See main article: 1956 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana |
| Country: | Louisiana |
| Flag Year: | 1912 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana |
| Previous Year: | 1952 |
| Next Election: | 1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
| Votes For Election: | All 10 Louisiana 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: | 329,047 |
| Percentage1: | 53.28% |
| Nominee2: | Adlai Stevenson |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Illinois |
| Running Mate2: | Estes Kefauver |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 243,977 |
| Percentage2: | 39.51% |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Nominee3: | Unpledged electors |
| Party3: | Dixiecrat |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 44,520 |
| Percentage3: | 7.21% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 Louisiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 53.28% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.51% of the popular vote. This was the first time a Republican presidential candidate won Louisiana since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.[3] [4] Along with Kentucky and West Virginia, Louisiana was one of 3 states that Dwight Eisenhower lost in 1952, but managed to flip in 1956.
| Parish[5] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Unpledged electors States’ Rights | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Acadia | 4,204 | 55.93% | 3,122 | 41.53% | 191 | 2.54% | 1,082 | 14.40% | 7,517 | ||||||||||
| Allen | 2,469 | 50.46% | 2,284 | 46.68% | 140 | 2.86% | 185 | 3.78% | 4,893 | ||||||||||
| Ascension | 1,853 | 40.86% | 2,606 | 57.46% | 76 | 1.68% | -753 | -16.60% | 4,535 | ||||||||||
| Assumption | 1,708 | 55.17% | 1,282 | 41.41% | 106 | 3.42% | 426 | 13.76% | 3,096 | ||||||||||
| Avoyelles | 3,255 | 44.47% | 3,628 | 49.57% | 436 | 5.96% | -373 | -5.10% | 7,319 | ||||||||||
| Beauregard | 2,711 | 52.68% | 2,276 | 44.23% | 159 | 3.09% | 435 | 8.45% | 5,146 | ||||||||||
| Bienville | 1,515 | 48.87% | 815 | 26.29% | 770 | 24.84% | 700 | 22.58% | 3,100 | ||||||||||
| Bossier | 3,107 | 48.97% | 1,954 | 30.80% | 1,284 | 20.24% | 1,153 | 18.17% | 6,345 | ||||||||||
| Caddo | 23,432 | 60.32% | 10,780 | 27.75% | 4,637 | 11.94% | 12,652 | 32.57% | 38,849 | ||||||||||
| Calcasieu | 13,760 | 51.47% | 12,255 | 45.84% | 718 | 2.69% | 1,505 | 5.63% | 26,733 | ||||||||||
| Caldwell | 587 | 35.17% | 468 | 28.04% | 614 | 36.79% | -27 | -1.62% | 1,669 | ||||||||||
| Cameron | 547 | 40.22% | 794 | 58.38% | 19 | 1.40% | -247 | -18.16% | 1,360 | ||||||||||
| Catahoula | 845 | 46.89% | 707 | 39.23% | 250 | 13.87% | 138 | 7.66% | 1,802 | ||||||||||
| Claiborne | 2,084 | 53.63% | 810 | 20.84% | 992 | 25.53% | 1,092 | 28.10% | 3,886 | ||||||||||
| Concordia | 841 | 39.74% | 699 | 33.03% | 576 | 27.22% | 142 | 6.71% | 2,116 | ||||||||||
| DeSoto | 2,011 | 53.33% | 1,206 | 31.98% | 554 | 14.69% | 805 | 21.35% | 3,771 | ||||||||||
| East Baton Rouge | 24,018 | 56.74% | 17,072 | 40.33% | 1,241 | 2.93% | 6,946 | 16.41% | 42,331 | ||||||||||
| East Carroll | 415 | 30.81% | 545 | 40.46% | 387 | 28.73% | -130 | -9.65% | 1,347 | ||||||||||
| East Feliciana | 912 | 37.45% | 1,304 | 53.55% | 219 | 8.99% | -392 | -16.10% | 2,435 | ||||||||||
| Evangeline | 2,170 | 38.20% | 3,336 | 58.73% | 174 | 3.06% | -1,166 | -20.53% | 5,680 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 1,130 | 32.69% | 1,352 | 39.11% | 975 | 28.20% | -222 | -6.42% | 3,457 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 1,630 | 46.06% | 1,542 | 43.57% | 367 | 10.37% | 88 | 2.49% | 3,539 | ||||||||||
| Iberia | 6,733 | 63.43% | 3,544 | 33.39% | 338 | 3.18% | 3,189 | 30.04% | 10,615 | ||||||||||
| Iberville | 1,843 | 46.97% | 2,018 | 51.43% | 63 | 1.61% | -175 | -4.46% | 3,924 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,553 | 54.26% | 916 | 32.01% | 393 | 13.73% | 637 | 22.25% | 2,862 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 24,324 | 57.23% | 16,577 | 39.01% | 1,598 | 3.76% | 7,747 | 18.22% | 42,499 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson Davis | 4,170 | 62.93% | 2,346 | 35.41% | 110 | 1.66% | 1,824 | 27.52% | 6,626 | ||||||||||
