See main article: 1956 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
Country: | Arkansas |
Flag Year: | 1924 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
Next Year: | 1960 |
Votes For Election: | All 8 Arkansas votes to the Electoral College |
Election Date: | November 6, 1956[1] |
Image1: | Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg |
Nominee1: | Adlai Stevenson |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Illinois |
Running Mate1: | Estes Kefauver |
Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 213,777 |
Percentage1: | 52.5% |
Nominee2: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Pennsylvania[2] |
Running Mate2: | Richard Nixon |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 186,287 |
Percentage2: | 45.8% |
Map Size: | 250px |
President | |
Before Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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 (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 52.46% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), 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.
Source | Rating | As of | |
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram[6] | November 2, 1956 | ||
The Philadelphia Inquirer[7] | November 4, 1956 | ||
The Salt Lake Tribune[8] | November 4, 1956 |
County | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | T. Coleman Andrews Constitution | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
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% | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2,736 | 48.55% | 2,826 | 50.15% | 73 | 1.30% | -90 | -1.60% | 5,635 | ||||||||||
Ashley | 2,820 | 66.04% | 1,183 | 27.70% | 267 | 6.25% | 1,637 | 38.34% | 4,270 | ||||||||||
Baxter | 1,451 | 45.46% | 1,721 | 53.92% | 20 | 0.63% | -270 | -8.46% | 3,192 | ||||||||||
Benton | 3,744 | 36.33% | 6,500 | 63.08% | 61 | 0.59% | -2,756 | -26.75% | 10,305 | ||||||||||
Boone | 2,829 | 47.10% | 3,153 | 52.50% | 24 | 0.40% | -324 | -5.40% | 6,006 | ||||||||||
Bradley | 3,010 | 68.01% | 1,361 | 30.75% | 55 | 1.24% | 1,649 | 37.26% | 4,426 | ||||||||||
Calhoun | 1,303 | 73.95% | 445 | 25.26% | 14 | 0.79% | 858 | 48.69% | 1,762 | ||||||||||
Carroll | 1,651 | 41.48% | 2,310 | 58.04% | 19 | 0.48% | -659 | -16.56% | 3,980 | ||||||||||
Chicot | 2,273 | 65.79% | 1,043 | 30.19% | 139 | 4.02% | 1,230 | 35.60% | 3,455 | ||||||||||
Clark | 2,809 | 58.04% | 1,973 | 40.76% | 58 | 1.20% | 836 | 17.28% | 4,840 | ||||||||||
Clay | 2,368 | 57.57% | 1,711 | 41.60% | 34 | 0.83% | 657 | 15.97% | 4,113 | ||||||||||
Cleburne | 1,094 | 53.42% | 947 | 46.24% | 7 | 0.34% | 147 | 7.18% | 2,048 | ||||||||||
Cleveland | 1,149 | 72.17% | 423 | 26.57% | 20 | 1.26% | 726 | 45.60% | 1,592 | ||||||||||
Columbia | 2,845 | 52.74% | 2,342 | 43.42% | 207 | 3.84% | 503 | 9.32% | 5,394 | ||||||||||
