See main article: 1956 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1956 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Country: | Iowa |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Previous Year: | 1952 |
| Next Election: | 1960 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
| Votes For Election: | All 10 Iowa votes to the Electoral College |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1956[1] |
| Image1: | Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Pennsylvania |
| Running Mate1: | Richard Nixon |
| Electoral Vote1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 729,187 |
| Percentage1: | 59.06% |
| Nominee2: | Adlai Stevenson |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Illinois |
| Running Mate2: | Estes Kefauver |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 501,858 |
| Percentage2: | 40.65% |
| Map Size: | 312px |
| 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 Iowa took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Iowa was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.06% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 40.65% of the popular vote.[3] [4] Iowa’s result weighed in as exactly 3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower carried every county except for Wapello County, thereby making him the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since Abraham Lincoln in 1860; this would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Dubuque County until Donald Trump in 2016.[5]
| County[6] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | T. Coleman Andrews American Constitution | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
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| Adair | 3,426 | 59.16% | 2,362 | 40.79% | 3 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,064 | 18.37% | 5,791 | ||||||||||||
| Adams | 2,248 | 55.92% | 1,756 | 43.68% | 13 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.07% | 492 | 12.24% | 4,020 | ||||||||||||
| Allamakee | 5,182 | 66.23% | 2,622 | 33.51% | 18 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,560 | 32.72% | 7,824 | ||||||||||||
| Appanoose | 4,980 | 55.00% | 4,064 | 44.89% | 10 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 916 | 10.11% | 9,054 | ||||||||||||
| Audubon | 3,057 | 54.16% | 2,585 | 45.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.04% | 472 | 8.36% | 5,644 | ||||||||||||
| Benton | 5,634 | 56.31% | 3,946 | 39.44% | 421 | 4.21% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,688 | 16.87% | 10,006 | ||||||||||||
| Black Hawk | 28,250 | 57.99% | 20,403 | 41.88% | 56 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.02% | 7,847 | 16.11% | 48,719 | ||||||||||||
| Boone | 6,740 | 53.65% | 5,815 | 46.28% | 9 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 925 | 7.37% | 12,564 | ||||||||||||
| Bremer | 5,930 | 67.15% | 2,892 | 32.75% | 9 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,038 | 34.40% | 8,831 | ||||||||||||
| Buchanan | 5,512 | 61.01% | 3,513 | 38.88% | 9 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,999 | 22.13% | 9,035 | ||||||||||||
| Buena Vista | 6,470 | 61.25% | 4,083 | 38.65% | 7 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,387 | 22.60% | 10,563 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 5,669 | 71.21% | 2,289 | 28.75% | 3 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,380 | 42.46% | 7,961 | ||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 4,409 | 57.49% | 2,972 | 38.75% | 286 | 3.73% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,437 | 18.74% | 7,669 | ||||||||||||
| Carroll | 5,816 | 53.29% | 5,085 | 46.60% | 9 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.03% | 731 | 6.69% | 10,913 | ||||||||||||
| Cass | 6,103 | 68.34% | 2,818 | 31.56% | 9 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,285 | 36.78% | 8,930 | ||||||||||||
| Cedar | 5,344 | 64.71% | 2,912 | 35.26% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,432 | 29.45% | 8,258 | ||||||||||||
| Cerro Gordo | 12,449 | 57.00% | 9,362 | 42.86% | 21 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.04% | 3,087 | 14.14% | 21,841 | ||||||||||||
| Cherokee | 4,821 | 59.67% | 3,254 | 40.28% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,567 | 19.39% | 8,079 | ||||||||||||
| Chickasaw | 4,205 | 56.10% | 3,275 | 43.70% | 15 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 930 | 12.40% | 7,495 | ||||||||||||
| Clarke | 2,462 | 55.99% | 1,929 | 43.87% | 5 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 533 | 12.12% | 4,397 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 5,107 | 62.36% | 2,970 | 36.26% | 101 | 1.23% | 12 | 0.15% | 2,137 | 26.10% | 8,190 | ||||||||||||
| Clayton | 6,529 | 59.76% | 4,384 | 40.12% | 12 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,145 | 19.64% | 10,926 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 14,765 | 63.62% | 8,394 | 36.17% | 29 | 0.12% | 20 | 0.09% | 6,371 | 27.45% | 23,208 | ||||||||||||
| Crawford | 4,608 | 55.03% | 3,749 | 44.77% | 15 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.02% | 859 | 10.26% | 8,374 | ||||||||||||
| Dallas | 6,619 | 56.06% | 5,185 | 43.92% | 2 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,434 | 12.14% | 11,806 | ||||||||||||
