1956 United States presidential election in Kansas

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

1956 United States presidential election in Kansas

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All 8 Kansas votes to the Electoral College
 
NomineeDwight D. EisenhowerAdlai Stevenson
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Home statePennsylvania[a][2]Illinois
Running mateRichard NixonEstes Kefauver
Electoral vote80
Popular vote566,878296,317
Percentage65.44%34.21%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Kansas was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 65.44 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 34.21 percent of the popular vote. Eisenhower, as expected, had no trouble carrying his boyhood home state, winning every county in the state except Wyandotte County, having spent his formative years in Abilene.[4][5]

With 65.44 percent of the popular vote, Kansas proved to be Eisenhower's fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Nebraska.[6]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Kansas
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 566,878 65.44%
DemocraticAdlai Stevenson296,31734.21%
ProhibitionEnoch Holtwick3,0480.35%
Total votes866,243 100%

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Enoch Holtwick
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Allen5,34271.15%2,14328.54%230.31%3,19942.61%7,508
Anderson3,08069.01%1,36930.67%140.31%1,71138.34%4,463
Atchison5,60864.08%3,13435.81%90.10%2,47428.27%8,751
Barber2,69868.32%1,24131.43%100.25%1,45736.89%3,949
Barton8,64466.17%4,37833.51%410.31%4,26632.66%13,063
Bourbon5,30662.39%3,15137.05%470.55%2,15525.34%8,504
Brown5,13876.95%1,51922.75%200.30%3,61954.20%6,677
Butler9,59160.73%6,15838.99%450.28%3,43321.74%15,794
Chase1,55374.45%52925.36%40.19%1,02449.09%2,086
Chautauqua2,18070.85%88728.83%100.32%1,29342.02%3,077
Cherokee5,82458.39%4,11241.22%390.39%1,71217.17%9,975
Cheyenne1,47968.79%66330.84%80.37%81637.95%2,150
Clark1,24369.83%52929.72%80.45%71440.11%1,780
Clay4,37880.17%1,03418.93%490.90%3,34461.24%5,461
Cloud4,46668.61%2,00830.85%350.54%2,45837.76%6,509
Coffey3,28672.24%1,24727.41%160.35%2,03944.83%4,549
Comanche1,23872.40%46126.96%110.64%77745.44%1,710
Cowley6,73463.93%3,75335.63%460.44%2,98128.30%10,533
Crawford9,57854.93%7,79944.73%600.34%1,77910.20%17,437
Decatur2,02868.58%92031.11%90.30%1,10837.47%2,957
Dickinson7,42274.91%2,45224.75%340.34%4,97050.16%9,908
Doniphan3,13072.14%1,19727.59%120.28%1,93344.55%4,339
Douglas11,02971.85%4,28327.90%390.25%6,74643.95%15,351
Edwards1,81669.93%77129.69%100.39%1,04540.24%2,597
Elk1,90969.90%81229.73%100.37%1,09740.17%2,731
Ellis4,46659.33%3,05840.62%40.05%1,40818.71%7,528
Ellsworth2,52464.90%1,35134.74%140.36%1,17330.16%3,889
Finney3,57666.87%1,75232.76%200.37%1,82434.11%5,348
Ford5,56166.84%2,71032.57%490.59%2,85134.27%8,320
Franklin6,55771.42%2,59128.22%330.36%3,96643.20%9,181
Geary4,01365.54%2,07833.94%320.52%1,93531.60%6,123
Gove1,31572.29%49227.05%120.66%82345.24%1,819
Graham1,67669.49%72530.06%110.46%95139.43%2,412
Grant1,05869.47%45930.14%60.39%59939.33%1,523
Gray1,27866.77%62732.76%90.47%65134.01%1,914
Greeley59977.09%17422.39%40.51%42554.70%777
Greenwood4,16470.01%1,76329.64%210.35%2,40140.37%5,948
Hamilton86560.66%55238.71%90.63%31321.95%1,426
Harper3,11169.99%1,31129.49%230.52%1,80040.50%4,445
Harvey7,36770.20%3,08429.39%430.41%4,28340.81%10,494