Conway | 2,618 | 61.15% | 1,636 | 38.22% | 27 | 0.63% | 982 | 22.93% | 4,281 | ||||||||||
Craighead | 5,876 | 58.41% | 4,035 | 40.11% | 149 | 1.48% | 1,841 | 18.30% | 10,060 | ||||||||||
Crawford | 2,723 | 46.60% | 3,090 | 52.88% | 30 | 0.51% | -367 | -6.28% | 5,843 | ||||||||||
Crittenden | 2,120 | 43.51% | 2,476 | 50.81% | 277 | 5.68% | -356 | -7.30% | 4,873 | ||||||||||
Cross | 2,165 | 63.36% | 1,176 | 34.42% | 76 | 2.22% | 989 | 28.94% | 3,417 | ||||||||||
Dallas | 1,726 | 62.49% | 984 | 35.63% | 52 | 1.88% | 742 | 26.86% | 2,762 | ||||||||||
Desha | 2,935 | 70.03% | 1,204 | 28.73% | 52 | 1.24% | 1,731 | 41.30% | 4,191 | ||||||||||
Drew | 2,234 | 62.30% | 1,265 | 35.28% | 87 | 2.43% | 969 | 27.02% | 3,586 | ||||||||||
Faulkner | 3,428 | 58.50% | 2,399 | 40.94% | 33 | 0.56% | 1,029 | 17.56% | 5,860 | ||||||||||
Franklin | 1,614 | 58.25% | 1,137 | 41.03% | 20 | 0.72% | 477 | 17.22% | 2,771 | ||||||||||
Fulton | 958 | 54.09% | 799 | 45.12% | 14 | 0.79% | 159 | 8.97% | 1,771 | ||||||||||
Garland | 5,437 | 36.06% | 9,427 | 62.53% | 212 | 1.41% | -3,990 | -26.47% | 15,076 | ||||||||||
Grant | 1,272 | 59.47% | 818 | 38.24% | 49 | 2.29% | 454 | 21.23% | 2,139 | ||||||||||
Greene | 3,454 | 64.09% | 1,898 | 35.22% | 37 | 0.69% | 1,556 | 28.87% | 5,389 | ||||||||||
Hempstead | 2,694 | 53.91% | 2,227 | 44.57% | 76 | 1.52% | 467 | 9.34% | 4,997 | ||||||||||
Hot Spring | 3,525 | 54.21% | 2,923 | 44.96% | 54 | 0.83% | 602 | 9.25% | 6,502 | ||||||||||
Howard | 1,428 | 51.27% | 1,329 | 47.72% | 28 | 1.01% | 99 | 3.55% | 2,785 | ||||||||||
Independence | 2,316 | 49.46% | 2,333 | 49.82% | 34 | 0.73% | -17 | -0.36% | 4,683 | ||||||||||
Izard | 1,200 | 69.93% | 511 | 29.78% | 5 | 0.29% | 689 | 40.15% | 1,716 | ||||||||||
Jackson | 3,699 | 73.09% | 1,323 | 26.14% | 39 | 0.77% | 2,376 | 46.95% | 5,061 | ||||||||||
Jefferson | 6,426 | 51.17% | 5,743 | 45.73% | 389 | 3.10% | 683 | 5.44% | 12,558 | ||||||||||
Johnson | 1,697 | 52.30% | 1,520 | 46.84% | 28 | 0.86% | 177 | 5.46% | 3,245 | ||||||||||
Lafayette | 1,348 | 59.12% | 836 | 36.67% | 96 | 4.21% | 512 | 22.45% | 2,280 | ||||||||||
Lawrence | 2,303 | 58.33% | 1,584 | 40.12% | 61 | 1.55% | 719 | 18.21% | 3,948 | ||||||||||
Lee | 1,719 | 61.09% | 974 | 34.61% | 121 | 4.30% | 745 | 26.48% | 2,814 | ||||||||||
Lincoln | 1,616 | 67.19% | 767 | 31.89% | 22 | 0.91% | 849 | 35.30% | 2,405 | ||||||||||
Little River | 1,308 | 59.51% | 828 | 37.67% | 62 | 2.82% | 480 | 21.84% | 2,198 | ||||||||||
Logan | 2,307 | 52.29% | 2,081 | 47.17% | 24 | 0.54% | 226 | 5.12% | 4,412 | ||||||||||
Lonoke | 3,234 | 60.61% | 1,932 | 36.21% | 170 | 3.19% | 1,302 | 24.40% | 5,336 | ||||||||||
Madison | 2,186 | 46.35% | 2,525 | 53.54% | 5 | 0.11% | -339 | -7.19% | 4,716 | ||||||||||
Marion | 1,061 | 55.20% | 857 | 44.59% | 4 | 0.21% | 204 | 10.61% | 1,922 | ||||||||||
