1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky votes to theElectoral College County Results
Eisenhower
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Stevenson
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
The1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the1956 United States presidential election . Kentucky voters chose ten[ 3] Electoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
Kentucky was won byincumbent PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice PresidentRichard Nixon , with 54.30 percent of the popular vote, againstAdlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running withSenator Estes Kefauver , with 45.21 percent of the popular vote.[ 4] [ 5]
County Dwight D. Eisenhower[ 6] Adlai Stevenson[ 6] Harry F. Byrd[ 6] Enoch A. Holtwick[ 6] Eric Hass[ 6] Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 4,157 62.50% 2,491 37.45% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 1,666 25.05% 6,651 Allen 3,200 61.62% 1,975 38.03% 3 0.06% 15 0.29% 0 0.00% 1,225 23.59% 5,193 Anderson 1,878 47.27% 2,089 52.58% 4 0.10% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% -211 -5.31% 3,973 Ballard 838 21.29% 3,088 78.46% 4 0.10% 4 0.10% 2 0.05% -2,250 -57.17% 3,936 Barren 4,206 44.68% 5,206 55.30% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% -1,000 -10.62% 9,414 Bath 1,889 45.79% 2,221 53.84% 9 0.22% 6 0.15% 0 0.00% -332 -8.05% 4,125 Bell 6,824 60.29% 4,477 39.55% 18 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,347 20.74% 11,319 Boone 3,139 51.54% 2,933 48.16% 14 0.23% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 206 3.38% 6,090 Bourbon 2,475 42.75% 3,263 56.36% 14 0.24% 33 0.57% 5 0.09% -788 -13.61% 5,790 Boyd 11,502 57.28% 8,546 42.56% 10 0.05% 22 0.11% 2 0.01% 2,956 14.72% 20,082 Boyle 3,427 49.81% 3,436 49.94% 10 0.15% 5 0.07% 2 0.03% -9 -0.13% 6,880 Bracken 1,754 53.54% 1,515 46.25% 6 0.18% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 239 7.29% 3,276 Breathitt 2,423 42.71% 3,246 57.22% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -823 -14.51% 5,673 Breckinridge 3,784 56.72% 2,867 42.98% 13 0.19% 7 0.10% 0 0.00% 917 13.74% 6,671 Bullitt 2,007 46.78% 2,279 53.12% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% -272 -6.34% 4,290 Butler 3,303 73.19% 1,202 26.63% 2 0.04% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 2,101 46.56% 4,513 Caldwell 2,681 52.32% 2,417 47.17% 22 0.43% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 264 5.15% 5,124 Calloway 2,292 27.09% 6,152 72.72% 4 0.05% 10 0.12% 2 0.02% -3,860 -45.63% 8,460 Campbell 18,617 63.82% 10,359 35.51% 121 0.41% 56 0.19% 18 0.06% 8,258 28.31% 29,171 Carlisle 608 22.72% 2,063 77.09% 5 0.