | 1,554 |
| Jackson | 3,469 | 71.72% | 1,356 | 28.03% | 12 | 0.25% | 2,113 | 43.69% | 4,837 |
| Jefferson | 3,677 | 70.24% | 1,536 | 29.34% | 22 | 0.42% | 2,141 | 40.90% | 5,235 |
| Jewell | 3,395 | 75.51% | 1,034 | 23.00% | 67 | 1.49% | 2,361 | 52.51% | 4,496 |
| Johnson | 35,511 | 71.40% | 14,185 | 28.52% | 37 | 0.07% | 21,326 | 42.88% | 49,733 |
| Kearny | 854 | 66.98% | 418 | 32.78% | 3 | 0.24% | 436 | 34.20% | 1,275 |
| Kingman | 3,226 | 69.08% | 1,428 | 30.58% | 16 | 0.34% | 1,798 | 38.50% | 4,670 |
| Kiowa | 1,717 | 76.18% | 517 | 22.94% | 20 | 0.89% | 1,200 | 53.24% | 2,254 |
| Labette | 7,677 | 59.35% | 5,202 | 40.21% | 57 | 0.44% | 2,475 | 19.14% | 12,936 |
| Lane | 992 | 72.09% | 380 | 27.62% | 4 | 0.29% | 612 | 44.47% | 1,376 |
| Leavenworth | 8,826 | 61.55% | 5,480 | 38.22% | 33 | 0.23% | 3,346 | 23.33% | 14,339 |
| Lincoln | 2,219 | 76.20% | 681 | 23.39% | 12 | 0.41% | 1,538 | 52.81% | 2,912 |
| Linn | 2,991 | 71.64% | 1,177 | 28.19% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,814 | 43.45% | 4,175 |
| Logan | 1,328 | 72.61% | 493 | 26.95% | 8 | 0.44% | 835 | 45.66% | 1,829 |
| Lyon | 8,021 | 67.34% | 3,831 | 32.16% | 59 | 0.50% | 4,190 | 35.18% | 11,911 |
| McPherson | 7,521 | 73.75% | 2,603 | 25.52% | 74 | 0.73% | 4,918 | 48.23% | 10,198 |
| Marion | 5,318 | 75.99% | 1,644 | 23.49% | 36 | 0.51% | 3,674 | 52.50% | 6,998 |
| Marshall | 5,664 | 69.25% | 2,487 | 30.41% | 28 | 0.34% | 3,177 | 38.84% | 8,179 |
| Meade | 1,720 | 74.30% | 575 | 24.84% | 20 | 0.86% | 1,145 | 49.46% | 2,315 |
| Miami | 5,031 | 59.30% | 3,428 | 40.41% | 25 | 0.29% | 1,603 | 18.89% | 8,484 |
| Mitchell | 3,198 | 72.16% | 1,214 | 27.39% | 20 | 0.45% | 1,984 | 44.77% | 4,432 |
| Montgomery | 13,252 | 64.34% | 7,265 | 35.27% | 81 | 0.39% | 5,987 | 29.07% | 20,598 |
| Morris | 2,677 | 68.55% | 1,208 | 30.93% | 20 | 0.51% | 1,469 | 37.62% | 3,905 |
| Morton | 814 | 64.76% | 436 | 34.69% | 7 | 0.56% | 378 | 30.07% | 1,257 |
| Nemaha | 4,195 | 67.11% | 2,038 | 32.60% | 18 | 0.29% | 2,157 | 34.51% | 6,251 |
| Neosho | 5,886 | 65.99% | 3,005 | 33.69% | 29 | 0.33% | 2,881 | 32.30% | 8,920 |
| Ness | 1,876 | 70.79% | 758 | 28.60% | 16 | 0.60% | 1,118 | 42.19% | 2,650 |
| Norton | 3,052 | 71.58% | 1,194 | 28.00% | 18 | 0.42% | 1,858 | 43.58% | 4,264 |
| Osage | 4,136 | 67.28% | 1,979 | 32.19% | 32 | 0.52% | 2,157 | 35.09% | 6,147 |
| Osborne | 2,948 | 73.72% | 1,023 | 25.58% | 28 | 0.70% | 1,925 | 48.14% | 3,999 |
| Ottawa | 2,329 | 68.80% | 1,037 | 30.64% | 19 | 0.56% | 1,292 | 38.16% | 3,385 |
| Pawnee | 2,788 | 63.73% | 1,567 | 35.82% | 20 | 0.46% | 1,221 | 27.91% | 4,375 |
| Phillips | 3,117 | 75.49% | 985 | 23.86% | 27 | 0.65% | 2,132 | 51.63% | 4,129 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,335 | 74.97% | 1,422 | 24.59% | 25 | 0.43% | 2,913 | 50.38% | 5,782 |