| Davis | 2,661 | 51.88% | 2,458 | 47.92% | 10 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 203 | 3.96% | 5,129 | ||||||||||||
| Decatur | 2,912 | 50.86% | 2,806 | 49.01% | 6 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 106 | 1.85% | 5,725 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware | 5,732 | 68.49% | 2,621 | 31.32% | 13 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,111 | 37.17% | 8,369 | ||||||||||||
| Des Moines | 11,152 | 55.88% | 8,781 | 44.00% | 17 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.04% | 2,371 | 11.88% | 19,958 | ||||||||||||
| Dickinson | 3,641 | 59.14% | 2,498 | 40.57% | 13 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,143 | 18.57% | 6,157 | ||||||||||||
| Dubuque | 17,923 | 57.36% | 13,174 | 42.16% | 133 | 0.43% | 17 | 0.05% | 4,749 | 15.20% | 31,247 | ||||||||||||
| Emmet | 4,193 | 63.68% | 2,386 | 36.24% | 4 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,807 | 27.44% | 6,584 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 7,914 | 61.51% | 4,935 | 38.36% | 13 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.03% | 2,979 | 23.15% | 12,866 | ||||||||||||
| Floyd | 6,172 | 62.17% | 3,739 | 37.66% | 14 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,433 | 24.51% | 9,927 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 4,563 | 64.41% | 2,513 | 35.47% | 7 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,050 | 28.94% | 7,084 | ||||||||||||
| Fremont | 3,241 | 58.81% | 2,254 | 40.90% | 14 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.04% | 987 | 17.91% | 5,511 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 4,255 | 59.41% | 2,802 | 39.12% | 105 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,453 | 20.29% | 7,162 | ||||||||||||
| Grundy | 4,915 | 71.99% | 1,908 | 27.95% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,007 | 44.04% | 6,827 | ||||||||||||
| Guthrie | 4,283 | 58.91% | 2,981 | 41.00% | 4 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,302 | 17.91% | 7,270 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 5,667 | 59.56% | 3,829 | 40.25% | 15 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,838 | 19.31% | 9,514 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 4,305 | 60.51% | 2,803 | 39.40% | 4 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,502 | 21.11% | 7,114 | ||||||||||||
| Hardin | 6,642 | 63.67% | 3,775 | 36.19% | 6 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.09% | 2,867 | 27.48% | 10,432 | ||||||||||||
| Harrison | 5,209 | 58.30% | 3,709 | 41.51% | 17 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,500 | 16.79% | 8,935 | ||||||||||||
| Henry | 5,818 | 68.49% | 2,667 | 31.39% | 10 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,151 | 37.10% | 8,495 | ||||||||||||
| Howard | 3,491 | 52.85% | 3,106 | 47.02% | 7 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 385 | 5.83% | 6,605 | ||||||||||||
| Humboldt | 3,747 | 57.58% | 2,756 | 42.35% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 991 | 15.23% | 6,507 | ||||||||||||
| Ida | 3,226 | 60.75% | 2,083 | 39.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,143 | 21.52% | 5,310 | ||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4,875 | 62.68% | 2,753 | 35.40% | 139 | 1.79% | 10 | 0.13% | 2,122 | 27.28% | 7,777 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 5,575 | 62.61% | 3,181 | 35.72% | 147 | 1.65% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,394 | 26.89% | 8,905 | ||||||||||||
| Jasper | 9,310 | 56.67% | 7,098 | 43.21% | 14 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.04% | 2,212 | 13.46% | 16,428 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 4,807 | 62.76% | 2,845 | 37.15% | 7 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,962 | 25.61% | 7,659 | ||||||||||||
| Johnson | 11,298 | 56.28% | 8,767 | 43.67% | 11 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,531 | 12.61% | 20,076 | ||||||||||||
| Jones | 5,605 | 62.51% | 3,352 | 37.38% | 6 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.04% | 2,253 | 25.13% | 8,967 | ||||||||||||
| Keokuk | 4,680 | 56.13% | 3,649 | 43.76% | 7 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,031 | 12.37% | 8,338 | ||||||||||||
| Kossuth | 6,680 | 54.74% | 5,514 | 45.18% | 6 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,166 | 9.56% | 12,204 | ||||||||||||
| Lee | 11,571 | 58.35% | 8,226 | 41.48% | 29 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,345 | 16.87% | 19,829 | ||||||||||||
| Linn | 33,402 | 60.60% | 21,667 | 39.31% | 40 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.01% | 11,735 | 21.29% | 55,116 | ||||||||||||
| Louisa | 3,184 | 63.07% | 1,858 | 36.81% | 6 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,326 | 26.26% | 5,048 | ||||||||||||
| Lucas | 3,397 | 58.25% | 2,431 | 41.68% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 966 | 16.57% | 5,832 | ||||||||||||
| Lyon | 4,356 | 70.83% | 1,790 | 29.11% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,566 | 41.72% | 6,150 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 3,883 | 59.34% | 2,652 | 40.53% | 5 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,231 | 18.81% | 6,544 | ||||||||||||