Haskell82970.49%34129.00%60.51%48841.49%1,176
Hodgeman1,11371.62%43527.99%60.39%67843.63%1,554
Jackson3,46971.72%1,35628.03%120.25%2,11343.69%4,837
Jefferson3,67770.24%1,53629.34%220.42%2,14140.90%5,235
Jewell3,39575.51%1,03423.00%671.49%2,36152.51%4,496
Johnson35,51171.40%14,18528.52%370.07%21,32642.88%49,733
Kearny85466.98%41832.78%30.24%43634.20%1,275
Kingman3,22669.08%1,42830.58%160.34%1,79838.50%4,670
Kiowa1,71776.18%51722.94%200.89%1,20053.24%2,254
Labette7,67759.35%5,20240.21%570.44%2,47519.14%12,936
Lane99272.09%38027.62%40.29%61244.47%1,376
Leavenworth8,82661.55%5,48038.22%330.23%3,34623.33%14,339
Lincoln2,21976.20%68123.39%120.41%1,53852.81%2,912
Linn2,99171.64%1,17728.19%70.17%1,81443.45%4,175
Logan1,32872.61%49326.95%80.44%83545.66%1,829
Lyon8,02167.34%3,83132.16%590.50%4,19035.18%11,911
McPherson7,52173.75%2,60325.52%740.73%4,91848.23%10,198
Marion5,31875.99%1,64423.49%360.51%3,67452.50%6,998
Marshall5,66469.25%2,48730.41%280.34%3,17738.84%8,179
Meade1,72074.30%57524.84%200.86%1,14549.46%2,315
Miami5,03159.30%3,42840.41%250.29%1,60318.89%8,484
Mitchell3,19872.16%1,21427.39%200.45%1,98444.77%4,432
Montgomery13,25264.34%7,26535.27%810.39%5,98729.07%20,598
Morris2,67768.55%1,20830.93%200.51%1,46937.62%3,905
Morton81464.76%43634.69%70.56%37830.07%1,257
Nemaha4,19567.11%2,03832.60%180.29%2,15734.51%6,251
Neosho5,88665.99%3,00533.69%290.33%2,88132.30%8,920
Ness1,87670.79%75828.60%160.60%1,11842.19%2,650
Norton3,05271.58%1,19428.00%180.42%1,85843.58%4,264
Osage4,13667.28%1,97932.19%320.52%2,15735.09%6,147
Osborne2,94873.72%1,02325.58%280.70%1,92548.14%3,999
Ottawa2,32968.80%1,03730.64%190.56%1,29238.16%3,385
Pawnee2,78863.73%1,56735.82%200.46%1,22127.91%4,375
Phillips3,11775.49%98523.86%270.65%2,13251.63%4,129
Pottawatomie4,33574.97%1,42224.59%250.43%2,91350.38%5,782
Pratt3,62064.53%1,95634.87%340.61%1,66429.66%5,610
Rawlins1,66869.88%71129.79%80.34%95740.09%2,387
Reno15,05766.56%7,46132.98%1020.45%7,59633.58%22,620
Republic3,62168.76%1,61330.63%320.61%2,00838.13%5,266
Rice4,63870.48%1,92629.27%170.26%2,71241.21%6,581
Riley9,38576.84%2,78422.80%440.36%6,60154.04%12,213
Rooks3,05970.88%1,23828.68%190.44%1,82142.20%4,316
Rush2,00764.87%1,08034.91%70.23%92729.96%3,094
Russell3,92071.78%1,52827.98%130.24%2,39243.80%5,461
Saline11,17269.32%4,90830.45%370.23%6,26438.87%16,117
Scott1,37675.11%45124.62%50.27%92550.49%1,832
Sedgwick72,29261.08%45,73238.64%3360.28%26,56022.44%118,360
Seward2,88570.95%1,16228.58%190.47%1,72342.37%4,066
Shawnee32,64766.52%16,29833.21%1300.26%16,34933.31%49,075
Sheridan1,32467.41%63332.23%70.36%69135.18%1,964
Sherman1,82564.97%96234.25%220.78%86330.72%2,809
Smith3,14272.95%1,13926.45%260.60%2,00346.50%4,307
Stafford2,72868.37%1,24231.13%200.50%1,48637.24%3,990
Stanton54970.20%22628.90%70.90%32341.30%782
Stevens1,27369.00%56530.62%70.38%70838.38%1,845
Sumner7,02462.95%4,08836.64%460.41%2,93626.31%11,158
Thomas1,88862.06%1,13837.41%160.53%75024.65%3,042
Trego1,66869.41%72630.21%90.37%94239.20%2,403
Wabaunsee2,65076.63%80223.19%60.17%1,84853.44%3,458
Wallace68472.69%25126.67%60.64%43346.02%941
Washington4,22074.81%1,38924.62%320.57%2,83150.19%5,641
Wichita74770.41%31229.41%20.19%43541.00%1,061
Wilson4,50273.00%1,64526.67%200.32%2,85746.33%6,167
Woodson2,17170.88%87028.40%220.72%1,30142.48%3,063
Wyandotte34,60447.64%37,84252.10%1860.26%-3,238-4.46%72,632
Totals566,87865.44%296,31734.21%3,0480.35%270,56131.23%866,243

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