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1956 United States presidential election in Texas

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Main article:1956 United States presidential election
1956 United States presidential election in Texas

← 1952
November 6, 1956
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NomineeDwight D. EisenhowerAdlai Stevenson
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Home statePennsylvania[b][1]Illinois
Running mateRichard NixonEstes Kefauver
Electoral vote240
Popular vote1,080,619859,958
Percentage55.26%43.98%

County results
Congressional district results[a]

Eisenhower

  40–50%
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%
  90–100%

Stevenson

  40–50%
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%


President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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The 1956 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the1956 United States presidential election. Incumbent PresidentEisenhower won his birth state ofTexas with 55% of the vote, giving him 24 electoral votes. Despite Eisenhower becoming the first Republican to win Texas by double digits, this result nonetheless made Texas 4.12% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower became the first Republican to carry Texas twice, having won the state in1952 as well.

This was the last time Texas voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Eisenhower's vice president,Richard Nixon, won the state in his re-election bid in1972.

Polls

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SourceRatingAs of
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[2]Likely D(flip)November 2, 1956
Corpus Christi Times[3]TossupNovember 3, 1956
The Philadelphia Inquirer[4]Tilt D(flip)November 4, 1956
The Salt Lake Tribune[5]Tilt D(flip)November 4, 1956

Results

[edit]
Electoral results
Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
vote
Running mate
CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent)RepublicanPennsylvania1,080,619[6]55.26%24Richard Nixon (incumbent)California24
Adlai Stevenson IIDemocraticIllinois859,958[6]43.98%0Estes KefauverTennessee0
T. Coleman AndrewsConstitutionVirginia14,5890.75%0Thomas H. WerdelCalifornia0
Write-in candidates377[6][c]0.02%00
Total1,955,943100%2424
Needed to win266266

