1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 6, 1956[1]
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[lower-alpha 1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 462,288 456,507
Percentage 49.2% 48.6%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Tennessee was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 49.21% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 48.60% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 462,288 49.21%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 456,507 48.60%
Dixiecrat T. Coleman Andrews 19,820 2.11%
Prohibition Enoch Holtwick 789 0.08%
Total votes 939,404 100%

Results by county

County Dwight David Eisenhower[6]
Republican
Adlai Stevenson II[6]
Democratic
Thomas Coleman Andrews[6]
States’ Rights
Enoch Arden Holtwick[6]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Anderson 11,071 52.42% 9,368 44.35% 682 3.23% 0 0.00% 1,703 8.06% 21,121
Bedford 2,258 33.08% 4,517 66.18% 50 0.73% 0 0.00% -2,259 -33.10% 6,825
Benton 1,279 36.22% 2,231 63.18% 21 0.59% 0 0.00% -952 -26.96% 3,531
Bledsoe 1,429 56.57% 1,079 42.72% 18 0.71% 0 0.00% 350 13.86% 2,526
Blount 12,667 70.90% 5,076 28.41% 113 0.63% 11 0.06% 7,591 42.49% 17,867
Bradley 6,247 65.00% 3,225 33.56% 139 1.45% 0 0.00% 3,022 31.44% 9,611
Campbell 5,065 64.78% 2,628 33.61% 126 1.61% 0 0.00% 2,437 31.17% 7,819
Cannon 919 37.13% 1,547 62.51% 9 0.36% 0 0.00% -628 -25.37% 2,475
Carroll 4,235 55.80% 3,232 42.58% 123 1.62% 0 0.00% 1,003 13.21% 7,590
Carter 11,218 78.80% 2,933 20.60% 85 0.60% 0 0.00% 8,285 58.20% 14,236
Cheatham 498 17.72% 2,297 81.71% 11 0.39% 5 0.18% -1,799 -64.00% 2,811
Chester 1,460 48.85% 1,495 50.02% 32 1.07% 2 0.07% -35 -1.17% 2,989
Claiborne 3,377 62.21% 1,973 36.35% 34 0.63% 44 0.81% 1,404 25.87% 5,428
Clay 902 48.31% 948 50.78% 17 0.91% 0 0.00% -46 -2.46% 1,867
Cocke 5,526 82.29% 1,121 16.69% 39 0.58% 29 0.43% 4,405 65.60% 6,715
Coffee 2,389 32.42% 4,930 66.90% 50 0.68% 0 0.00% -2,541 -34.48% 7,369
Crockett 1,026 33.02% 1,964 63.21% 105 3.38% 12 0.39% -938 -30.19% 3,107
Cumberland 3,200 62.00% 1,925 37.30% 36 0.70% 0 0.00% 1,275 24.70% 5,161
Davidson 37,077 39.08% 56,822 59.89% 975 1.03% 0 0.00% -19,745 -20.81% 94,874
Decatur 1,512 48.76% 1,554 50.11% 35 1.13% 0 0.00% -42 -1.35% 3,101
DeKalb 1,690 45.76% 1,982 53.67% 21 0.57% 0 0.00% -292 -7.91% 3,693
Dickson 1,247 24.38% 3,799 74.29% 68 1.33% 0 0.00% -2,552 -49.90% 5,114
Dyer 2,682 36.21% 4,524 61.08% 201 2.71% 0 0.00% -1,842 -24.87% 7,407
Fayette 358 18.19% 639 32.47% 971 49.34% 0 0.00% -332[lower-alpha 2] -16.87% 1,968
Fentress 2,233 69.52% 934 29.08% 30 0.93% 15 0.47% 1,299 40.44% 3,212
Franklin 1,727 26.19% 4,791 72.65% 77 1.17% 0 0.00% -3,064 -46.46% 6,595
