1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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All 8 Oklahoma votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 518,045 430,939
Percentage 54.59% 45.41%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]

Oklahoma was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 54.59 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 45.41 percent of the popular vote.

The electors selected were Jesse Berry of Chandler, J. Kelsey McClure of Oklahoma City, George E. Nobles of Checotah, David G. Reed of Carnagie, Blanche Kay Young and Mary F. Lawson of Oklahoma City, Arch Stout of Wewoka and Earl E. Ridle of Andarko according to The Daily Ardmoreite article of December 13, 1952. All voted, as pledged, for Eisenhower and Nixon.

With his win, Eisenhower became the first Republican presidential candidate since Herbert Hoover in 1928 to win the state.

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 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
  3. ^ "1952 Presidential Election Results Oklahoma".