The 1956 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Utah voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Utah was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 64.56 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 35.44 percent of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
Results by county
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Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Margin |
Total votes cast[6] |
County |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
Beaver |
1,190 |
53.60% |
1,030 |
46.40% |
160 |
7.21% |
2,220 |
Box Elder |
5,804 |
68.34% |
2,689 |
31.66% |
3,115 |
36.68% |
8,493 |
Cache |
10,349 |
73.82% |
3,671 |
26.18% |
6,678 |
47.63% |
14,020 |
Carbon |
4,507 |
50.26% |
4,460 |
49.74% |
47 |
0.52% |
8,967 |
Daggett |
102 |
53.13% |
90 |
46.88% |
12 |
6.25% |
192 |
Davis |
12,122 |
66.71% |
6,050 |
33.29% |
6,072 |
33.41% |
18,172 |
Duchesne |
1,856 |
67.99% |
874 |
32.01% |
982 |
35.97% |
2,730 |
Emery |
1,679 |
64.04% |
943 |
35.96% |
736 |
28.07% |
2,622 |
Garfield |
1,115 |
75.95% |
353 |
24.05% |
762 |
51.91% |
1,468 |
Grand |
1,044 |
76.09% |
328 |
23.91% |
716 |
52.19% |
1,372 |
Iron |
3,321 |
71.70% |
1,311 |
28.30% |
2,010 |
43.39% |
4,632 |
Juab |
1,512 |
59.60% |
1,025 |
40.40% |
487 |
19.20% |
2,537 |
Kane |
939 |
90.20% |
102 |
9.80% |
837 |
80.40% |
1,041 |
Millard |
2,667 |
69.09% |
1,193 |
30.91% |
1,474 |
38.19% |
3,860 |
Morgan |
905 |
67.39% |
438 |
32.61% |
467 |
34.77% |
1,343 |
Piute |
548 |
75.27% |
180 |
24.73% |
368 |
50.55% |
728 |
Rich |
561 |
68.92% |
253 |
31.08% |
308 |
37.84% |
814 |
Salt Lake |
95,179 |
64.22% |
53,038 |
35.78% |
42,141 |
28.43% |
148,217 |
San Juan |
1,119 |
72.47% |
425 |
27.53% |
694 |
44.95% |
1,544 |
Sanpete |
3,883 |
68.59% |
1,778 |
31.41% |
2,105 |
37.18% |
5,661 |
Sevier |
3,646 |
74.74% |
1,232 |
25.26% |
2,414 |
49.49% |
4,878 |
Summit |
2,031 |
69.77% |
880 |
30.23% |
1,151 |
39.54% |
2,911 |
Tooele |
3,390 |
55.82% |
2,683 |
44.18% |
707 |
11.64% |
6,073 |
Uintah |
2,840 |
77.60% |
820 |
22.40% |
2,020 |
55.19% |
3,660 |
Utah |
25,371 |
66.56% |
12,747 |
33.44% |
12,624 |
33.12% |
38,118 |
Wasatch |
1,738 |
66.79% |
864 |
33.21% |
874 |
33.59% |
2,602 |
Washington |
3,172 |
78.34% |
877 |
21.66% |
2,295 |
56.68% |
4,049 |
Wayne |
499 |
63.81% |
283 |
36.19% |
216 |
27.62% |
782 |
Weber |
22,542 |
55.95% |
17,747 |
44.05% |
4,795 |
11.90% |
40,289 |
Totals | 215,631 | 64.56% | 118,364 | 35.44% | 97,267 | 29.12% | 333,995 |
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
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Local results | |
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Other 1956 elections | |
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- See also
- Presidential elections
- Senate elections
- House elections
- Gubernatorial elections
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