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,455 -54.37% 2,676 Carroll 1,130 34.08% 2,169 65.41% 10 0.30% 5 0.15% 2 0.06% -1,039 -31.33% 3,316 Carter 5,127 62.09% 3,112 37.68% 8 0.10% 8 0.10% 3 0.04% 2,015 24.41% 8,258 Casey 4,167 72.48% 1,570 27.31% 2 0.03% 8 0.14% 2 0.03% 2,597 45.17% 5,749 Christian 4,963 43.18% 6,487 56.43% 38 0.33% 5 0.04% 2 0.02% -1,524 -13.25% 11,495 Clark 3,030 45.48% 3,609 54.16% 17 0.26% 5 0.08% 2 0.03% -579 -8.68% 6,663 Clay 4,897 82.52% 1,027 17.31% 3 0.05% 5 0.08% 2 0.03% 3,870 65.21% 5,934 Clinton 3,396 81.89% 747 18.01% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 2,649 63.88% 4,147 Crittenden 2,548 62.64% 1,494 36.73% 19 0.47% 4 0.10% 3 0.07% 1,054 25.91% 4,068 Cumberland 2,584 71.76% 1,000 27.77% 4 0.11% 10 0.28% 3 0.08% 1,584 43.99% 3,601 Daviess 11,491 62.54% 6,674 36.33% 50 0.27% 146 0.79% 12 0.07% 4,817 26.21% 18,373 Edmonson 2,800 71.85% 1,092 28.02% 1 0.03% 3 0.08% 1 0.03% 1,708 43.83% 3,897 Elliott 1,033 32.53% 2,143 67.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,110 -34.94% 3,176 Estill 2,946 60.52% 1,912 39.28% 2 0.04% 7 0.14% 1 0.02% 1,034 21.24% 4,868 Fayette 21,904 61.38% 13,547 37.96% 84 0.24% 132 0.37% 16 0.04% 8,357 23.42% 35,683 Fleming 2,744 51.97% 2,519 47.71% 9 0.17% 6 0.11% 2 0.04% 225 4.26% 5,280 Floyd 6,166 43.77% 7,907 56.13% 1 0.01% 10 0.07% 4 0.03% -1,741 -12.36% 14,088 Franklin 4,047 38.35% 6,412 60.76% 19 0.18% 70 0.66% 5 0.05% -2,365 -22.41% 10,553 Fulton 1,147 27.79% 2,953 71.54% 23 0.56% 5 0.12% 0 0.00% -1,806 -43.75% 4,128 Gallatin 547 30.89% 1,223 69.06% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -676 -38.17% 1,771 Garrard 2,311 55.92% 1,798 43.50% 3 0.07% 19 0.46% 2 0.05% 513 12.42% 4,133 Grant 1,680 42.04% 2,300 57.56% 10 0.25% 5 0.13% 1 0.03% -620 -15.52% 3,996 Graves 3,711 26.86% 10,090 73.04% 8 0.06% 6 0.04% 0 0.00% -6,379 -46.18% 13,815 Grayson 4,565 69.25% 2,021 30.66% 2 0.03% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,544 38.59% 6,592 Green 2,951 62.93% 1,726 36.81% 8 0.17% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 1,225 26.12% 4,689 Greenup 5,464 51.85% 5,045 47.87% 15 0.14% 10 0.09% 4 0.04% 419 3.98% 10,538 Hancock 1,317 56.14% 1,022 43.56% 4 0.17% 2 0.09% 1 0.04% 295 12.58% 2,346 Hardin 5,050 53.55% 4,325 45.86% 17 0.18% 33 0.35% 5 0.05% 725 7.69% 9,430 Harlan 8,820 55.96% 6,915 43.87% 8 0.05% 9 0.06% 9 0.06% 1,905 12.09% 15,761 Harrison 2,128 37.62% 3,515 62.14% 9 0.16% 4 0.07% 1 0.02% -1,387 -24.52% 5,657 Hart 3,276 50.35% 3,207 49.29% 11 0.17% 5 0.08% 7 0.11% 69 1.06% 6,506 Henderson 5,085 46.92% 5,501 50.76% 226 2.09% 23 0.21% 3 0.03% -416 -3.84% 10,838 Henry 1,670 34.52% 3,157 65.25% 5 0.10% 5 0.10% 1 0.02% -1,487 -30.73% 4,838 Hickman 785 24.82% 2,367 74.83% 9 0.28% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% -1,582 -50.01% 3,163 Hopkins 5,300 44.47% 6,535 54.84% 73 0.61% 7 0.06% 2 0.02% -1,235 -10.37% 11,917 Jackson 3,950 88.35% 501 11.21% 6 0.13% 9 0.20% 5 0.11% 3,449 77.14% 4,471 Jefferson 119,262 58.49% 83,483 40.94% 357 0.18% 727 0.36% 88 0.04% 35,779 17.55% 203,917 Jessamine 2,340 51.39% 2,072 45.51% 53 1.16% 70 1.54% 18 0.40% 268 5.88% 4,553 