Results by county

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CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
T. Coleman Andrews
Constitution/States’ Rights
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Anderson4,18160.47%2,71039.20%230.33%1,47121.27%6,914
Andrews1,13153.53%96845.81%140.66%1637.72%2,113
Angelina5,27452.24%4,78147.36%410.41%4934.88%10,096
Aransas75763.67%42535.74%70.59%33227.93%1,189
Archer82543.44%1,06756.19%70.37%-242-12.75%1,899
Armstrong37246.62%42252.88%40.50%-50-6.26%798
Atascosa1,80454.55%1,49245.12%110.33%3129.43%3,307
Austin2,50167.12%1,21532.61%100.27%1,28634.51%3,726
Bailey87140.49%1,27459.23%60.28%-403-18.74%2,151
Bandera1,08376.05%33623.60%50.35%74752.45%1,424
Bastrop1,53137.85%2,50461.90%100.25%-973-24.05%4,045
Baylor71540.49%1,04759.29%40.23%-332-18.80%1,766
Bee2,40155.26%1,92944.40%150.35%47210.86%4,345
Bell4,28530.76%9,60368.93%440.32%-5,318-38.17%13,932
Bexar65,90158.15%46,79041.29%6400.56%19,11116.86%113,331
Blanco79656.14%61543.37%70.49%18112.77%1,418
Borden12734.51%24065.22%10.27%-113-30.71%368
Bosque1,65449.65%1,67050.14%70.21%-16-0.49%3,331
Bowie6,82346.73%7,67552.56%1040.71%-852-5.83%14,602
Brazoria9,53656.49%7,13742.28%2081.23%2,39914.21%16,881
Brazos4,94258.58%3,46341.05%310.37%1,47917.53%8,436
Brewster83763.22%47936.18%80.60%35827.04%1,324
Briscoe35735.42%64864.29%30.30%-291-28.87%1,008
Brooks80241.77%1,10857.71%100.52%-306-15.94%1,920
Brown3,66453.26%3,19546.44%210.31%4696.82%6,880
Burleson1,17340.24%1,72659.21%160.55%-553-18.97%2,915
Burnet1,16344.90%1,42254.90%50.19%-259-10.00%2,590
Caldwell1,74740.96%2,51358.92%50.12%-766-17.96%4,265
Calhoun1,91263.90%1,06735.66%130.43%84528.24%2,992
Callahan1,14048.45%1,19950.96%140.59%-59-2.51%2,353
Cameron11,95256.85%8,82942.00%2411.15%3,12314.85%21,022
Camp95847.22%1,05351.90%180.89%-95-4.68%2,029
Carson1,06151.91%97647.75%70.34%854.16%2,044
Cass2,97054.91%2,39544.28%440.81%57510.63%5,409
Castro69734.75%1,30565.05%40.20%-608-30.30%2,006
Chambers1,52063.52%86035.94%130.54%66027.58%2,393
Cherokee4,02257.78%2,91241.83%270.39%1,11015.95%6,961
Childress1,26845.61%1,50354.06%90.32%-235-8.45%2,780
Clay99035.26%1,81364.57%50.18%-823-29.31%2,808
Cochran59939.33%92360.60%10.07%-324-21.27%1,523
Coke54944.10%69055.42%60.48%-141-11.32%1,245
Coleman2,24758.50%1,57741.06%170.44%67017.44%3,841
Collin3,82341.84%5,28057.79%340.37%-1,457-15.95%9,137
Collingsworth81539.66%1,22959.81%110.54%-414-20.15%2,055
Colorado2,69161.62%1,64837.74%280.64%1,04323.88%4,367
Comal3,39774.54%1,14025.02%200.44%2,25749.52%4,557
Comanche1,90048.99%1,96250.59%160.41%-62-1.60%3,878
Concho57450.26%56749.65%10.09%70.61%1,142
Cooke4,16464.33%2,27235.10%370.57%1,89229.23%6,473
Coryell1,50938.86%2,37261.09%20.05%-863-22.23%3,883
Cottle32922.40%1,13877.47%20.14%-809-55.07%1,469
Crane62646.44%70752.45%151.11%-81-6.01%1,348
Crockett70269.57%30530.23%20.20%39739.34%1,009
Crosby70428.00%1,80471.76%60.24%-1,100-43.76%2,514
Culberson32454.36%26945.13%30.50%559.23%596
Dallam1,01848.41%1,07451.07%110.52%-56-2.66%2,103
Dallas125,36165.06%65,47233.98%1,8620.97%59,88931.08%192,695
Dawson1,61544.01%2,04955.83%60.16%-434-11.82%3,670
Deaf Smith1,68555.16%1,36144.55%90.29%32410.61%3,055
Delta60532.23%1,26267.23%100.53%-657-35.00%1,877
Denton5,35051.71%4,97248.06%240.23%3783.65%10,346
DeWitt3,40170.14%1,43529.59%130.27%1,96640.55%4,849
Dickens56531.25%1,24368.75%00.00%-678-37.50%1,808
Dimmit70561.90%42737.49%70.61%27824.41%1,139
Donley82647.72%90352.17%20.12%-77-4.45%1,731
Duval1,45931.89%3,11067.98%60.13%-1,651-36.09%4,575
