1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas
The 1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Arkansas voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Arkansas was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 52.46% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 45.82% of the popular vote.[4][5]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Democratic nominee carried Arkansas without winning the presidency.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 213,277 | 52.46% | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 186,287 | 45.82% | |
| Constitution | T. Coleman Andrews | 7,008 | 1.72% | |
| Total votes | 406,572 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Thomas Coleman Andrews Constitution |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 2,736 | 48.55% | 2,826 | 50.15% | 73 | 1.30% | -90 | -1.60% | 5,635 |
| Ashley | 2,820 | 66.04% | 1,183 | 27.70% | 267 | 6.25% | 1,637 | 38.34% | 4,270 |
| Baxter | 1,451 | 45.46% | 1,721 | 53.92% | 20 | 0.63% | -270 | -8.46% | 3,192 |
| Benton | 3,744 | 36.33% | 6,500 | 63.08% | 61 | 0.59% | -2,756 | -26.75% | 10,305 |
| Boone | 2,829 | 47.10% | 3,153 | 52.50% | 24 | 0.40% | -324 | -5.40% | 6,006 |
| Bradley | 3,010 | 68.01% | 1,361 | 30.75% | 55 | 1.24% | 1,649 | 37.26% | 4,426 |
| Calhoun | 1,303 | 73.95% | 445 | 25.26% | 14 | 0.79% | 858 | 48.69% | 1,762 |
| Carroll | 1,651 | 41.48% | 2,310 | 58.04% | 19 | 0.48% | -659 | -16.56% | 3,980 |
| Chicot | 2,273 | 65.79% | 1,043 | 30.19% | 139 | 4.02% | 1,230 | 35.60% | 3,455 |
| Clark | 2,809 | 58.04% | 1,973 | 40.76% | 58 | 1.20% | 836 | 17.28% | 4,840 |
| Clay | 2,368 | 57.57% | 1,711 | 41.60% | 34 | 0.83% | 657 | 15.97% | 4,113 |
| Cleburne | 1,094 | 53.42% | 947 | 46.24% | 7 | 0.34% | 147 | 7.18% | 2,048 |
| Cleveland | 1,149 | 72.17% | 423 | 26.57% | 20 | 1.26% | 726 | 45.60% | 1,592 |
| Columbia | 2,845 | 52.74% | 2,342 | 43.42% | 207 | 3.84% | 503 | 9.32% | 5,394 |
| Conway | 2,618 | 61.15% | 1,636 | 38.22% | 27 | 0.63% | 982 | 22.93% | 4,281 |
| Craighead | 5,876 | 58.41% | 4,035 | 40.11% | 149 | 1.48% | 1,841 | 18.30% | 10,060 |
| Crawford | 2,723 | 46.60% | 3,090 | 52.88% | 30 | 0.51% | -367 | -6.28% | 5,843 |
| Crittenden | 2,120 | 43.51% | 2,476 | 50.81% | 277 | 5.68% | -356 | -7.30% | 4,873 |
| Cross | 2,165 | 63.36% | 1,176 | 34.42% | 76 | 2.22% | 989 | 28.94% | 3,417 |
| Dallas | 1,726 | 62.49% | 984 | 35.63% | 52 | 1.88% | 742 | 26.86% | 2,762 |
| Desha | 2,935 | 70.03% | 1,204 | 28.73% | 52 | 1.24% | 1,731 | 41.30% | 4,191 |
| Drew | 2,234 | 62.30% | 1,265 | 35.28% | 87 | 2.43% | 969 | 27.02% | 3,586 |
| Faulkner | 3,428 | 58.50% | 2,399 | 40.94% | 33 | 0.56% | 1,029 | 17.56% | 5,860 |
| Franklin | 1,614 | 58.25% | 1,137 | 41.03% | 20 | 0.72% | 477 | 17.22% | 2,771 |
| Fulton | 958 | 54.09% | 799 | 45.12% | 14 | 0.79% | 159 | 8.97% | 1,771 |
| Garland | 5,437 | 36.06% | 9,427 | 62.53% | 212 | 1.41% | -3,990 | -26.47% | 15,076 |
| Grant | 1,272 | 59.47% | 818 | 38.24% | 49 | 2.29% | 454 | 21.23% | 2,139 |
| Greene | 3,454 | 64.09% | 1,898 | 35.22% | 37 | 0.69% | 1,556 | 28.87% | 5,389 |
| Hempstead | 2,694 | 53.91% | 2,227 | 44.57% | 76 | 1.52% | 467 | 9.34% | 4,997 |
| Hot Spring | 3,525 | 54.21% | 2,923 | 44.96% | 54 | 0.83% | 602 | 9.25% | 6,502 |
| Howard | 1,428 | 51.27% | 1,329 | 47.72% | 28 | 1.01% | 99 | 3.55% | 2,785 |
| Independence | 2,316 | 49.46% | 2,333 | 49.82% | 34 | 0.73% | -17 | -0.36% | 4,683 |
| Izard | 1,200 | 69.93% | 511 | 29.78% | 5 | 0.29% | 689 | 40.15% | 1,716 |
| Jackson | 3,699 | 73.09% | 1,323 | 26.14% | 39 | 0.77% | 2,376 | 46.95% | 5,061 |
| Jefferson | 6,426 | 51.17% | 5,743 | 45.73% | 389 | 3.10% | 683 | 5.44% | 12,558 |