Johnson 5,802 71.06% 2,356 28.85% 6 0.07% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 3,446 42.21% 8,165 Kenton 20,895 57.93% 14,923 41.37% 202 0.56% 33 0.09% 17 0.05% 5,972 16.56% 36,070 Knott 1,715 30.02% 3,987 69.80% 6 0.11% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% -2,272 -39.78% 5,712 Knox 6,341 71.39% 2,539 28.59% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 3,802 42.80% 8,882 LaRue 2,387 56.05% 1,859 43.65% 10 0.23% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% 528 12.40% 4,259 Laurel 6,586 73.87% 2,316 25.98% 7 0.08% 5 0.06% 2 0.02% 4,270 47.89% 8,916 Lawrence 2,932 53.92% 2,495 45.88% 2 0.04% 6 0.11% 3 0.06% 437 8.04% 5,438 Lee 1,774 65.32% 938 34.54% 4 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 836 30.78% 2,716 Leslie 3,770 87.37% 531 12.31% 3 0.07% 8 0.19% 3 0.07% 3,239 75.06% 4,315 Letcher 5,741 57.97% 4,133 41.73% 11 0.11% 16 0.16% 3 0.03% 1,608 16.24% 9,904 Lewis 3,333 67.65% 1,585 32.17% 2 0.04% 7 0.14% 0 0.00% 1,748 35.48% 4,927 Lincoln 3,535 54.30% 2,953 45.36% 11 0.17% 9 0.14% 2 0.03% 582 8.94% 6,510 Livingston 1,247 40.94% 1,795 58.93% 3 0.10% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -548 -17.99% 3,046 Logan 2,855 34.93% 5,299 64.83% 12 0.15% 4 0.05% 4 0.05% -2,444 -29.90% 8,174 Lyon 989 39.01% 1,527 60.24% 13 0.51% 5 0.20% 1 0.04% -538 -21.23% 2,535 Madison 5,955 50.85% 5,670 48.42% 26 0.22% 55 0.47% 4 0.03% 285 2.43% 11,710 Magoffin 2,343 51.96% 2,162 47.95% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% 181 4.01% 4,509 Marion 2,945 49.98% 2,927 49.68% 10 0.17% 8 0.14% 2 0.03% 18 0.30% 5,892 Marshall 2,015 31.57% 4,358 68.29% 2 0.03% 7 0.11% 0 0.00% -2,343 -36.72% 6,382 Martin 2,927 80.57% 694 19.10% 4 0.11% 7 0.19% 1 0.03% 2,233 61.47% 3,633 Mason 3,880 51.80% 3,572 47.69% 31 0.41% 6 0.08% 1 0.01% 308 4.11% 7,490 McCracken 7,076 33.29% 14,103 66.34% 42 0.20% 35 0.16% 2 0.01% -7,027 -33.05% 21,258 McCreary 3,812 82.33% 814 17.58% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 2,998 64.75% 4,630 McLean 1,886 48.73% 1,965 50.78% 7 0.18% 11 0.28% 1 0.03% -79 -2.05% 3,870 Meade 1,670 45.23% 2,016 54.60% 5 0.14% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -346 -9.37% 3,692 Menifee 799 40.25% 1,185 59.70% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -386 -19.45% 1,985 Mercer 3,168 53.23% 2,767 46.49% 10 0.17% 5 0.08% 2 0.03% 401 6.74% 5,952 Metcalfe 2,412 54.35% 2,014 45.38% 3 0.07% 9 0.20% 0 0.00% 398 8.97% 4,438 Monroe 3,759 74.97% 1,255 25.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,504 49.94% 5,014 Montgomery 2,220 45.35% 2,656 54.26% 9 0.18% 9 0.18% 1 0.02% -436 -8.91% 4,895 Morgan 1,878 37.20% 3,164 62.68% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% -1,286 -25.48% 5,048 Muhlenberg 5,323 52.64% 4,752 46.99% 29 0.29% 7 0.07% 2 0.02% 571 5.65% 10,113 Nelson 4,107 55.76% 3,240 43.99% 7 0.10% 9 0.12% 2 0.03% 867 11.77% 7,365 Nicholas 999 37.07% 1,667 61.86% 9 