1956 Illinois elections

1956 Illinois elections

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Turnout85.95%

Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 6, 1956.[1]

Primaries were held on April 10, 1956.[1][2]

The results strongly favored the Republican Party,[3] which retained control both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly as well as all statewide elected executive offices. They also won the state in the presidential election, retained the U.S. Senate seat up for election, and flipped a single U.S. House seat.

  1. ^ a b "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1956 JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1955, 1956 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 10 1958" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 4, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Illinois Blue Book 1955-1956. Illinois Secretary of State. pp. 815–16. Retrieved April 1, 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Cohen, Adam; Taylor, Elizabeth (2001). American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation. Little, Brown. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7595-2427-9.