Gibson 3,481 29.72% 7,884 67.31% 348 2.97% 0 0.00% -4,403 -37.59% 11,713
Giles 1,401 22.65% 4,750 76.79% 35 0.57% 0 0.00% -3,349 -54.14% 6,186
Grainger 2,497 72.40% 913 26.47% 39 1.13% 0 0.00% 1,584 45.93% 3,449
Greene 7,396 64.87% 3,949 34.63% 57 0.50% 0 0.00% 3,447 30.23% 11,402
Grundy 918 30.36% 2,076 68.65% 23 0.76% 7 0.23% -1,158 -38.29% 3,024
Hamblen 5,608 67.77% 2,592 31.32% 75 0.91% 0 0.00% 3,016 36.45% 8,275
Hamilton 34,429 53.11% 28,287 43.63% 2,114 3.26% 0 0.00% 6,142 9.47% 64,830
Hancock 1,939 83.29% 350 15.03% 26 1.12% 13 0.56% 1,589 68.26% 2,328
Hardeman 818 24.40% 1,754 52.31% 781 23.29% 0 0.00% -936 -27.92% 3,353
Hardin 2,898 61.92% 1,734 37.05% 48 1.03% 0 0.00% 1,164 24.87% 4,680
Hawkins 6,916 68.04% 3,180 31.29% 37 0.36% 31 0.30% 3,736 36.76% 10,164
Haywood 516 17.04% 2,217 73.22% 295 9.74% 0 0.00% -1,701 -56.18% 3,028
Henderson 3,294 66.91% 1,613 32.76% 16 0.33% 0 0.00% 1,681 34.15% 4,923
Henry 2,337 28.97% 5,625 69.72% 106 1.31% 0 0.00% -3,288 -40.75% 8,068
Hickman 1,040 29.75% 2,439 69.77% 11 0.31% 6 0.17% -1,399 -40.02% 3,496
Houston 340 24.55% 1,033 74.58% 8 0.58% 4 0.29% -693 -50.04% 1,385
Humphreys 713 19.99% 2,841 79.67% 12 0.34% 0 0.00% -2,128 -59.67% 3,566
Jackson 881 33.13% 1,743 65.55% 35 1.32% 0 0.00% -862 -32.42% 2,659
Jefferson 4,870 77.63% 1,338 21.33% 65 1.04% 0 0.00% 3,532 56.30% 6,273
Johnson 3,690 87.44% 503 11.92% 27 0.64% 0 0.00% 3,187 75.52% 4,220
Knox 46,167 60.09% 29,768 38.74% 800 1.04% 96 0.12% 16,399 21.34% 76,831
Lake 512 22.80% 1,673 74.49% 61 2.72% 0 0.00% -1,161 -51.69% 2,246
Lauderdale 1,049 18.94% 4,383 79.12% 108 1.95% 0 0.00% -3,334 -60.18% 5,540
Lawrence 4,588 51.67% 4,227 47.60% 44 0.50% 21 0.24% 361 4.07% 8,880
Lewis 522 28.16% 1,321 71.25% 11 0.59% 0 0.00% -799 -43.10% 1,854
Lincoln 1,207 21.21% 4,434 77.90% 51 0.90% 0 0.00% -3,227 -56.69% 5,692
Loudon 4,583 60.91% 2,844 37.80% 75 1.00% 22 0.29% 1,739 23.11% 7,524
Macon 2,207 66.96% 1,069 32.43% 20 0.61% 0 0.00% 1,138 34.53% 3,296
Madison 6,642 41.42% 8,540 53.25% 810 5.05% 45 0.28% -1,898 -11.84% 16,037
Marion 2,925 50.45% 2,781 47.96% 92 1.59% 0 0.00% 144 2.48% 5,798
Marshall 1,527 26.58% 4,100 71.37% 94 1.64% 24 0.42% -2,573 -44.79% 5,745
Maury 2,853 29.39% 6,662 68.64% 191 1.97% 0 0.00% -3,809 -39.24% 9,706
McMinn 6,075 59.83% 3,950 38.90% 93 0.92% 35 0.34% 2,125 20.93% 10,153
McNairy 3,349 57.37% 2,403 41.16% 86 1.47% 0 0.00% 946 16.20% 5,838
Meigs 847 51.93% 759 46.54% 21 1.29% 4 0.25% 88 5.40% 1,631
Monroe 4,998 58.28% 3,511 40.94% 55 0.64% 12 0.14% 1,487 17.34% 8,576
Montgomery 2,778 25.41% 8,034 73.48% 122 1.12% 0 0.00% -5,256 -48.07% 10,934
Moore 270 23.14% 893 76.52% 4 0.34% 0 0.00% -623 -53.38% 1,167
Morgan 2,402 62.83% 1,379 36.07% 42 1.10% 0 0.00% 1,023 26.76% 3,823