Eastland3,58058.61%2,51241.13%160.26%1,06817.48%6,108
Ector8,80562.41%5,10936.21%1941.38%3,69626.20%14,108
Edwards53379.67%13319.88%30.45%40059.79%669
Ellis3,58540.65%5,21159.08%240.27%-1,626-18.43%8,820
El Paso18,53254.70%15,15744.73%1930.57%3,3759.97%33,882
Erath2,77553.66%2,37745.97%190.37%3987.69%5,171
Falls1,81940.36%2,67459.33%140.31%-855-18.97%4,507
Fannin1,91029.75%4,50470.16%60.09%-2,594-40.41%6,420
Fayette3,57460.54%2,28238.65%480.81%1,29221.89%5,904
Fisher67328.72%1,66471.02%60.26%-991-42.30%2,343
Floyd1,44544.86%1,76754.86%90.28%-322-10.00%3,221
Foard24326.07%68773.71%20.21%-444-47.64%932
Fort Bend3,77959.83%2,46439.01%731.16%1,31520.82%6,316
Franklin55633.88%1,08265.94%30.18%-526-32.06%1,641
Freestone1,62747.09%1,81352.47%150.43%-186-5.38%3,455
Frio82547.94%88651.48%100.58%-61-3.54%1,721
Gaines1,24444.76%1,52754.95%80.29%-283-10.19%2,779
Galveston17,56752.43%15,60346.57%3361.00%1,9645.86%33,506
Garza62844.38%78655.55%10.07%-158-11.17%1,415
Gillespie3,07092.61%2407.24%50.15%2,83085.37%3,315
Glasscock22456.28%17443.72%00.00%5012.56%398
Goliad90272.33%33827.11%70.56%56445.22%1,247
Gonzales1,76743.77%2,26055.98%100.25%-493-12.21%4,037
Gray5,04761.90%3,03437.21%720.88%2,01324.69%8,153
Grayson7,40245.33%8,87654.35%520.32%-1,474-9.02%16,330
Gregg9,44065.02%4,88133.62%1981.36%4,55931.40%14,519
Grimes1,28153.96%1,07945.45%140.59%2028.51%2,374
Guadalupe4,29666.86%2,09932.67%300.47%2,19734.19%6,425
Hale3,80449.64%3,84850.22%110.14%-44-0.58%7,663
Hall68731.53%1,48768.24%50.23%-800-36.71%2,179
Hamilton1,70960.11%1,12439.54%100.35%58520.57%2,843
Hansford91962.73%54537.20%10.07%37425.53%1,465
Hardeman1,11946.45%1,28153.18%90.37%-162-6.73%2,409
Hardin2,13047.12%2,37152.46%190.42%-241-5.34%4,520
Harris155,55561.11%93,96136.91%5,0331.98%61,59424.20%254,549
Harrison5,04864.76%2,66834.23%791.01%2,38030.53%7,795
Hartley35343.96%44855.79%20.25%-95-11.83%803
Haskell99329.72%2,34070.04%80.24%-1,347-40.32%3,341
Hays1,87347.98%2,01751.66%140.36%-144-3.68%3,904
Hemphill62060.67%40139.24%10.10%21921.43%1,022
Henderson2,47944.51%3,06555.04%250.45%-586-10.53%5,569
Hidalgo13,27056.89%9,80442.03%2531.08%3,46614.86%23,327
Hill2,48737.08%4,19962.61%210.31%-1,712-25.53%6,707
Hockley2,00138.58%3,17561.22%100.19%-1,174-22.64%5,186
Hood75140.55%1,09559.13%60.32%-344-18.58%1,852
Hopkins2,20641.26%3,11858.31%230.43%-912-17.05%5,347
Houston1,94149.04%1,99850.48%190.48%-57-1.44%3,958
Howard3,05140.30%4,50659.52%140.18%-1,455-19.22%7,571
Hudspeth31645.66%36853.18%81.16%-52-7.52%692
Hunt4,50852.47%4,05147.15%330.38%4575.32%8,592
Hutchinson5,11054.73%4,18444.82%420.45%9269.91%9,336
Irion25258.33%17841.20%20.46%7417.13%432
Jack1,32756.54%99742.48%230.98%33014.06%2,347
Jackson2,25958.64%1,57140.78%220.57%68817.86%3,852
Jasper2,43056.41%1,85643.08%220.51%57413.33%4,308
Jeff Davis23958.72%16540.54%30.74%7418.18%407
Jefferson30,10254.31%25,05745.21%2700.49%5,0459.10%55,429
Jim Hogg28231.13%61768.10%70.77%-335-36.97%906
Jim Wells3,34854.69%2,75244.95%220.36%5969.74%6,122
Johnson3,75051.09%3,56048.50%300.41%1902.59%7,340
Jones2,07344.32%2,59455.46%100.21%-521-11.14%4,677
Karnes1,76451.62%1,63647.88%170.50%1283.74%3,417
Kaufman2,81648.97%2,90250.47%320.56%-86-1.50%5,750
Kendall1,51981.10%34118.21%130.69%1,17862.89%1,873
Kenedy12592.59%107.41%00.00%11585.18%135
Kent23430.99%51968.74%20.26%-285-37.75%755
Kerr3,55577.38%1,02522.31%140.30%2,53055.07%4,594
Kimble82162.82%48437.03%20.15%33725.79%1,307
King4620.54%17779.02%10.45%-131-58.48%224
Kinney36855.93%28943.92%10.15%7912.01%658
