United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 1956

United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 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 12 0
Popular vote 954,844 586,768
Percentage 61.58% 37.84%
President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

 Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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

Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state with 62% of the popular vote, winning Wisconsin's twelve electoral votes.[3] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Portage County, Ashland County, Milwaukee County, and Dane County voted for the Republican candidate. This is also the last election as of 2016 that the Republican won the state by a double-digit margin.

Results

United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 1956
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 954,844 61.58% 12
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 586,768 37.84% 0
Independent T. Coleman Andrews 6,918 0.45% 0
Totals 1,548,530 100.0% 12

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. ↑ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Wisconsin". Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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