1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas

1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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All 8 Arkansas votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Pennsylvania[2][a]
Running mate Estes Kefauver Richard Nixon
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 213,777 186,287
Percentage 52.5% 45.8%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arkansas was won by Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 52.46% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 45.82% of the popular vote.[4][5] This is currently the last election to date in which the Democratic candidate won Arkansas without winning the presidency.

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.


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