1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1956. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Pennsylvania was the home state of President Eisenhower, as he moved to the Gettysburg area after World War II. Eisenhower won Pennsylvania by a solid 13.19 percentage point margin, and carried every county except Philadelphia and four heavily unionized coal counties in the southwestern "Black Country".
Contents
1 Results
1.1 Results by county
2 Notes
3 References
Results[edit]
| United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1956[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 2,585,252 | 56.49% | 32 | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,981,769 | 43.30% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 7,447 | 0.16% | 0 | |
Militant Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 2,035 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Results by county[edit]
| Dwight David Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson II Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Adams | 12,050 | 65.74% | 6,281 | 34.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,769 | 31.47% | 18,331 |
Allegheny | 384,939 | 54.83% | 315,989 | 45.01% | 1,102 | 0.16% | 68,950 | 9.82% | 702,030 |
Armstrong | 20,055 | 61.22% | 12,671 | 38.68% | 34 | 0.10% | 7,384 | 22.54% | 32,760 |
Beaver | 38,263 | 51.21% | 36,373 | 48.68% | 79 | 0.11% | 1,890 | 2.53% | 74,715 |
Bedford | 11,423 | 65.37% | 6,038 | 34.55% | 13 | 0.07% | 5,385 | 30.82% | 17,474 |
Berks | 57,258 | 57.30% | 42,349 | 42.38% | 320 | 0.32% | 14,909 | 14.92% | 99,927 |
Blair | 33,623 | 65.68% | 17,503 | 34.19% | 65 | 0.13% | 16,120 | 31.49% | 51,191 |
Bradford | 15,399 | 73.57% | 5,502 | 26.29% | 30 | 0.14% | 9,897 | 47.28% | 20,931 |
Bucks | 59,862 | 60.72% | 38,541 | 39.09% | 180 | 0.18% | 21,321 | 21.63% | 98,583 |
Butler | 26,238 | 65.61% | 13,672 | 34.19% | 79 | 0.20% | 12,566 | 31.42% | 39,989 |
Cambria | 46,373 | 52.55% | 41,753 | 47.31% | 123 | 0.14% | 4,620 | 5.24% | 88,249 |
Cameron | 2,462 | 74.52% | 841 | 25.45% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,621 | 49.06% | 3,304 |
Carbon | 13,150 | 57.27% | 9,722 | 42.34% | 89 | 0.39% | 3,428 | 14.93% | 22,961 |
Centre | 15,412 | 67.18% | 7,483 | 32.62% | 45 | 0.20% | 7,929 | 34.56% | 22,940 |
Chester | 47,225 | 70.24% | 19,957 | 29.68% | 50 | 0.07% | 27,268 | 40.56% | 67,232 |
Clarion | 10,048 | 66.94% | 4,955 | 33.01% | 8 | 0.05% | 5,093 | 33.93% | 15,011 |
Clearfield | 17,519 | 57.51% | 12,852 | 42.19% | 89 | 0.29% | 4,667 | 15.32% | 30,460 |
Clinton | 8,250 | 60.32% | 5,411 | 39.56% | 17 | 0.12% | 2,839 | 20.76% | 13,678 |
Columbia | 13,382 | 59.69% | 9,024 | 40.25% | 15 | 0.07% | 4,358 | 19.44% | 22,421 |
Crawford | 18,887 | 66.65% | 9,346 | 32.98% | 104 | 0.37% | 9,541 | 33.67% | 28,337 |
Cumberland | 29,468 | 68.10% | 13,651 | 31.55% | 153 | 0.35% | 15,817 | 36.55% | 43,272 |
Dauphin | 61,342 | 67.45% | 29,226 | 32.14% | 375 | 0.41% | 32,116 | 35.31% | 90,943 |
Delaware | 143,663 | 63.51% | 82,024 | 36.26% | 523 | 0.23% | 61,639 | 27.25% | 226,210 |
Elk | 8,947 | 61.84% | 5,498 | 38.00% | 23 | 0.16% | 3,449 | 23.84% | 14,468 |
Erie | 54,430 | 61.46% | 33,802 | 38.17% | 323 | 0.36% | 20,628 | 23.29% | 88,555 |
Fayette | 27,857 | 41.97% | 38,312 | 57.72% | 206 | 0.31% | -10,455 | -15.75% | 66,375 |
Forest | 1,535 | 71.13% | 622 | 28.82% | 1 | 0.05% | 913 | 42.31% | 2,158 |
Franklin | 19,121 | 63.33% | 11,060 | 36.63% | 12 | 0.04% | 8,061 | 26.70% | 30,193 |
Fulton | 2,370 | 56.50% | 1,819 | 43.36% | 6 | 0.14% | 551 | 13.13% | 4,195 |
Greene | 7,562 | 43.45% | 9,827 | 56.47% | 14 | 0.08% | -2,265 | -13.01% | 17,403 |
Huntingdon | 9,698 | 67.66% | 4,618 | 32.22% | 17 | 0.12% | 5,080 | 35.44% | 14,333 |