Kleberg2,12146.39%2,43653.28%150.33%-315-6.89%4,572
Knox83539.76%1,26260.10%30.14%-427-20.34%2,100
Lamar4,15449.56%4,20250.14%250.30%-48-0.58%8,381
Lamb1,84035.54%3,32564.23%120.23%-1,485-28.69%5,177
Lampasas1,30853.45%1,13446.34%50.20%1747.11%2,447
La Salle44943.85%57456.05%10.10%-125-12.20%1,024
Lavaca2,50950.78%2,41248.82%200.40%971.96%4,941
Lee1,20052.77%1,06146.66%130.57%1396.11%2,274
Leon1,07945.99%1,26053.71%70.30%-181-7.72%2,346
Liberty4,12963.49%2,31835.65%560.86%1,81127.84%6,503
Limestone2,09740.55%3,06759.31%70.14%-970-18.76%5,171
Lipscomb80669.84%34529.90%30.26%46139.94%1,154
Live Oak1,07765.71%52131.79%412.50%55633.92%1,639
Llano67239.32%1,03460.50%30.18%-362-21.18%1,709
Loving5560.44%3639.56%00.00%1920.88%91
Lubbock13,97052.57%12,54047.19%660.25%1,4305.38%26,576
Lynn86132.28%1,80067.49%60.22%-939-35.21%2,667
McCulloch1,29252.63%1,15847.17%50.20%1345.46%2,455
McLennan15,56148.85%16,18150.80%1110.35%-620-1.95%31,853
McMullen22654.72%18544.79%20.48%419.93%413
Madison73350.27%71348.90%120.82%201.37%1,458
Marion1,12660.93%70938.37%130.70%41722.56%1,848
Martin31825.92%90373.59%60.49%-585-47.67%1,227
Mason88563.67%50436.26%10.07%38127.41%1,390
Matagorda3,92766.46%1,90432.22%781.32%2,02334.24%5,909
Maverick72146.22%82052.56%191.22%-99-6.34%1,560
Medina2,66863.51%1,51636.09%170.40%1,15227.42%4,201
Menard61465.88%31834.12%00.00%29631.76%932
Midland8,28769.99%3,46829.29%860.73%4,81940.70%11,841
Milam2,48645.48%2,96954.32%110.20%-483-8.84%5,466
Mills91255.34%73544.60%10.06%17710.74%1,648
Mitchell1,09136.59%1,89163.41%00.00%-800-26.82%2,982
Montague2,00345.81%2,35853.93%110.25%-355-8.12%4,372
Montgomery3,36056.24%2,57243.05%420.70%78813.19%5,974
Moore1,82044.95%2,21954.80%100.25%-399-9.85%4,049
Morris1,46347.58%1,59251.77%200.65%-129-4.19%3,075
Motley41144.38%51155.18%40.43%-100-10.80%926
Nacogdoches3,28553.28%2,85546.31%250.41%4306.97%6,165
Navarro3,19340.26%4,72359.55%150.19%-1,530-19.29%7,931
Newton1,03049.61%1,03749.95%90.43%-7-0.34%2,076
Nolan2,23246.69%2,53553.03%130.27%-303-6.34%4,780
Nueces19,98549.89%19,91249.71%1620.40%730.18%40,059
Ochiltree1,20969.48%51229.43%191.09%69740.05%1,740
Oldham28449.13%29450.87%00.00%-10-1.74%578
Orange5,50147.99%5,91051.56%510.44%-409-3.57%11,462
Palo Pinto2,81854.20%2,36945.57%120.23%4498.63%5,199
Panola2,53852.48%2,22546.01%731.51%3136.47%4,836
Parker3,39051.46%3,16548.04%330.50%2253.42%6,588
Parmer1,02842.76%1,36256.66%140.58%-334-13.90%2,404
Pecos1,42560.20%93139.33%110.46%49420.87%2,367
Polk1,66352.89%1,46546.60%160.51%1986.29%3,144
Potter11,94357.66%8,72042.10%490.24%3,22315.56%20,712
Presidio49448.48%51750.74%80.79%-23-2.26%1,019
Rains42744.85%52455.04%10.11%-97-10.19%952
Randall4,60962.28%2,77437.49%170.23%1,83524.79%7,400
Reagan66963.47%38436.43%10.09%28527.04%1,054
Real35064.70%19135.30%00.00%15929.40%541
Red River1,95643.14%2,56756.62%110.24%-611-13.48%4,534
Reeves1,49252.24%1,35647.48%80.28%1364.76%2,856
Refugio1,35553.10%1,18846.55%90.35%1676.55%2,552
Roberts27969.92%11829.57%20.50%16140.35%399
Robertson1,28536.63%2,21263.06%110.31%-927-26.43%3,508
Rockwall65741.50%92058.12%60.38%-263-16.62%1,583
Runnels2,41662.54%1,44237.33%50.13%97425.21%3,863
Rusk5,14059.96%3,38139.44%520.61%1,75920.52%8,573
Sabine80146.71%91353.24%10.06%-112-6.53%1,715
San Augustine90045.07%1,08654.38%110.55%-186-9.31%1,997
San Jacinto56542.51%75556.81%90.68%-190-14.30%1,329
San Patricio3,30246.82%3,72852.86%220.31%-426-6.04%7,052
San Saba79735.87%1,41963.86%60.27%-622-27.99%2,222
Schleicher47158.08%33641.43%40.49%13516.65%811
