1956 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

1956 Democratic vice presidential nomination

← 1952 August 16, 1956 (1956-08-16) 1960 →
All 1,366 delegate votes of the Democratic National Convention 686 1/2 delegate votes needed to win
Nominee Estes Kefauver John F. Kennedy Albert Gore Sr. Home state Tennessee Massachusetts Tennessee 1st Ballot (Final) 483.5 (35.24%) 304 (22.16%) 178 (12.97%) 2nd Ballot (During) 551.5 (40.20%) 648 (47.23%) 80.5 (5.87%) 2nd Ballot (Final) 755.5 (55.07%) 589 (42.93%) 13.5 (0.98%)   Nominee Robert F. Wagner Jr. Hubert Humphrey Home state New York Minnesota 1st Ballot (Final) 162.5 (11.84%) 134.5 (9.80%) 2nd Ballot (During) 9.5 (0.69%) 74.5 (5.43%) 2nd Ballot (Final) 6 (0.44%) 2 (0.15%)
Previous Vice Presidential nominee John Sparkman Vice Presidential nominee Estes Kefauver

The selection of the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate for the 1956 United States presidential election occurred at the party's national convention on August 16, 1956. Former presidential candidate and Tennessee's Senator Estes Kefauver defeated Massachusetts' Senator John F. Kennedy.