0.33% 19 0.71% 1 0.04% -668 -24.79% 2,695 Ohio 4,901 64.07% 2,726 35.64% 8 0.10% 11 0.14% 3 0.04% 2,175 28.43% 7,649 Oldham 2,128 54.44% 1,769 45.25% 8 0.20% 4 0.10% 0 0.00% 359 9.19% 3,909 Owen 857 22.61% 2,928 77.24% 5 0.13% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -2,071 -54.63% 3,791 Owsley 2,013 85.77% 331 14.10% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 1,682 71.67% 2,347 Pendleton 2,273 54.46% 1,889 45.26% 6 0.14% 6 0.14% 0 0.00% 384 9.20% 4,174 Perry 6,591 59.05% 4,545 40.72% 8 0.07% 15 0.13% 2 0.02% 2,046 18.33% 11,161 Pike 11,678 50.37% 11,466 49.45% 13 0.06% 25 0.11% 3 0.01% 212 0.92% 23,185 Powell 1,339 49.87% 1,343 50.02% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -4 -0.15% 2,685 Pulaski 10,363 72.47% 3,899 27.27% 18 0.13% 16 0.11% 3 0.02% 6,464 45.20% 14,299 Robertson 617 43.70% 793 56.16% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -176 -12.46% 1,412 Rockcastle 3,787 74.08% 1,313 25.68% 7 0.14% 3 0.06% 2 0.04% 2,474 48.40% 5,112 Rowan 2,470 50.85% 2,380 49.00% 5 0.10% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 90 1.85% 4,857 Russell 3,065 70.33% 1,284 29.46% 1 0.02% 7 0.16% 1 0.02% 1,781 40.87% 4,358 Scott 1,940 40.02% 2,860 58.99% 12 0.25% 32 0.66% 4 0.08% -920 -18.97% 4,848 Shelby 2,768 40.71% 4,017 59.08% 6 0.09% 8 0.12% 0 0.00% -1,249 -18.37% 6,799 Simpson 1,454 33.43% 2,879 66.18% 9 0.21% 6 0.14% 2 0.05% -1,425 -32.75% 4,350 Spencer 896 42.32% 1,214 57.35% 3 0.14% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% -318 -15.03% 2,117 Taylor 3,892 61.37% 2,433 38.36% 5 0.08% 10 0.16% 2 0.03% 1,459 23.01% 6,342 Todd 1,480 32.28% 3,087 67.33% 9 0.20% 9 0.20% 0 0.00% -1,607 -35.05% 4,585 Trigg 1,329 34.47% 2,517 65.29% 7 0.18% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% -1,188 -30.82% 3,855 Trimble 506 21.90% 1,792 77.58% 1 0.04% 10 0.43% 1 0.04% -1,286 -55.68% 2,310 Union 1,956 37.67% 2,863 55.13% 369 7.11% 3 0.06% 2 0.04% -907 -17.46% 5,193 Warren 8,123 53.06% 7,143 46.66% 27 0.18% 14 0.09% 3 0.02% 980 6.40% 15,310 Washington 2,536 54.71% 2,084 44.96% 11 0.24% 1 0.02% 3 0.06% 452 9.75% 4,635 Wayne 3,609 61.15% 2,263 38.34% 18 0.30% 9 0.15% 3 0.05% 1,346 22.81% 5,902 Webster 1,948 37.08% 3,050 58.06% 242 4.61% 9 0.17% 4 0.08% -1,102 -20.98% 5,253 Whitley 7,759 74.33% 2,656 25.45% 10 0.10% 12 0.11% 1 0.01% 5,103 48.88% 10,438 Wolfe 1,059 38.62% 1,683 61.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -624 -22.76% 2,742 Woodford 2,170 50.97% 2,027 47.62% 19 0.45% 37 0.87% 4 0.09% 143 3.35% 4,257 Totals 572,192 54.30% 476,453 45.21% 2,657 0.25% 2,145 0.20% 358 0.03% 95,739 9.09% 1,053,805
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] ^ 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 ofColumbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence toGettysburg, Pennsylvania , and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.[ 2]
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