The 1956 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Utah was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 64.56 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 35.44 percent of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 215,631 | 64.56% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 118,364 | 35.44% | |
| Total votes | 333,995 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaver | 1,190 | 53.60% | 1,030 | 46.40% | 160 | 7.20% | 2,220 |
| Box Elder | 5,804 | 68.34% | 2,689 | 31.66% | 3,115 | 36.68% | 8,493 |
| Cache | 10,349 | 73.82% | 3,671 | 26.18% | 6,678 | 47.64% | 14,020 |
| Carbon | 4,507 | 50.26% | 4,460 | 49.74% | 47 | 0.52% | 8,967 |
| Daggett | 102 | 53.13% | 90 | 46.88% | 12 | 6.25% | 192 |
| Davis | 12,122 | 66.71% | 6,050 | 33.29% | 6,072 | 33.42% | 18,172 |
| Duchesne | 1,856 | 67.99% | 874 | 32.01% | 982 | 35.98% | 2,730 |
| Emery | 1,679 | 64.04% | 943 | 35.96% | 736 | 28.08% | 2,622 |
| Garfield | 1,115 | 75.95% | 353 | 24.05% | 762 | 51.90% | 1,468 |
| Grand | 1,044 | 76.09% | 328 | 23.91% | 716 | 52.18% | 1,372 |
| Iron | 3,321 | 71.70% | 1,311 | 28.30% | 2,010 | 43.40% | 4,632 |
| Juab | 1,512 | 59.60% | 1,025 | 40.40% | 487 | 19.20% | 2,537 |
| Kane | 939 | 90.20% | 102 | 9.80% | 837 | 80.40% | 1,041 |
| Millard | 2,667 | 69.09% | 1,193 | 30.91% | 1,474 | 38.18% | 3,860 |
| Morgan | 905 | 67.39% | 438 | 32.61% | 467 | 34.78% | 1,343 |
| Piute | 548 | 75.27% | 180 | 24.73% | 368 | 50.54% | 728 |
| Rich | 561 | 68.92% | 253 | 31.08% | 308 | 37.84% | 814 |
| Salt Lake | 95,179 | 64.22% | 53,038 | 35.78% | 42,141 | 28.44% | 148,217 |
| San Juan | 1,119 | 72.47% | 425 | 27.53% | 694 | 44.94% | 1,544 |
| Sanpete | 3,883 | 68.59% | 1,778 | 31.41% | 2,105 | 37.18% | 5,661 |
| Sevier | 3,646 | 74.74% | 1,232 | 25.26% | 2,414 | 49.48% | 4,878 |
| Summit | 2,031 | 69.77% | 880 | 30.23% | 1,151 | 39.54% | 2,911 |
| Tooele | 3,390 | 55.82% | 2,683 | 44.18% | 707 | 11.64% | 6,073 |
| Uintah | 2,840 | 77.60% | 820 | 22.40% | 2,020 | 55.20% | 3,660 |
| Utah | 25,371 | 66.56% | 12,747 | 33.44% | 12,624 | 33.12% | 38,118 |
| Wasatch | 1,738 | 66.79% | 864 | 33.21% | 874 | 33.58% | 2,602 |
| Washington | 3,172 | 78.34% | 877 | 21.66% | 2,295 | 56.68% | 4,049 |
| Wayne | 499 | 63.81% | 283 | 36.19% | 216 | 27.62% | 782 |
| Weber | 22,542 | 55.95% | 17,747 | 44.05% | 4,795 | 11.90% | 40,289 |
| Totals | 215,631 | 64.56% | 118,364 | 35.44% | 97,267 | 29.12% | 333,995 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editNotes
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- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Utah". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 22, 2017.