| Lafayette | 6,711 | 57.10% | 4,695 | 39.95% | 347 | 2.95% | 2,016 | 17.15% | 11,753 | ||||||||||
| Lafourche | 5,741 | 60.25% | 3,466 | 36.38% | 321 | 3.37% | 2,275 | 23.87% | 9,528 | ||||||||||
| LaSalle | 1,885 | 61.56% | 951 | 31.06% | 226 | 7.38% | 934 | 30.50% | 3,062 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 2,676 | 59.20% | 1,014 | 22.43% | 830 | 18.36% | 1,662 | 36.77% | 4,520 | ||||||||||
| Livingston | 1,628 | 37.24% | 2,571 | 58.81% | 173 | 3.96% | -943 | -21.57% | 4,372 | ||||||||||
| Madison | 461 | 27.25% | 276 | 16.31% | 955 | 56.44% | -494 | -29.19% | 1,692 | ||||||||||
| Morehouse | 1,850 | 35.70% | 1,512 | 29.18% | 1,820 | 35.12% | 30 | 0.58% | 5,182 | ||||||||||
| Natchitoches | 3,203 | 55.51% | 2,028 | 35.15% | 539 | 9.34% | 1,175 | 20.36% | 5,770 | ||||||||||
| Orleans | 93,082 | 56.54% | 64,958 | 39.46% | 6,594 | 4.01% | 28,124 | 17.08% | 164,634 | ||||||||||
| Ouachita | 7,094 | 46.80% | 4,372 | 28.84% | 3,692 | 24.36% | 2,722 | 17.96% | 15,158 | ||||||||||
| Plaquemines | 2,998 | 81.20% | 534 | 14.46% | 160 | 4.33% | 2,464 | 66.74% | 3,692 | ||||||||||
| Pointe Coupee | 1,332 | 45.03% | 1,542 | 52.13% | 84 | 2.84% | -210 | -7.10% | 2,958 | ||||||||||
| Rapides | 9,105 | 53.84% | 5,961 | 35.25% | 1,845 | 10.91% | 3,144 | 18.59% | 16,911 | ||||||||||
| Red River | 661 | 36.97% | 803 | 44.91% | 324 | 18.12% | -142 | -7.94% | 1,788 | ||||||||||
| Richland | 1,063 | 29.88% | 1,094 | 30.76% | 1,400 | 39.36% | -306 | -8.60% | 3,557 | ||||||||||
| Sabine | 2,086 | 50.46% | 1,800 | 43.54% | 248 | 6.00% | 286 | 6.92% | 4,134 | ||||||||||
| St. Bernard | 3,648 | 50.55% | 3,283 | 45.49% | 286 | 3.96% | 365 | 5.06% | 7,217 | ||||||||||
| St. Charles | 2,417 | 57.86% | 1,671 | 40.00% | 89 | 2.13% | 746 | 17.86% | 4,177 | ||||||||||
| St. Helena | 545 | 32.27% | 997 | 59.03% | 147 | 8.70% | -452 | -26.76% | 1,689 | ||||||||||
| St. James | 1,849 | 49.19% | 1,832 | 48.74% | 78 | 2.08% | 17 | 0.45% | 3,759 | ||||||||||
| St. John the Baptist | 1,372 | 50.55% | 1,278 | 47.09% | 64 | 2.36% | 94 | 3.46% | 2,714 | ||||||||||
| St. Landry | 5,141 | 51.56% | 4,435 | 44.48% | 394 | 3.95% | 706 | 7.08% | 9,970 | ||||||||||
| St. Martin | 1,615 | 42.72% | 2,069 | 54.74% | 96 | 2.54% | -454 | -12.02% | 3,780 | ||||||||||
| St. Mary | 4,097 | 61.49% | 2,395 | 35.94% | 171 | 2.57% | 1,702 | 25.55% | 6,663 | ||||||||||
| St. Tammany | 3,965 | 51.90% | 3,373 | 44.15% | 301 | 3.94% | 592 | 7.75% | 7,639 | ||||||||||
| Tangipahoa | 5,788 | 51.75% | 4,831 | 43.19% | 566 | 5.06% | 957 | 8.56% | 11,185 | ||||||||||
| Tensas | 359 | 34.99% | 324 | 31.58% | 343 | 33.43% | 16 | 1.56% | 1,026 | ||||||||||
| Terrebonne | 4,983 | 64.85% | 2,460 | 32.01% | 241 | 3.14% | 2,523 | 32.84% | 7,684 | ||||||||||
| Union | 1,384 | 40.49% | 878 | 25.69% | 1,156 | 33.82% | 228 | 6.67% | 3,418 | ||||||||||
| Vermilion | 3,877 | 44.59% | 4,564 | 52.49% | 254 | 2.92% | -687 | -7.90% | 8,695 | ||||||||||
| Vernon | 2,372 | 49.81% | 2,158 | 45.32% | 232 | 4.87% | 214 | 4.49% | 4,762 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 3,081 | 38.29% | 4,658 | 57.88% | 308 | 3.83% | -1,577 | -19.59% | 8,047 | ||||||||||
| Webster | 3,280 | 48.72% | 2,352 | 34.93% | 1,101 | 16.35% | 928 | 13.79% | 6,733 | ||||||||||
| West Baton Rouge | 1,035 | 44.73% | 1,208 | 52.20% | 71 | 3.07% | -173 | -7.47% | 2,314 | ||||||||||
| West Carroll | 658 | 25.10% | 875 | 33.37% | 1,089 | 41.53% | -214 | -8.16% | 2,622 | ||||||||||
| West Feliciana | 442 | 56.38% | 296 | 37.76% | 46 | 5.87% | 146 | 18.62% | 784 | ||||||||||
| Winn | 1,736 | 49.56% | 1,225 | 34.97% | 542 | 15.47% | 511 | 14.59% | 3,503 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 329,047 | 53.28% | 243,977 | 39.51% | 44,520 | 7.21% | 85,070 | 13.77% | 617,544 | ||||||||||