Obion 2,349 30.76% 5,185 67.89% 103 1.35% 0 0.00% -2,836 -37.14% 7,637
Overton 1,508 38.44% 2,385 60.80% 15 0.38% 15 0.38% -877 -22.36% 3,923
Perry 694 39.43% 1,052 59.77% 14 0.80% 0 0.00% -358 -20.34% 1,760
Pickett 985 63.30% 560 35.99% 11 0.71% 0 0.00% 425 27.31% 1,556
Polk 2,136 58.22% 1,533 41.78% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 603 16.43% 3,669
Putnam 3,492 43.63% 4,481 55.98% 31 0.39% 0 0.00% -989 -12.36% 8,004
Rhea 2,516 55.70% 1,930 42.73% 71 1.57% 0 0.00% 586 12.97% 4,517
Roane 6,147 56.82% 4,531 41.88% 131 1.21% 9 0.08% 1,616 14.94% 10,818
Robertson 1,517 23.25% 4,961 76.02% 34 0.52% 14 0.21% -3,444 -52.77% 6,526
Rutherford 2,713 29.15% 6,494 69.78% 99 1.06% 0 0.00% -3,781 -40.63% 9,306
Scott 3,282 79.10% 842 20.29% 25 0.60% 0 0.00% 2,440 58.81% 4,149
Sequatchie 683 43.89% 859 55.21% 14 0.90% 0 0.00% -176 -11.31% 1,556
Sevier 6,950 86.46% 1,043 12.98% 40 0.50% 5 0.06% 5,907 73.49% 8,038
Shelby 65,690 48.65% 62,051 45.96% 7,284 5.39% 0 0.00% 3,639 2.70% 135,025
Smith 1,267 29.96% 2,949 69.73% 8 0.19% 5 0.12% -1,682 -39.77% 4,229
Stewart 560 20.77% 2,120 78.64% 16 0.59% 0 0.00% -1,560 -57.86% 2,696
Sullivan 18,903 56.42% 14,106 42.10% 206 0.61% 291 0.87% 4,797 14.32% 33,506
Sumner 2,123 22.28% 7,368 77.34% 36 0.38% 0 0.00% -5,245 -55.05% 9,527
Tipton 983 16.26% 4,828 79.87% 234 3.87% 0 0.00% -3,845 -63.61% 6,045
Trousdale 209 16.76% 1,032 82.76% 6 0.48% 0 0.00% -823 -66.00% 1,247
Unicoi 3,978 77.71% 1,111 21.70% 30 0.59% 0 0.00% 2,867 56.01% 5,119
Union 2,154 79.69% 535 19.79% 14 0.52% 0 0.00% 1,619 59.90% 2,703
Van Buren 381 38.45% 602 60.75% 8 0.81% 0 0.00% -221 -22.30% 991
Warren 1,954 32.58% 4,014 66.92% 30 0.50% 0 0.00% -2,060 -34.34% 5,998
Washington 13,471 71.23% 5,314 28.10% 127 0.67% 0 0.00% 8,157 43.13% 18,912
Wayne 2,557 70.67% 1,045 28.88% 16 0.44% 0 0.00% 1,512 41.79% 3,618
Weakley 2,720 36.22% 4,717 62.81% 61 0.81% 12 0.16% -1,997 -26.59% 7,510
White 1,346 35.81% 2,378 63.26% 35 0.93% 0 0.00% -1,032 -27.45% 3,759
Williamson 1,979 31.86% 4,174 67.20% 58 0.93% 0 0.00% -2,195 -35.34% 6,211
Wilson 2,266 30.04% 5,221 69.21% 57 0.76% 0 0.00% -2,955 -39.17% 7,544
Totals462,28849.21%456,50748.60%19,8202.11%7890.08%5,7810.62%939,404

Notes

  1. 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]
  2. In this county where Andrews came first with Stevenson second and Eisenhower third, margin given is Stevenson vote minus Andrews vote and percentage margin Stevenson percentage minus Andrews percentage.

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  4. "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  5. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. Our Campaigns; TN US President, November 06, 1956


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