United States presidential election in Michigan, 1956

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1956
November 6, 1956

 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[1]<[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 20 0
Popular vote 1,713,647 1,359,898
Percentage 55.63% 44.15%
President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

 Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican


The 1956 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 6, 1956. Michigan voters chose twenty electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state with 56% of the popular vote, winning Michigan's twenty electoral votes.[3]


Results

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1956
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,713,647 55.63% 20
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 1,359,898 44.15% 0
Prohibition Enoch Holtwick 6,923 0.22% 0
Totals 3,080,468 100.0% 12

Notes and references

  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. ↑ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. ↑ Presidential General Election Results - Michigan http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=26&year=1956 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan Check |url= value (help). Retrieved June 22, 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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