Indiana | 18,593 | 62.27% | 11,268 | 37.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,325 | 24.53% | 29,861 |
Jefferson | 13,051 | 66.26% | 6,627 | 33.64% | 19 | 0.10% | 6,424 | 32.61% | 19,697 |
Juniata | 4,258 | 60.45% | 2,779 | 39.45% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,479 | 21.00% | 7,044 |
Lackawanna | 64,386 | 53.56% | 55,741 | 46.37% | 79 | 0.07% | 8,645 | 7.19% | 120,206 |
Lancaster | 69,026 | 69.86% | 29,538 | 29.90% | 237 | 0.24% | 39,488 | 39.97% | 98,801 |
Lawrence | 25,037 | 55.61% | 19,923 | 44.25% | 65 | 0.14% | 5,114 | 11.36% | 45,025 |
Lebanon | 22,556 | 68.35% | 10,406 | 31.53% | 41 | 0.12% | 12,150 | 36.81% | 33,003 |
Lehigh | 50,564 | 63.30% | 29,067 | 36.39% | 251 | 0.31% | 21,497 | 26.91% | 79,882 |
Luzerne | 92,458 | 58.22% | 65,155 | 41.02% | 1,207 | 0.76% | 27,303 | 17.19% | 158,820 |
Lycoming | 27,030 | 66.67% | 13,490 | 33.28% | 20 | 0.05% | 13,540 | 33.40% | 40,540 |
McKean | 14,725 | 73.81% | 5,152 | 25.82% | 73 | 0.37% | 9,573 | 47.98% | 19,950 |
Mercer | 28,785 | 59.14% | 19,769 | 40.62% | 120 | 0.25% | 9,016 | 18.52% | 48,674 |
Mifflin | 8,638 | 62.94% | 5,078 | 37.00% | 9 | 0.07% | 3,560 | 25.94% | 13,725 |
Monroe | 10,081 | 64.30% | 5,506 | 35.12% | 92 | 0.59% | 4,575 | 29.18% | 15,679 |
Montgomery | 133,270 | 69.20% | 59,095 | 30.69% | 218 | 0.11% | 74,175 | 38.52% | 192,583 |
Montour | 3,976 | 65.71% | 2,072 | 34.24% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,904 | 31.47% | 6,051 |
Northampton | 43,375 | 55.83% | 33,749 | 43.44% | 573 | 0.74% | 9,626 | 12.39% | 77,697 |
Northumberland | 28,583 | 62.46% | 17,141 | 37.45% | 41 | 0.09% | 11,442 | 25.00% | 45,765 |
Perry | 7,511 | 67.59% | 3,576 | 32.18% | 25 | 0.22% | 3,935 | 35.41% | 11,112 |
Philadelphia | 383,414 | 42.97% | 507,289 | 56.85% | 1,618 | 0.18% | -123,875 | -13.88% | 892,321 |
Pike | 4,160 | 77.28% | 1,219 | 22.65% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,941 | 54.63% | 5,383 |
Potter | 5,181 | 69.45% | 2,257 | 30.25% | 22 | 0.29% | 2,924 | 39.20% | 7,460 |
Schuylkill | 51,670 | 61.95% | 31,645 | 37.94% | 91 | 0.11% | 20,025 | 24.01% | 83,406 |
Snyder | 7,102 | 78.35% | 1,959 | 21.61% | 3 | 0.03% | 5,143 | 56.74% | 9,064 |
Somerset | 20,568 | 60.95% | 13,163 | 39.00% | 17 | 0.05% | 7,405 | 21.94% | 33,748 |
Sullivan | 2,007 | 60.87% | 1,286 | 39.01% | 4 | 0.12% | 721 | 21.87% | 3,297 |
Susquehanna | 10,752 | 71.42% | 4,293 | 28.52% | 10 | 0.07% | 6,459 | 42.90% | 15,055 |
Tioga | 10,827 | 76.72% | 3,280 | 23.24% | 6 | 0.04% | 7,547 | 53.48% | 14,113 |
Union | 6,620 | 78.08% | 1,844 | 21.75% | 14 | 0.17% | 4,776 | 56.33% | 8,478 |
Venango | 17,107 | 75.31% | 5,594 | 24.63% | 14 | 0.06% | 11,513 | 50.68% | 22,715 |
Warren | 12,145 | 72.94% | 4,463 | 26.80% | 43 | 0.26% | 7,682 | 46.14% | 16,651 |
Washington | 39,465 | 45.04% | 48,052 | 54.84% | 98 | 0.11% | -8,587 | -9.80% | 87,615 |
Wayne | 9,658 | 75.64% | 3,092 | 24.22% | 18 | 0.14% | 6,566 | 51.43% | 12,768 |
Westmoreland | 66,580 | 47.77% | 72,616 | 52.10% | 192 | 0.14% | -6,036 | -4.33% | 139,388 |
Wyoming | 5,906 | 73.56% | 2,120 | 26.40% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,786 | 47.15% | 8,029 |
York | 48,176 | 55.33% | 38,743 | 44.50% | 149 | 0.17% | 9,433 | 10.83% | 87,068 |
| Totals | 2,585,052 | 56.45% | 1,984,769 | 43.34% | 9,482 | 0.21% | 600,283 | 13.11% | 4,579,303 |
Notes[edit]
^ Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of the 1952 election Eisenhower was president of Columbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.
References[edit]
^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
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^ David Leip. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 385-386
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