Miller | 5,402 | 54.09% | 4,307 | 43.13% | 278 | 2.78% | 1,095 | 10.96% | 9,987 | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 6,428 | 58.68% | 4,269 | 38.97% | 258 | 2.36% | 2,159 | 19.71% | 10,955 | ||||||||||
Monroe | 1,460 | 55.43% | 1,099 | 41.72% | 75 | 2.85% | 361 | 13.71% | 2,634 | ||||||||||
Montgomery | 846 | 46.25% | 965 | 52.76% | 18 | 0.98% | -119 | -6.51% | 1,829 | ||||||||||
Nevada | 1,871 | 63.57% | 1,039 | 35.30% | 33 | 1.12% | 832 | 28.27% | 2,943 | ||||||||||
Newton | 832 | 35.92% | 1,481 | 63.95% | 3 | 0.13% | -649 | -28.03% | 2,316 | ||||||||||
Ouachita | 5,188 | 63.82% | 2,819 | 34.68% | 122 | 1.50% | 2,369 | 29.14% | 8,129 | ||||||||||
Perry | 719 | 55.14% | 572 | 43.87% | 13 | 1.00% | 147 | 11.27% | 1,304 | ||||||||||
Phillips | 3,917 | 56.44% | 2,826 | 40.72% | 197 | 2.84% | 1,091 | 15.72% | 6,940 | ||||||||||
Pike | 985 | 51.76% | 905 | 47.56% | 13 | 0.68% | 80 | 4.20% | 1,903 | ||||||||||
Poinsett | 3,817 | 63.55% | 2,117 | 35.25% | 72 | 1.20% | 1,700 | 28.30% | 6,006 | ||||||||||
Polk | 1,287 | 40.95% | 1,832 | 58.29% | 24 | 0.76% | -545 | -17.34% | 3,143 | ||||||||||
Pope | 2,753 | 54.57% | 2,267 | 44.94% | 25 | 0.50% | 486 | 9.63% | 5,045 | ||||||||||
Prairie | 1,504 | 61.64% | 917 | 37.58% | 19 | 0.78% | 587 | 24.06% | 2,440 | ||||||||||
Pulaski | 23,372 | 46.46% | 25,702 | 51.10% | 1,227 | 2.44% | -2,330 | -4.64% | 50,301 | ||||||||||
Randolph | 1,763 | 60.94% | 1,117 | 38.61% | 13 | 0.45% | 646 | 22.33% | 2,893 | ||||||||||
St. Francis | 2,114 | 50.35% | 1,884 | 44.87% | 201 | 4.79% | 230 | 5.48% | 4,199 | ||||||||||
Saline | 3,705 | 58.09% | 2,603 | 40.81% | 70 | 1.10% | 1,102 | 17.28% | 6,378 | ||||||||||
Scott | 1,248 | 43.05% | 1,637 | 56.47% | 14 | 0.48% | -389 | -13.42% | 2,899 | ||||||||||
Searcy | 909 | 26.94% | 2,441 | 72.35% | 24 | 0.71% | -1,532 | -45.41% | 3,374 | ||||||||||
Sebastian | 7,489 | 41.98% | 10,234 | 57.36% | 118 | 0.66% | -2,745 | -15.38% | 17,841 | ||||||||||
Sevier | 1,500 | 56.01% | 1,159 | 43.28% | 19 | 0.71% | 341 | 12.73% | 2,678 | ||||||||||
Sharp | 927 | 57.94% | 645 | 40.31% | 28 | 1.75% | 282 | 17.63% | 1,600 | ||||||||||
Stone | 756 | 53.58% | 651 | 46.14% | 4 | 0.28% | 105 | 7.44% | 1,411 | ||||||||||
Union | 7,055 | 55.44% | 5,059 | 39.75% | 612 | 4.81% | 1,996 | 15.69% | 12,726 | ||||||||||
Van Buren | 1,331 | 50.38% | 1,296 | 49.05% | 15 | 0.57% | 35 | 1.33% | 2,642 | ||||||||||
Washington | 4,857 | 38.48% | 7,683 | 60.87% | 83 | 0.66% | -2,826 | -22.39% | 12,623 | ||||||||||
White | 4,895 | 55.94% | 3,813 | 43.58% | 42 | 0.48% | 1,082 | 12.36% | 8,750 | ||||||||||
Woodruff | 1,630 | 60.93% | 992 | 37.08% | 53 | 1.98% | 638 | 23.85% | 2,675 | ||||||||||
Yell | 2,008 | 59.18% | 1,381 | 40.70% | 4 | 0.12% | 627 | 18.48% | 3,393 | ||||||||||
Totals | 213,277 | 52.46% | 186,287 | 45.82% | 7,008 | 1.72% | 26,990 | 6.64% | 406,572 |