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The1952 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.[3]
Missouri was won byColumbia University PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running withSenatorRichard Nixon, with 50.71 percent of the popular vote, againstAdlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running withSenatorJohn Sparkman, with 49.14 percent of the popular vote.
Missouri weighed in for this election as slightly over 9 points more Democratic than the nation-at-large. It would become the only state which Eisenhower won in 1952 but would flip to Stevensonfour years later. It is the only occasion where Missouri voted for a Republican Presidential candidate between 1928 and 1968.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 959,429 | 50.71% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 929,830 | 49.14% | |
| Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 987 | 0.05% | |
| Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 885 | 0.05% | |
| Constitution | Douglas MacArthur | 535 | 0.03% | |
| Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 227 | 0.01% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 169 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 1,892,062 | 100% | ||
| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 5,748 | 63.03% | 3,339 | 36.61% | 33 | 0.36% | 2,409 | 26.42% | 9,120 |
| Andrew | 4,452 | 67.85% | 2,104 | 32.06% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,348 | 35.79% | 6,562 |
| Atchison | 3,259 | 61.53% | 2,028 | 38.29% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,231 | 23.24% | 5,297 |
| Audrain | 4,767 | 41.26% | 6,775 | 58.64% | 12 | 0.10% | -2,008 | -17.38% | 11,554 |
| Barry | 6,664 | 61.77% | 4,124 | 38.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,540 | 23.54% | 10,788 |
| Barton | 4,056 | 60.17% | 2,661 | 39.47% | 24 | 0.36% | 1,395 | 20.70% | 6,741 |
| Bates | 6,002 | 60.03% | 3,995 | 39.95% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,007 | 20.08% | 9,999 |
| Benton | 3,470 | 72.31% | 1,303 | 27.15% | 26 | 0.54% | 2,167 | 45.16% | 4,799 |
| Bollinger | 3,060 | 58.35% | 2,182 | 41.61% | 2 | 0.04% | 878 | 16.74% | 5,244 |
| Boone | 7,545 | 42.42% | 10,206 | 57.39% | 34 | 0.19% | -2,661 | -14.97% | 17,785 |
| Buchanan | 22,087 | 52.61% | 19,854 | 47.29% | 44 | 0.10% | 2,233 | 5.32% | 41,985 |
| Butler | 7,843 | 54.90% | 6,426 | 44.98% | 16 | 0.11% | 1,417 | 9.92% | 14,285 |
| Caldwell | 3,755 | 66.83% | 1,860 | 33.10% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,895 | 33.73% | 5,619 |
| Callaway | 3,818 | 40.96% | 5,484 | 58.83% | 19 | 0.20% | -1,666 | -17.87% | 9,321 |
| Camden | 2,789 | 69.29% | 1,226 | 30.46% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,563 | 38.83% | 4,025 |
| Cape Girardeau | 10,729 | 57.42% | 7,933 | 42.46% | 22 | 0.12% | 2,796 | 14.96% | 18,684 |
| Carroll | 5,410 | 63.14% | 3,146 | 36.72% | 12 | 0.14% | 2,264 | 26.42% | 8,568 |
