1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
County Results
Eisenhower
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Stevenson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . Voters chose eight[ 4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon , with 55.13 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver , with 44.87 percent of the popular vote.[ 5] [ 6] As of 2020, this is the last time Oklahoma has voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole. This was the first time that a Republican carried Oklahoma twice or that the state voted Republican in back-to-back elections.
County
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican
Adlai Stevenson Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
3,152
56.59%
2,418
43.41%
734
13.18%
5,570
Alfalfa
3,251
70.34%
1,371
29.66%
1,880
40.68%
4,622
Atoka
1,731
41.66%
2,424
58.34%
-693
-16.68%
4,155
Beaver
2,046
68.38%
946
31.62%
1,100
36.76%
2,992
Beckham
3,194
47.28%
3,561
52.72%
-367
-5.44%
6,755
Blaine
3,855
67.64%
1,844
32.36%
2,011
35.28%
5,699
Bryan
2,939
33.91%
5,729
66.09%
-2,790
-32.18%
8,668
Caddo
5,331
47.53%
5,884
52.47%
-553
-4.94%
11,215
Canadian
5,702
59.41%
3,896
40.59%
1,806
18.82%
9,598
Carter
5,974
39.01%
9,341
60.99%
-3,367
-21.98%
15,315
Cherokee
3,277
52.28%
2,991
47.72%
286
4.56%
6,268
Choctaw
2,206
38.87%
3,469
61.13%
-1,263
-22.26%
5,675
Cimarron
1,053
56.46%
812
43.54%
241
12.92%
1,865
Cleveland
7,766
56.47%
5,987
43.53%
1,779
12.94%
13,753
Coal
920
36.57%
1,596
63.43%
-676
-26.86%
2,516
Comanche
7,532
46.24%
8,756
53.76%
-1,224
-7.52%
16,288
Cotton
1,398
42.53%
1,889
57.47%
-491
-14.94%
3,287
Craig
3,543
53.29%
3,106
46.71%
437
6.58%
6,649
Creek
8,295
53.87%
7,102
46.13%
1,193
7.74%
15,397
Custer
4,182
58.02%
3,026
41.98%
1,156
16.04%
7,208
Delaware
3,078
53.47%
2,679
46.53%
399
6.94%
5,757
Dewey
1,896
56.70%
1,448
43.30%
448
13.40%
3,344
Ellis
1,916
67.56%
920
32.44%
996
35.12%
2,836
Garfield
15,348
69.39%
6,769
30.61%
8,579
38.78%
22,117
Garvin
3,850
37.38%
6,451
62.62%
-2,601
-25.24%
10,301
Grady
5,191
43.39%
6,773
56.61%
-1,582
-13.22%
11,964
Grant
2,788
58.81%
1,953
41.19%
835
17.62%
4,741
Greer
1,499
44.01%
1,907
55.99%
-408
-11.98%
3,406
Harmon
837
32.44%
1,743
67.56%
-906
-35.12%
2,580
Harper
1,596
68.44%
736
31.56%
860
36.88%
2,332
Haskell
1,758
42.47%
2,381
57.53%
-623
-15.06%
4,139
Hughes
2,783
39.41%
4,278
60.59%
-1,495
-21.18%
7,061
Jackson
2,343
34.57%
4,435
65.43%
-2,092
-30.86%
6,778
Jefferson
1,186
31.84%
2,539
68.16%
-1,353
-36.32%
3,725
Johnston
1,157
34.14%
2,232
65.86%
-1,075
-31.72%
3,389
Kay
14,837
64.77%
8,071
35.23%
6,766
29.54%
22,908
Kingfisher
3,935
70.23%
1,668
29.77%
2,267
40.46%
5,603
Kiowa
2,713
44.59%
3,371
55.41%
-658
-10.82%
6,084
Latimer
1,387
41.02%
1,994
58.98%
-607
-17.96%
3,381
LeFlore
4,310
44.96%
5,276
55.04%
-966
-10.08%
9,586
Lincoln
4,993
56.09%
3,909
43.91%
1,084
12.18%
8,902
Logan
5,326
64.94%
2,875
35.06%
2,451
29.88%
8,201
Love
731
29.39%
1,756
70.61%
-1,025
-41.22%
2,487
Major
2,826
74.82%
951
25.18%
1,875
49.64%
3,777
Marshall
1,151
35.40%
2,100
64.60%
-949
-29.20%
3,251
Mayes
4,677
55.43%
3,760
44.57%
917
10.86%
8,437
McClain
2,081
41.11%
2,981
58.89%
-900
-17.78%
5,062
McCurtain
2,707
36.25%
4,761
63.75%
-2,054
-27.50%
7,468
McIntosh
2,149
44.06%
2,728
55.94%
-579
-11.88%
4,877
Murray
1,809
42.16%
2,482
57.84%
-673
-15.68%
4,291
Muskogee
11,057
51.50%
10,413
48.50%
644
3.00%
21,470
Noble
3,536
63.68%
2,017
36.32%
1,519
27.36%
5,553
Nowata
3,168
58.28%
2,268
41.72%
900
16.56%
5,436
Okfuskee
2,299
49.65%
2,331
50.35%
-32
-0.70%
4,630
Oklahoma
85,395
59.76%
57,512
40.24%
27,883
19.52%
142,907
Okmulgee
6,703
46.78%
7,626
53.22%
-923
-6.44%
14,329
Osage
7,296
55.13%
5,939
44.87%
1,357
10.26%
13,235
Ottawa
6,730
54.05%
5,721
45.95%
1,009
8.10%
12,451
Pawnee
3,390
59.96%
2,264
40.04%
1,126
19.92%
5,654
Payne
9,381
59.75%
6,320
40.25%
3,061
19.50%
15,701
Pittsburg
5,239
38.46%
8,382
61.54%
-3,143
-23.08%
13,621
Pontotoc
4,814
44.72%
5,950
55.28%
-1,136
-10.56%
10,764
Pottawatomie
8,496
48.85%
8,895
51.15%
-399
-2.30%
17,391
Pushmataha
1,499
39.74%
2,273
60.26%
-774
-20.52%
3,772
Roger Mills
1,072
43.95%
1,367
56.05%
-295
-12.10%
2,439
Rogers
4,487
58.49%
3,185
41.51%
1,302
16.98%
7,672
Seminole
5,230
47.00%
5,897
53.00%
-667
-6.00%
11,127
Sequoyah
3,330
48.33%
3,560
51.67%
-230
-3.34%
6,890
Stephens
6,324
45.67%
7,524
54.33%
-1,200
-8.66%
13,848
Texas
3,320
63.77%
1,886
36.23%
1,434
27.54%
5,206
Tillman
1,810
34.97%
3,366
65.03%
-1,556
-30.06%
5,176
Tulsa
83,219
65.51%
43,805
34.49%
39,414
31.02%
127,024
Wagoner
3,537
58.16%
2,544
41.84%
993
16.32%
6,081
Washington
12,488
69.31%
5,529
30.69%
6,959
38.62%
18,017
Washita
2,552
44.44%
3,191
55.56%
-639
-11.12%
5,743
Woods
3,787
64.08%
2,123
35.92%
1,664
28.16%
5,910
Woodward
3,405
67.79%
1,618
32.21%
1,787
35.58%
5,023
Totals
473,769
55.13%
385,581
44.87%
88,188
10.26%
859,350
^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
^ 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.
^ "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 22, 2017 .
^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma" . Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956" . Retrieved July 22, 2017 .