United States presidential election, 1956
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| United States presidential election, 1956 | ||||
| November 6, 1956 | ||||
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| Nominee | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Adlai Stevenson | ||
| Party | Republican | Democrat | ||
| Home state | New York | Illinois | ||
| Running mate | Richard Nixon | Estes Kefauver | ||
| Electoral vote | 457 | 73 | ||
| Contests won | 41 | 7 | ||
| Popular vote | 35,579,180 | 26,028,028 | ||
| Percentage | 57.4% | 42.0% | ||
 Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by Eisenhower/Nixon, Blue denotes states won by Stevenson/Kefauver. Orange denotes won by Walter Burgwyn Jones by an Alabama faithless elector. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||
This election was between Incumbent United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower/Vice President Richard Nixon and former Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson/Running mate Estes Kefauver.
Incumbent president Dwight D. Eisenhower won the election by 457 electoral votes. Adlai Stevenson got 73 electoral votes. Walter Burgwyn Jones got one vote by a faithless elector in Alabama.
This was the last election when Alaska and Hawaii were not states.[1] It did not include Washington, D.C. until the 1964 election.
Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in September 1955 while in Colorado for a vacation. His doctors told him not to run for another election. However, his doctors told him he was feeling better. Eisenhower announced his re-election by an announcement on television in early 1956.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "1956 Presidential Election". 270 To Win. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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