Eisenhower won Rhode Island by a very narrow margin of 1.85%. As a result of this, he became the first Republican candidate sinceCalvin Coolidge in1924 to win the state. This is the last time that a non incumbent Republican won Rhode Island.
^"U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived fromthe original on October 29, 2013. RetrievedOctober 24, 2013.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