Scurry2,25045.46%2,69154.37%80.16%-441-8.91%4,949
Shackelford84960.26%55539.39%50.35%29420.87%1,409
Shelby1,98836.54%3,40362.56%490.90%-1,415-26.02%5,440
Sherman48155.35%38344.07%50.58%9811.28%869
Smith12,25565.21%6,46834.42%690.37%5,78730.79%18,792
Somervell46759.80%30939.56%50.64%15820.24%781
Starr54716.71%2,72783.29%00.00%-2,180-66.58%3,274
Stephens1,83261.66%1,12637.90%130.44%70623.76%2,971
Sterling22359.79%15040.21%00.00%7319.58%373
Stonewall30626.89%82972.85%30.26%-523-45.96%1,138
Sutton54665.16%29034.61%20.24%25630.55%838
Swisher87632.64%1,80267.14%60.22%-926-34.50%2,684
Tarrant66,32959.65%43,92239.50%9460.85%22,40720.15%111,197
Taylor9,48856.82%7,17742.98%340.20%2,31113.84%16,699
Terrell35061.51%21738.14%20.35%13323.37%569
Terry1,47341.78%2,05058.14%30.09%-577-16.36%3,526
Throckmorton46641.35%65658.21%50.44%-190-16.86%1,127
Titus1,97145.78%2,30153.45%330.77%-330-7.67%4,305
Tom Green9,07064.63%4,92335.08%400.29%4,14729.55%14,033
Travis23,55153.98%19,98245.80%980.22%3,5698.18%43,631
Trinity86543.98%1,09155.47%110.56%-226-11.49%1,967
Tyler1,73468.24%79731.37%100.39%93736.87%2,541
Upshur2,73757.45%1,99541.88%320.67%74215.57%4,764
Upton99954.29%83445.33%70.38%1658.96%1,840
Uvalde2,44970.72%99428.70%200.58%1,45542.02%3,463
Val Verde1,66050.81%1,59848.91%90.28%621.90%3,267
Van Zandt2,14242.25%2,91957.57%90.18%-777-15.32%5,070
Victoria5,59662.85%3,28036.84%280.31%2,31626.01%8,904
Walker1,99159.86%1,28738.70%481.44%70421.16%3,326
Waller1,42659.49%92938.76%421.75%49720.73%2,397
Ward1,77251.63%1,63847.73%220.64%1343.90%3,432
Washington2,97575.83%93323.78%150.38%2,04252.05%3,923
Webb2,74431.96%5,82767.86%160.19%-3,083-35.90%8,587
Wharton4,71457.47%3,43941.92%500.61%1,27515.55%8,203
Wheeler1,17848.22%1,25251.25%130.53%-74-3.03%2,443
Wichita12,18148.83%12,72651.01%410.16%-545-2.18%24,948
Wilbarger2,23048.62%2,34751.17%100.22%-117-2.55%4,587
Willacy1,65656.17%1,26142.77%311.05%39513.40%2,948
Williamson2,94740.00%4,40259.75%180.24%-1,455-19.75%7,367
Wilson1,51941.30%2,14958.43%100.27%-630-17.13%3,678
Winkler1,47152.97%1,28746.34%190.68%1846.63%2,777
Wise2,05845.49%2,44354.00%230.51%-385-8.51%4,524
Wood2,50853.11%2,19946.57%150.32%3096.54%4,722
Yoakum92348.20%98951.64%30.16%-66-3.44%1,915
Young2,08350.44%2,02849.10%190.46%551.34%4,130
Zapata63741.80%88658.14%10.07%-249-16.34%1,524
Zavala89662.79%52837.00%30.21%36825.79%1,427
Totals1,080,61955.26%859,95843.98%14,5910.75%220,66111.28%1,955,545

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^among top 2 candidates
  2. ^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.
  3. ^These write-in votes were not listed by county but only as a statewide total.

References

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  1. ^"The Presidents". David Leip. RetrievedSeptember 27, 2017.Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  2. ^"Final Babson Poll Shows Eisenhower Winning Easily".Fort Worth Star-Telegram. CTS. November 2, 1956. p. 22.
  3. ^Trohan, Walter (November 3, 1956). "Hour of Decision Near: Eisenhower Lead Increasing Daily".Corpus Christi Times. Chicago Tribune Service. p. 4.
  4. ^"What the Polls Show — Eisenhower Victory Is Indicated across Nation".The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1956. pp. B 1, B 3.
  5. ^Lawrence, W.H. (November 4, 1956). ""Times Team" Counts Up 20-State GOP Margin".The Salt Lake Tribune. p. A 11.
  6. ^abcDave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas;1956 Presidential General Election Results — Texas
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