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The 1956 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1956 throughout all 48 states, which was part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Ohio was won by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He won all counties except for Pike County.
Results
1956 United States presidential election in Ohio[3] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 2,262,610 | 61.11% | 25 | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson II | Estes Kefauver | 1,439,655 | 38.89% | 0 | |
Totals | 3,702,265 | 100.00% | 25 |
Results by county
County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 5,637 | 59.14% | 3,894 | 40.86% | 1,743 | 18.28% | 9,531 |
Allen | 28,388 | 70.22% | 12,042 | 29.78% | 16,346 | 40.44% | 40,430 |
Ashland | 12,792 | 73.41% | 4,634 | 26.59% | 8,158 | 46.82% | 17,426 |
Ashtabula | 24,165 | 64.68% | 13,195 | 35.32% | 10,970 | 29.36% | 37,360 |
Athens | 10,794 | 64.43% | 5,959 | 35.57% | 4,835 | 28.86% | 16,753 |
Auglaize | 11,453 | 72.07% | 4,438 | 27.93% | 7,015 | 44.14% | 15,891 |
Belmont | 19,230 | 50.31% | 18,991 | 49.69% | 239 | 0.62% | 38,221 |
Brown | 5,690 | 56.70% | 4,346 | 43.30% | 1,344 | 13.40% | 10,036 |
Butler | 41,785 | 63.20% | 24,331 | 36.80% | 17,454 | 26.40% | 66,116 |
Carroll | 5,916 | 69.55% | 2,590 | 30.45% | 3,326 | 39.10% | 8,506 |
Champaign | 8,767 | 69.48% | 3,851 | 30.52% | 4,916 | 38.96% | 12,618 |
Clark | 28,767 | 61.94% | 17,680 | 38.06% | 11,087 | 23.88% | 46,447 |
Clermont | 14,914 | 62.30% | 9,026 | 37.70% | 5,888 | 24.60% | 23,940 |
Clinton | 7,919 | 70.07% | 3,382 | 29.93% | 4,537 | 40.14% | 11,301 |
Columbiana | 28,783 | 66.47% | 14,516 | 33.53% | 14,267 | 32.94% | 43,299 |
Coshocton | 9,549 | 66.60% | 4,789 | 33.40% | 4,760 | 33.20% | 14,338 |
Crawford | 13,763 | 70.46% | 5,769 | 29.54% | 7,994 | 40.92% | 19,532 |
Cuyahoga | 353,474 | 53.72% | 304,558 | 46.28% | 48,916 | 7.44% | 658,032 |
Darke | 13,447 | 65.32% | 7,138 | 34.68% | 6,309 | 30.64% | 20,585 |
Defiance | 8,786 | 69.03% | 3,941 | 30.97% | 4,845 | 38.06% | 12,727 |
Delaware | 10,739 | 72.88% | 3,997 | 27.12% | 6,742 | 45.76% | 14,736 |
Erie | 14,771 | 70.18% | 6,276 | 29.82% | 8,495 | 40.36% | 21,047 |
Fairfield | 15,647 | 65.24% | 8,337 | 34.76% | 7,310 | 30.48% | 23,984 |
Fayette | 6,696 | 66.00% | 3,449 | 34.00% | 3,247 | 32.00% | 10,145 |
Franklin | 151,544 | 65.78% | 78,852 | 34.22% | 72,692 | 31.56% | 230,396 |
Fulton | 9,030 | 77.50% | 2,622 | 22.50% | 6,408 | 55.00% | 11,652 |
Gallia | 7,040 | 70.99% | 2,877 | 29.01% | 4,163 | 41.98% | 9,917 |
Geauga | 10,971 | 69.49% | 4,818 | 30.51% | 6,153 | 38.98% | 15,789 |
Greene | 15,471 | 61.07% | 9,861 | 38.93% | 5,610 | 22.14% | 25,332 |
Guernsey | 10,224 | 66.51% | 5,149 | 33.49% | 5,075 | 33.02% | 15,373 |
Hamilton | 222,009 | 66.11% | 113,797 | 33.89% | 108,212 | 32.22% | 335,806 |
Hancock | 15,713 | 74.82% | 5,289 | 25.18% | 10,424 | 49.64% | 21,002 |
Hardin | 9,049 | 66.51% | 4,556 | 33.49% | 4,493 | 33.02% | 13,605 |
Harrison | 5,444 | 65.79% | 2,831 | 34.21% | 2,613 | 31.58% | 8,275 |
Henry | 8,164 | 74.63% | 2,775 | 25.37% | 5,389 | 49.26% | 10,939 |
Highland | 8,397 | 63.50% | 4,826 | 36.50% | 3,571 | 27.00% | 13,223 |
Hocking | 4,925 | 59.63% | 3,334 | 40.37% | 1,591 | 19.26% | 8,259 |
Holmes | 3,955 | 68.78% | 1,795 | 31.22% | 2,160 | 37.56% | 5,750 |
Huron | 12,208 | 73.43% | 4,418 | 26.57% | 7,790 | 46.86% | 16,626 |
Jackson | 8,106 | 64.65% | 4,432 | 35.35% | 3,674 | 29.30% | 12,538 |
Jefferson | 22,162 | 50.52% | 21,703 | 49.48% | 459 | 1.04% | 43,865 |