| Johnson | 1,697 | 52.30% | 1,520 | 46.84% | 28 | 0.86% | 177 | 5.46% | 3,245 |
| Lafayette | 1,348 | 59.12% | 836 | 36.67% | 96 | 4.21% | 512 | 22.45% | 2,280 |
| Lawrence | 2,303 | 58.33% | 1,584 | 40.12% | 61 | 1.55% | 719 | 18.21% | 3,948 |
| Lee | 1,719 | 61.09% | 974 | 34.61% | 121 | 4.30% | 745 | 26.48% | 2,814 |
| Lincoln | 1,616 | 67.19% | 767 | 31.89% | 22 | 0.91% | 849 | 35.30% | 2,405 |
| Little River | 1,308 | 59.51% | 828 | 37.67% | 62 | 2.82% | 480 | 21.84% | 2,198 |
| Logan | 2,307 | 52.29% | 2,081 | 47.17% | 24 | 0.54% | 226 | 5.12% | 4,412 |
| Lonoke | 3,234 | 60.61% | 1,932 | 36.21% | 170 | 3.19% | 1,302 | 24.40% | 5,336 |
| Madison | 2,186 | 46.35% | 2,525 | 53.54% | 5 | 0.11% | -339 | -7.19% | 4,716 |
| Marion | 1,061 | 55.20% | 857 | 44.59% | 4 | 0.21% | 204 | 10.61% | 1,922 |
| Miller | 5,402 | 54.09% | 4,307 | 43.13% | 278 | 2.78% | 1,095 | 10.96% | 9,987 |
| Mississippi | 6,428 | 58.68% | 4,269 | 38.97% | 258 | 2.36% | 2,159 | 19.71% | 10,955 |
| Monroe | 1,460 | 55.43% | 1,099 | 41.72% | 75 | 2.85% | 361 | 13.71% | 2,634 |
| Montgomery | 846 | 46.25% | 965 | 52.76% | 18 | 0.98% | -119 | -6.51% | 1,829 |
| Nevada | 1,871 | 63.57% | 1,039 | 35.30% | 33 | 1.12% | 832 | 28.27% | 2,943 |
| Newton | 832 | 35.92% | 1,481 | 63.95% | 3 | 0.13% | -649 | -28.03% | 2,316 |
| Ouachita | 5,188 | 63.82% | 2,819 | 34.68% | 122 | 1.50% | 2,369 | 29.14% | 8,129 |
| Perry | 719 | 55.14% | 572 | 43.87% | 13 | 1.00% | 147 | 11.27% | 1,304 |
| Phillips | 3,917 | 56.44% | 2,826 | 40.72% | 197 | 2.84% | 1,091 | 15.72% | 6,940 |
| Pike | 985 | 51.76% | 905 | 47.56% | 13 | 0.68% | 80 | 4.20% | 1,903 |
| Poinsett | 3,817 | 63.55% | 2,117 | 35.25% | 72 | 1.20% | 1,700 | 28.30% | 6,006 |
| Polk | 1,287 | 40.95% | 1,832 | 58.29% | 24 | 0.76% | -545 | -17.34% | 3,143 |
| Pope | 2,753 | 54.57% | 2,267 | 44.94% | 25 | 0.50% | 486 | 9.63% | 5,045 |
| Prairie | 1,504 | 61.64% | 917 | 37.58% | 19 | 0.78% | 587 | 24.06% | 2,440 |
| Pulaski | 23,372 | 46.46% | 25,702 | 51.10% | 1,227 | 2.44% | -2,330 | -4.64% | 50,301 |
| Randolph | 1,763 | 60.94% | 1,117 | 38.61% | 13 | 0.45% | 646 | 22.33% | 2,893 |
| St. Francis | 2,114 | 50.35% | 1,884 | 44.87% | 201 | 4.79% | 230 | 5.48% | 4,199 |
| Saline | 3,705 | 58.09% | 2,603 | 40.81% | 70 | 1.10% | 1,102 | 17.28% | 6,378 |
| Scott | 1,248 | 43.05% | 1,637 | 56.47% | 14 | 0.48% | -389 | -13.42% | 2,899 |
| Searcy | 909 | 26.94% | 2,441 | 72.35% | 24 | 0.71% | -1,532 | -45.41% | 3,374 |
| Sebastian | 7,489 | 41.98% | 10,234 | 57.36% | 118 | 0.66% | -2,745 | -15.38% | 17,841 |
| Sevier | 1,500 | 56.01% | 1,159 | 43.28% | 19 | 0.71% | 341 | 12.73% | 2,678 |
| Sharp | 927 | 57.94% | 645 | 40.31% | 28 | 1.75% | 282 | 17.63% | 1,600 |
| Stone | 756 | 53.58% | 651 | 46.14% | 4 | 0.28% | 105 | 7.44% | 1,411 |
| Union | 7,055 | 55.44% | 5,059 | 39.75% | 612 | 4.81% | 1,996 | 15.69% | 12,726 |
| Van Buren | 1,331 | 50.38% | 1,296 | 49.05% | 15 | 0.57% | 35 | 1.33% | 2,642 |
| Washington | 4,857 | 38.48% | 7,683 | 60.87% | 83 | 0.66% | -2,826 | -22.39% | 12,623 |
| White | 4,895 | 55.94% | 3,813 | 43.58% | 42 | 0.48% | 1,082 | 12.36% | 8,750 |
| Woodruff | 1,630 | 60.93% | 992 | 37.08% | 53 | 1.98% | 638 | 23.85% | 2,675 |
| Yell | 2,008 | 59.18% | 1,381 | 40.70% | 4 | 0.12% | 627 | 18.48% | 3,393 |
| Totals | 213,277 | 52.46% | 186,287 | 45.82% | 7,008 | 1.72% | 26,990 | 6.64% | 406,572 |
Notes
- 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
- "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 - Arkansas". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 52-53 ISBN 0405077114
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