| Pratt | 3,620 | 64.53% | 1,956 | 34.87% | 34 | 0.61% | 1,664 | 29.66% | 5,610 |
| Rawlins | 1,668 | 69.88% | 711 | 29.79% | 8 | 0.34% | 957 | 40.09% | 2,387 |
| Reno | 15,057 | 66.56% | 7,461 | 32.98% | 102 | 0.45% | 7,596 | 33.58% | 22,620 |
| Republic | 3,621 | 68.76% | 1,613 | 30.63% | 32 | 0.61% | 2,008 | 38.13% | 5,266 |
| Rice | 4,638 | 70.48% | 1,926 | 29.27% | 17 | 0.26% | 2,712 | 41.21% | 6,581 |
| Riley | 9,385 | 76.84% | 2,784 | 22.80% | 44 | 0.36% | 6,601 | 54.04% | 12,213 |
| Rooks | 3,059 | 70.88% | 1,238 | 28.68% | 19 | 0.44% | 1,821 | 42.20% | 4,316 |
| Rush | 2,007 | 64.87% | 1,080 | 34.91% | 7 | 0.23% | 927 | 29.96% | 3,094 |
| Russell | 3,920 | 71.78% | 1,528 | 27.98% | 13 | 0.24% | 2,392 | 43.80% | 5,461 |
| Saline | 11,172 | 69.32% | 4,908 | 30.45% | 37 | 0.23% | 6,264 | 38.87% | 16,117 |
| Scott | 1,376 | 75.11% | 451 | 24.62% | 5 | 0.27% | 925 | 50.49% | 1,832 |
| Sedgwick | 72,292 | 61.08% | 45,732 | 38.64% | 336 | 0.28% | 26,560 | 22.44% | 118,360 |
| Seward | 2,885 | 70.95% | 1,162 | 28.58% | 19 | 0.47% | 1,723 | 42.37% | 4,066 |
| Shawnee | 32,647 | 66.52% | 16,298 | 33.21% | 130 | 0.26% | 16,349 | 33.31% | 49,075 |
| Sheridan | 1,324 | 67.41% | 633 | 32.23% | 7 | 0.36% | 691 | 35.18% | 1,964 |
| Sherman | 1,825 | 64.97% | 962 | 34.25% | 22 | 0.78% | 863 | 30.72% | 2,809 |
| Smith | 3,142 | 72.95% | 1,139 | 26.45% | 26 | 0.60% | 2,003 | 46.50% | 4,307 |
| Stafford | 2,728 | 68.37% | 1,242 | 31.13% | 20 | 0.50% | 1,486 | 37.24% | 3,990 |
| Stanton | 549 | 70.20% | 226 | 28.90% | 7 | 0.90% | 323 | 41.30% | 782 |
| Stevens | 1,273 | 69.00% | 565 | 30.62% | 7 | 0.38% | 708 | 38.38% | 1,845 |
| Sumner | 7,024 | 62.95% | 4,088 | 36.64% | 46 | 0.41% | 2,936 | 26.31% | 11,158 |
| Thomas | 1,888 | 62.06% | 1,138 | 37.41% | 16 | 0.53% | 750 | 24.65% | 3,042 |
| Trego | 1,668 | 69.41% | 726 | 30.21% | 9 | 0.37% | 942 | 39.20% | 2,403 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,650 | 76.63% | 802 | 23.19% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,848 | 53.44% | 3,458 |
| Wallace | 684 | 72.69% | 251 | 26.67% | 6 | 0.64% | 433 | 46.02% | 941 |
| Washington | 4,220 | 74.81% | 1,389 | 24.62% | 32 | 0.57% | 2,831 | 50.19% | 5,641 |
| Wichita | 747 | 70.41% | 312 | 29.41% | 2 | 0.19% | 435 | 41.00% | 1,061 |
| Wilson | 4,502 | 73.00% | 1,645 | 26.67% | 20 | 0.32% | 2,857 | 46.33% | 6,167 |
| Woodson | 2,171 | 70.88% | 870 | 28.40% | 22 | 0.72% | 1,301 | 42.48% | 3,063 |
| Wyandotte | 34,604 | 47.64% | 37,842 | 52.10% | 186 | 0.26% | -3,238 | -4.46% | 72,632 |
| Totals | 566,878 | 65.44% | 296,317 | 34.21% | 3,048 | 0.35% | 270,561 | 31.23% | 866,243 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1956". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "1956 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