| Carter | 1,100 | 49.48% | 1,123 | 50.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -23 | -1.04% | 2,223 |
| Cass | 6,000 | 54.04% | 5,089 | 45.84% | 13 | 0.12% | 911 | 8.20% | 11,102 |
| Cedar | 3,814 | 71.71% | 1,483 | 27.88% | 22 | 0.41% | 2,331 | 43.83% | 5,319 |
| Chariton | 3,883 | 50.91% | 3,730 | 48.91% | 14 | 0.18% | 153 | 2.00% | 7,627 |
| Christian | 4,440 | 76.24% | 1,374 | 23.59% | 10 | 0.17% | 3,066 | 52.65% | 5,824 |
| Clark | 2,850 | 57.95% | 2,045 | 41.58% | 23 | 0.47% | 805 | 16.37% | 4,918 |
| Clay | 13,043 | 50.95% | 12,502 | 48.84% | 53 | 0.21% | 541 | 2.11% | 25,598 |
| Clinton | 3,685 | 54.66% | 3,048 | 45.21% | 9 | 0.13% | 637 | 9.45% | 6,742 |
| Cole | 9,700 | 56.36% | 7,507 | 43.62% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,193 | 12.74% | 17,210 |
| Cooper | 5,208 | 59.90% | 3,475 | 39.97% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,733 | 19.93% | 8,695 |
| Crawford | 3,753 | 60.34% | 2,453 | 39.44% | 14 | 0.23% | 1,300 | 20.90% | 6,220 |
| Dade | 3,395 | 71.52% | 1,340 | 28.23% | 12 | 0.25% | 2,055 | 43.29% | 4,747 |
| Dallas | 3,459 | 73.19% | 1,258 | 26.62% | 9 | 0.19% | 2,201 | 46.57% | 4,726 |
| Daviess | 3,845 | 61.21% | 2,424 | 38.59% | 13 | 0.21% | 1,421 | 22.62% | 6,282 |
| DeKalb | 3,073 | 63.28% | 1,773 | 36.51% | 10 | 0.21% | 1,300 | 26.77% | 4,856 |
| Dent | 2,755 | 50.12% | 2,738 | 49.81% | 4 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.31% | 5,497 |
| Douglas | 4,051 | 81.49% | 909 | 18.29% | 11 | 0.22% | 3,142 | 63.20% | 4,971 |
| Dunklin | 5,400 | 36.18% | 9,515 | 63.76% | 9 | 0.06% | -4,115 | -27.58% | 14,924 |
| Franklin | 11,367 | 56.82% | 8,610 | 43.04% | 27 | 0.13% | 2,757 | 13.78% | 20,004 |
| Gasconade | 5,339 | 80.49% | 1,285 | 19.37% | 9 | 0.14% | 4,054 | 61.12% | 6,633 |
| Gentry | 3,429 | 57.76% | 2,508 | 42.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 921 | 15.52% | 5,937 |
| Greene | 29,673 | 60.57% | 19,234 | 39.26% | 81 | 0.17% | 10,439 | 21.31% | 48,988 |
| Grundy | 4,790 | 63.40% | 2,747 | 36.36% | 18 | 0.24% | 2,043 | 27.04% | 7,555 |
| Harrison | 5,191 | 69.54% | 2,261 | 30.29% | 13 | 0.17% | 2,930 | 39.25% | 7,465 |
| Henry | 6,628 | 59.07% | 4,576 | 40.78% | 16 | 0.14% | 2,052 | 18.29% | 11,220 |
| Hickory | 2,054 | 76.47% | 622 | 23.16% | 10 | 0.37% | 1,432 | 53.31% | 2,686 |
| Holt | 3,476 | 69.73% | 1,487 | 29.83% | 22 | 0.44% | 1,989 | 39.90% | 4,985 |
| Howard | 2,340 | 39.12% | 3,635 | 60.77% | 7 | 0.12% | -1,295 | -21.65% | 5,982 |
| Howell | 6,608 | 66.19% | 3,349 | 33.55% | 26 | 0.26% | 3,259 | 32.64% | 9,983 |
| Iron | 1,831 | 44.40% | 2,286 | 55.43% | 7 | 0.17% | -455 | -11.03% | 4,124 |
| Jackson | 133,093 | 48.88% | 138,792 | 50.97% | 412 | 0.15% | -5,699 | -2.09% | 272,297 |
| Jasper | 23,065 | 61.00% | 14,665 | 38.78% | 82 | 0.22% | 8,400 | 22.22% | 37,812 |
| Jefferson | 9,607 | 42.82% | 12,808 | 57.08% | 22 | 0.10% | -3,201 | -14.26% | 22,437 |