Knox | 12,347 | 71.35% | 4,958 | 28.65% | 7,389 | 42.70% | 17,305 |
Lake | 31,017 | 61.14% | 19,718 | 38.86% | 11,299 | 22.28% | 50,735 |
Lawrence | 12,607 | 62.72% | 7,492 | 37.28% | 5,115 | 25.44% | 20,099 |
Licking | 21,912 | 67.44% | 10,581 | 32.56% | 11,331 | 34.88% | 32,493 |
Logan | 11,229 | 72.66% | 4,226 | 27.34% | 7,003 | 45.32% | 15,455 |
Lorain | 40,340 | 60.11% | 26,774 | 39.89% | 13,566 | 20.22% | 67,114 |
Lucas | 100,501 | 53.15% | 88,598 | 46.85% | 11,903 | 6.30% | 189,099 |
Madison | 6,483 | 69.28% | 2,875 | 30.72% | 3,608 | 38.56% | 9,358 |
Mahoning | 63,992 | 51.98% | 59,126 | 48.02% | 4,866 | 3.96% | 123,118 |
Marion | 15,125 | 67.07% | 7,425 | 32.93% | 7,700 | 34.14% | 22,550 |
Medina | 15,155 | 70.42% | 6,365 | 29.58% | 8,790 | 40.84% | 21,520 |
Meigs | 6,593 | 70.32% | 2,783 | 29.68% | 3,810 | 40.64% | 9,376 |
Mercer | 9,456 | 68.88% | 4,272 | 31.12% | 5,184 | 37.76% | 13,728 |
Miami | 20,135 | 68.57% | 9,229 | 31.43% | 10,906 | 37.14% | 29,364 |
Monroe | 3,738 | 59.18% | 2,578 | 40.82% | 1,160 | 18.36% | 6,316 |
Montgomery | 107,278 | 58.45% | 76,270 | 41.55% | 31,008 | 16.90% | 183,548 |
Morgan | 4,134 | 73.82% | 1,466 | 26.18% | 2,668 | 47.64% | 5,600 |
Morrow | 5,885 | 71.56% | 2,339 | 28.44% | 3,546 | 43.12% | 8,224 |
Muskingum | 22,788 | 69.27% | 10,110 | 30.73% | 12,678 | 38.54% | 32,898 |
Noble | 3,861 | 66.52% | 1,943 | 33.48% | 1,918 | 33.04% | 5,804 |
Ottawa | 8,806 | 62.98% | 5,176 | 37.02% | 3,630 | 25.96% | 13,982 |
Paulding | 4,885 | 69.24% | 2,170 | 30.76% | 2,715 | 38.48% | 7,055 |
Perry | 7,511 | 64.56% | 4,123 | 35.44% | 3,388 | 29.12% | 11,634 |
Pickaway | 6,956 | 60.67% | 4,509 | 39.33% | 2,447 | 21.34% | 11,465 |
Pike | 3,447 | 47.15% | 3,863 | 52.85% | -416 | -5.70% | 7,310 |
Portage | 18,943 | 59.07% | 13,128 | 40.93% | 5,815 | 18.14% | 32,071 |
Preble | 8,099 | 63.91% | 4,574 | 36.09% | 3,525 | 27.82% | 12,673 |
Putnam | 8,408 | 70.38% | 3,538 | 29.62% | 4,870 | 40.76% | 11,946 |
Richland | 26,098 | 65.78% | 13,578 | 34.22% | 12,520 | 31.56% | 39,676 |
Ross | 13,036 | 63.73% | 7,418 | 36.27% | 5,618 | 27.46% | 20,454 |
Sandusky | 15,009 | 72.52% | 5,687 | 27.48% | 9,322 | 45.04% | 20,696 |
Scioto | 22,110 | 59.60% | 14,985 | 40.40% | 7,125 | 19.20% | 37,095 |
Seneca | 17,728 | 73.90% | 6,260 | 26.10% | 11,468 | 47.80% | 23,988 |
Shelby | 9,452 | 67.67% | 4,515 | 32.33% | 4,937 | 35.34% | 13,967 |
Stark | 83,667 | 62.85% | 49,445 | 37.15% | 34,222 | 25.70% | 133,112 |
Summit | 102,872 | 52.42% | 93,378 | 47.58% | 9,494 | 4.84% | 196,250 |
Trumbull | 43,936 | 57.17% | 32,913 | 42.83% | 11,023 | 14.34% | 76,849 |
Tuscarawas | 19,876 | 60.63% | 12,908 | 39.37% | 6,968 | 21.26% | 32,784 |
Union | 7,575 | 74.06% | 2,653 | 25.94% | 4,922 | 48.12% | 10,228 |
Van Wert | 9,834 | 70.03% | 4,208 | 29.97% | 5,626 | 40.06% | 14,042 |
Vinton | 2,998 | 61.01% | 1,916 | 38.99% | 1,082 | 22.02% | 4,914 |
Warren | 13,673 | 65.53% | 7,193 | 34.47% | 6,480 | 31.06% | 20,866 |
Washington | 13,927 | 69.65% | 6,068 | 30.35% | 7,859 | 39.30% | 19,995 |
Wayne | 19,469 | 73.60% | 6,984 | 26.40% | 12,485 | 47.20% | 26,453 |
Williams | 9,784 | 75.21% | 3,225 | 24.79% | 6,559 | 50.42% | 13,009 |
Wood | 16,844 | 66.32% | 8,553 | 33.68% | 8,291 | 32.64% | 25,397 |
Wyandot | 6,807 | 73.18% | 2,495 | 26.82% | 4,312 | 46.36% | 9,302 |
Totals | 2,262,610 | 61.11% | 1,439,655 | 38.89% | 822,955 | 22.22% | 3,702,265 |
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ Leip, David (2016). "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
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