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The 1956 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. States voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.99% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.90% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential candidate to ever carry Graham County, which was to become a Republican stronghold after 1964.[6]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 176,990 | 60.99% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 112,880 | 38.90% | |
| None | T. Coleman Andrews | 303 | 0.10% | |
| Total votes | 290,173 | 100% | ||
Results by county[edit]
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Thomas Coleman Andrews None |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 1,685 | 63.20% | 981 | 36.80% | 1 | 0.04% | 704 | 26.40% | 2,666 |
| Cochise | 6,893 | 56.40% | 5,328 | 43.60% | 9 | 0.07% | 1,565 | 12.80% | 12,221 |
| Coconino | 4,044 | 63.60% | 2,314 | 36.40% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,730 | 27.20% | 6,358 |
| Gila | 4,234 | 51.26% | 4,026 | 48.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 208 | 2.52% | 8,260 |
| Graham | 2,384 | 58.55% | 1,688 | 41.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 696 | 17.10% | 4,072 |
| Greenlee | 1,784 | 39.69% | 2,711 | 60.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -927 | -20.62% | 4,495 |
| Maricopa | 92,140 | 63.04% | 54,010 | 36.96% | 191 | 0.13% | 38,130 | 26.08% | 146,150 |
| Mohave | 1,523 | 61.14% | 968 | 38.86% | 6 | 0.24% | 555 | 22.28% | 2,491 |
| Navajo | 3,928 | 65.89% | 2,033 | 34.11% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,895 | 31.78% | 5,961 |
| Pima | 39,298 | 62.54% | 23,536 | 37.46% | 51 | 0.08% | 15,762 | 25.08% | 62,834 |
| Pinal | 5,762 | 53.23% | 5,063 | 46.77% | 17 | 0.16% | 699 | 6.46% | 10,825 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,646 | 59.27% | 1,131 | 40.73% | 1 | 0.04% | 515 | 18.54% | 2,777 |
| Yavapai | 6,339 | 65.66% | 3,315 | 34.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,024 | 31.32% | 9,654 |
| Yuma | 5,330 | 47.99% | 5,776 | 52.01% | 7 | 0.06% | -446 | -4.02% | 11,106 |
| Totals | 176,990 | 61.06% | 112,880 | 38.94% | 303 | 0.10% | 64,110 | 22.12% | 289,870 |
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.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 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 June 10, 2017.
- ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 148 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; p. 42 ISBN 0405077114