| Johnson | 6,990 | 61.82% | 4,294 | 37.98% | 23 | 0.20% | 2,696 | 23.84% | 11,307 |
| Knox | 2,229 | 52.77% | 1,988 | 47.06% | 7 | 0.17% | 241 | 5.71% | 4,224 |
| Laclede | 5,312 | 65.14% | 2,839 | 34.81% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,473 | 30.33% | 8,155 |
| Lafayette | 8,805 | 59.26% | 6,020 | 40.52% | 32 | 0.22% | 2,785 | 18.74% | 14,857 |
| Lawrence | 8,029 | 65.30% | 4,232 | 34.42% | 34 | 0.28% | 3,797 | 30.88% | 12,295 |
| Lewis | 2,416 | 45.41% | 2,896 | 54.44% | 8 | 0.15% | -480 | -9.03% | 5,320 |
| Lincoln | 3,458 | 46.19% | 4,020 | 53.69% | 9 | 0.12% | -562 | -7.50% | 7,487 |
| Linn | 5,551 | 51.63% | 5,189 | 48.27% | 11 | 0.10% | 362 | 3.36% | 10,751 |
| Livingston | 5,594 | 59.77% | 3,757 | 40.14% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,837 | 19.63% | 9,359 |
| Macon | 5,537 | 54.66% | 4,577 | 45.19% | 15 | 0.15% | 960 | 9.47% | 10,129 |
| Madison | 2,676 | 52.98% | 2,375 | 47.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 301 | 5.96% | 5,051 |
| Maries | 1,501 | 45.62% | 1,783 | 54.19% | 6 | 0.18% | -282 | -8.57% | 3,290 |
| Marion | 6,162 | 42.10% | 8,457 | 57.78% | 18 | 0.12% | -2,295 | -15.68% | 14,637 |
| McDonald | 4,121 | 61.90% | 2,525 | 37.93% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,596 | 23.97% | 6,657 |
| Mercer | 2,482 | 72.40% | 936 | 27.30% | 10 | 0.29% | 1,546 | 45.10% | 3,428 |
| Miller | 4,237 | 63.42% | 2,426 | 36.31% | 18 | 0.27% | 1,811 | 27.11% | 6,681 |
| Mississippi | 2,380 | 35.36% | 4,331 | 64.35% | 19 | 0.28% | -1,951 | -28.99% | 6,730 |
| Moniteau | 3,658 | 60.15% | 2,416 | 39.73% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,242 | 20.42% | 6,081 |
| Monroe | 1,488 | 23.77% | 4,760 | 76.05% | 11 | 0.18% | -3,272 | -52.28% | 6,259 |
| Montgomery | 3,670 | 56.37% | 2,835 | 43.55% | 5 | 0.08% | 835 | 12.82% | 6,510 |
| Morgan | 3,390 | 65.86% | 1,750 | 34.00% | 7 | 0.14% | 1,640 | 31.86% | 5,147 |
| New Madrid | 3,809 | 30.89% | 8,504 | 68.98% | 16 | 0.13% | -4,695 | -38.09% | 12,329 |
| Newton | 8,577 | 62.71% | 5,070 | 37.07% | 30 | 0.22% | 3,507 | 25.64% | 13,677 |
| Nodaway | 7,614 | 61.20% | 4,805 | 38.62% | 22 | 0.18% | 2,809 | 22.58% | 12,441 |
| Oregon | 1,804 | 38.03% | 2,926 | 61.68% | 14 | 0.30% | -1,122 | -23.65% | 4,744 |
| Osage | 3,404 | 60.73% | 2,191 | 39.09% | 10 | 0.18% | 1,213 | 21.64% | 5,605 |
| Ozark | 2,572 | 77.73% | 734 | 22.18% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,838 | 55.55% | 3,309 |
| Pemiscot | 4,118 | 31.57% | 8,913 | 68.34% | 12 | 0.09% | -4,795 | -36.77% | 13,043 |
| Perry | 4,633 | 66.57% | 2,324 | 33.39% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,309 | 33.18% | 6,960 |
| Pettis | 9,261 | 55.67% | 7,363 | 44.26% | 12 | 0.07% | 1,898 | 11.41% | 16,636 |
| Phelps | 4,694 | 49.13% | 4,846 | 50.72% | 14 | 0.15% | -152 | -1.59% | 9,554 |
| Pike | 3,836 | 45.47% | 4,582 | 54.31% | 18 | 0.21% | -746 | -8.84% | 8,436 |
| Platte | 3,390 | 42.36% | 4,604 | 57.53% | 9 | 0.11% | -1,214 | -15.17% | 8,003 |
