1956 United States presidential election in Oregon

1956 United States presidential election in Oregon

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All 6 Oregon votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[a][2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 406,393 329,204
Percentage 55.25% 44.75%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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

Oregon was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 55.25% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 44.75% of the popular vote.[4][5] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Clatsop County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[6]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 22, 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 July 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016


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