| Mahaska | 6,864 | 62.21% | 3,965 | 35.93% | 201 | 1.82% | 4 | 0.04% | 2,899 | 26.28% | 11,034 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 6,830 | 56.13% | 5,316 | 43.69% | 18 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,514 | 12.44% | 12,168 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 10,305 | 62.74% | 5,755 | 35.04% | 357 | 2.17% | 8 | 0.05% | 4,550 | 27.70% | 16,425 | ||||||||||||
| Mills | 3,539 | 64.89% | 1,897 | 34.78% | 17 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,642 | 30.11% | 5,454 | ||||||||||||
| Mitchell | 4,175 | 61.29% | 2,630 | 38.61% | 5 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,545 | 22.68% | 6,812 | ||||||||||||
| Monona | 3,854 | 52.47% | 3,477 | 47.34% | 12 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | 377 | 5.13% | 7,345 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 2,984 | 53.17% | 2,616 | 46.61% | 9 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.05% | 368 | 6.56% | 5,612 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 5,027 | 65.77% | 2,597 | 33.98% | 19 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,430 | 31.79% | 7,643 | ||||||||||||
| Muscatine | 8,552 | 59.81% | 5,718 | 39.99% | 22 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.04% | 2,834 | 19.82% | 14,298 | ||||||||||||
| O'Brien | 6,138 | 67.32% | 2,970 | 32.57% | 8 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,168 | 34.75% | 9,118 | ||||||||||||
| Osceola | 2,986 | 62.57% | 1,779 | 37.28% | 7 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,207 | 25.29% | 4,772 | ||||||||||||
| Page | 7,380 | 70.98% | 3,001 | 28.86% | 13 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,379 | 42.12% | 10,397 | ||||||||||||
| Palo Alto | 3,795 | 51.14% | 3,624 | 48.83% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 171 | 2.31% | 7,421 | ||||||||||||
| Plymouth | 7,246 | 67.42% | 3,502 | 32.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,744 | 34.84% | 10,748 | ||||||||||||
| Pocahontas | 3,606 | 52.89% | 3,201 | 46.95% | 9 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.03% | 405 | 5.94% | 6,818 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 62,392 | 54.02% | 53,025 | 45.91% | 59 | 0.05% | 15 | 0.01% | 9,367 | 8.11% | 115,491 | ||||||||||||
| Pottawattamie | 17,632 | 57.87% | 12,731 | 41.78% | 96 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.03% | 4,901 | 16.09% | 30,468 | ||||||||||||
| Poweshiek | 5,145 | 58.81% | 3,602 | 41.17% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,543 | 17.64% | 8,749 | ||||||||||||
| Ringgold | 2,713 | 60.42% | 1,775 | 39.53% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 938 | 20.89% | 4,490 | ||||||||||||
| Sac | 4,874 | 59.99% | 3,248 | 39.98% | 2 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,626 | 20.01% | 8,125 | ||||||||||||
| Scott | 27,965 | 59.37% | 18,969 | 40.27% | 146 | 0.31% | 24 | 0.05% | 8,996 | 19.10% | 47,104 | ||||||||||||
| Shelby | 4,425 | 56.78% | 3,300 | 42.35% | 68 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,125 | 14.43% | 7,793 | ||||||||||||
| Sioux | 9,651 | 78.29% | 2,666 | 21.63% | 11 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,985 | 56.66% | 12,328 | ||||||||||||
| Story | 13,264 | 67.54% | 6,352 | 32.34% | 20 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.02% | 6,912 | 35.20% | 19,640 | ||||||||||||
| Tama | 5,952 | 55.25% | 4,795 | 44.51% | 23 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,157 | 10.74% | 10,773 | ||||||||||||
| Taylor | 3,533 | 59.10% | 2,436 | 40.75% | 7 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,097 | 18.35% | 5,978 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 4,666 | 62.21% | 2,828 | 37.70% | 7 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,838 | 24.51% | 7,501 | ||||||||||||
| Van Buren | 3,233 | 63.79% | 1,833 | 36.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,400 | 27.62% | 5,068 | ||||||||||||
| Wapello | 10,401 | 48.65% | 10,960 | 51.26% | 16 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.02% | -559 | -2.61% | 21,381 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 5,430 | 59.19% | 3,729 | 40.65% | 15 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,701 | 18.54% | 9,174 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 5,844 | 65.84% | 3,022 | 34.05% | 8 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,822 | 31.79% | 8,876 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 3,340 | 56.64% | 2,553 | 43.29% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 787 | 13.35% | 5,897 | ||||||||||||
| Webster | 11,097 | 52.72% | 9,901 | 47.04% | 33 | 0.16% | 18 | 0.09% | 1,196 | 5.68% | 21,049 | ||||||||||||
| Winnebago | 3,926 | 60.84% | 2,521 | 39.07% | 5 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,405 | 21.77% | 6,453 | ||||||||||||
| Winneshiek | 6,192 | 59.20% | 4,251 | 40.64% | 14 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,941 | 18.56% | 10,460 | ||||||||||||
| Woodbury | 25,399 | 55.89% | 19,997 | 44.00% | 41 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.02% | 5,402 | 11.89% | 45,445 | ||||||||||||
| Worth | 2,700 | 52.25% | 2,465 | 47.71% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 235 | 4.54% | 5,167 | ||||||||||||
| Wright | 5,512 | 58.70% | 3,865 | 41.16% | 12 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,647 | 17.54% | 9,390 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 729,187 | 59.06% | 501,858 | 40.65% | 3,202 | 0.26% | 317 | 0.03% | 227,329 | 18.41% | 1,234,564 | ||||||||||||