| Polk | 5,263 | 67.81% | 2,474 | 31.88% | 24 | 0.31% | 2,789 | 35.93% | 7,761 |
| Pulaski | 2,678 | 46.88% | 3,026 | 52.98% | 8 | 0.14% | -348 | -6.10% | 5,712 |
| Putnam | 3,202 | 73.31% | 1,149 | 26.30% | 17 | 0.39% | 2,053 | 47.01% | 4,368 |
| Ralls | 1,437 | 32.18% | 3,020 | 67.64% | 8 | 0.18% | -1,583 | -35.46% | 4,465 |
| Randolph | 3,968 | 34.52% | 7,501 | 65.25% | 27 | 0.23% | -3,533 | -30.73% | 11,496 |
| Ray | 3,349 | 40.64% | 4,869 | 59.09% | 22 | 0.27% | -1,520 | -18.45% | 8,240 |
| Reynolds | 949 | 30.82% | 2,124 | 68.98% | 6 | 0.19% | -1,175 | -38.16% | 3,079 |
| Ripley | 2,444 | 52.56% | 2,194 | 47.18% | 12 | 0.26% | 250 | 5.38% | 4,650 |
| St. Charles | 8,451 | 56.48% | 6,493 | 43.39% | 20 | 0.13% | 1,958 | 13.09% | 14,964 |
| St. Clair | 3,465 | 64.17% | 1,914 | 35.44% | 21 | 0.39% | 1,551 | 28.73% | 5,400 |
| St. Francois | 9,672 | 54.55% | 8,040 | 45.35% | 17 | 0.10% | 1,632 | 9.20% | 17,729 |
| St. Louis | 116,821 | 54.98% | 95,457 | 44.93% | 202 | 0.10% | 21,364 | 10.05% | 212,480 |
| St. Louis City | 144,828 | 38.00% | 235,893 | 61.89% | 427 | 0.11% | -91,065 | -23.89% | 381,148 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 2,682 | 52.91% | 2,385 | 47.05% | 2 | 0.04% | 297 | 5.86% | 5,069 |
| Saline | 6,926 | 52.19% | 6,318 | 47.61% | 27 | 0.20% | 608 | 4.58% | 13,271 |
| Schuyler | 1,636 | 49.23% | 1,680 | 50.56% | 7 | 0.21% | -44 | -1.33% | 3,323 |
| Scotland | 2,123 | 50.24% | 2,093 | 49.53% | 10 | 0.24% | 30 | 0.71% | 4,226 |
| Scott | 4,661 | 39.45% | 7,127 | 60.33% | 26 | 0.22% | -2,466 | -20.88% | 11,814 |
| Shannon | 1,291 | 38.80% | 2,028 | 60.96% | 8 | 0.24% | -737 | -22.16% | 3,327 |
| Shelby | 2,163 | 39.88% | 3,237 | 59.68% | 24 | 0.44% | -1,074 | -19.80% | 5,424 |
| Stoddard | 5,514 | 47.33% | 6,110 | 52.45% | 25 | 0.21% | -596 | -5.12% | 11,649 |
| Stone | 3,172 | 80.69% | 748 | 19.03% | 11 | 0.28% | 2,424 | 61.66% | 3,931 |
| Sullivan | 3,746 | 55.15% | 3,041 | 44.77% | 5 | 0.07% | 705 | 10.38% | 6,792 |
| Taney | 3,037 | 73.22% | 1,099 | 26.49% | 12 | 0.29% | 1,938 | 46.73% | 4,148 |
| Texas | 4,824 | 52.29% | 4,372 | 47.39% | 29 | 0.31% | 452 | 4.90% | 9,225 |
| Vernon | 5,924 | 56.92% | 4,450 | 42.76% | 34 | 0.33% | 1,474 | 14.16% | 10,408 |
| Warren | 2,977 | 72.66% | 1,112 | 27.14% | 8 | 0.20% | 1,865 | 45.52% | 4,097 |
| Washington | 3,338 | 55.33% | 2,684 | 44.49% | 11 | 0.18% | 654 | 10.84% | 6,033 |
| Wayne | 2,423 | 49.08% | 2,500 | 50.64% | 14 | 0.28% | -77 | -1.56% | 4,937 |
| Webster | 4,701 | 61.73% | 2,894 | 38.00% | 20 | 0.26% | 1,807 | 23.73% | 7,615 |
| Worth | 1,682 | 57.72% | 1,227 | 42.11% | 5 | 0.17% | 455 | 15.61% | 2,914 |
| Wright | 5,285 | 72.31% | 2,006 | 27.45% | 18 | 0.25% | 3,279 | 44.86% | 7,309 |
| Totals | 959,429 | 50.71% | 929,830 | 49.14% | 2,803 | 0.15% | 29,599 | 1.57% | 1,892,062 |
Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
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