See main article: 1956 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma |
Country: | Oklahoma |
Flag Year: | 1941 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma |
Next Year: | 1960 |
Votes For Election: | All 8 Oklahoma 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[2] [3] |
Running Mate1: | Richard Nixon |
Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 473,769 |
Percentage1: | 55.13% |
Nominee2: | Adlai Stevenson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Illinois |
Running Mate2: | Estes Kefauver |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 385,581 |
Percentage2: | 44.87% |
Map Size: | 400px |
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 Oklahoma took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 55.13 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 44.87 percent of the popular vote.[5] [6] As of 2020, this is the last time Oklahoma has voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole. This was the first time that a Republican carried Oklahoma twice or that the state voted Republican in back-to-back elections.
County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
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% | % | % | |||||||||||||
Adair | 3,152 | 56.59% | 2,418 | 43.41% | 734 | 13.18% | 5,570 | ||||||||
Alfalfa | 3,251 | 70.34% | 1,371 | 29.66% | 1,880 | 40.68% | 4,622 | ||||||||
Atoka | 1,731 | 41.66% | 2,424 | 58.34% | -693 | -16.68% | 4,155 | ||||||||
Beaver | 2,046 | 68.38% | 946 | 31.62% | 1,100 | 36.76% | 2,992 | ||||||||
Beckham | 3,194 | 47.28% | 3,561 | 52.72% | -367 | -5.44% | 6,755 | ||||||||
Blaine | 3,855 | 67.64% | 1,844 | 32.36% | 2,011 | 35.28% | 5,699 | ||||||||
Bryan | 2,939 | 33.91% | 5,729 | 66.09% | -2,790 | -32.18% | 8,668 | ||||||||
Caddo | 5,331 | 47.53% | 5,884 | 52.47% | -553 | -4.94% | 11,215 | ||||||||
Canadian | 5,702 | 59.41% | 3,896 | 40.59% | 1,806 | 18.82% | 9,598 | ||||||||
Carter | 5,974 | 39.01% | 9,341 | 60.99% | -3,367 | -21.98% | 15,315 | ||||||||
Cherokee | 3,277 | 52.28% | 2,991 | 47.72% | 286 | 4.56% | 6,268 | ||||||||
Choctaw | 2,206 | 38.87% | 3,469 | 61.13% | -1,263 | -22.26% | 5,675 | ||||||||
Cimarron | 1,053 | 56.46% | 812 | 43.54% | 241 | 12.92% | 1,865 | ||||||||
Cleveland | 7,766 | 56.47% | 5,987 | 43.53% | 1,779 | 12.94% | 13,753 | ||||||||
Coal | 920 | 36.57% | 1,596 | 63.43% | -676 | -26.86% | 2,516 | ||||||||
Comanche | 7,532 | 46.24% | 8,756 | 53.76% | -1,224 | -7.52% | 16,288 | ||||||||
Cotton | 1,398 | 42.53% | 1,889 | 57.47% | -491 | -14.94% | 3,287 | ||||||||
Craig | 3,543 | 53.29% | 3,106 | 46.71% | 437 | 6.58% | 6,649 | ||||||||
Creek | 8,295 | 53.87% | 7,102 | 46.13% | 1,193 | 7.74% | 15,397 | ||||||||
Custer | 4,182 | 58.02% | 3,026 | 41.98% | 1,156 | 16.04% | 7,208 | ||||||||
Delaware | 3,078 | 53.47% | 2,679 | 46.53% | 399 | 6.94% | 5,757 | ||||||||
Dewey | 1,896 | 56.70% | 1,448 | 43.30% | 448 | 13.40% | 3,344 | ||||||||
Ellis | 1,916 | 67.56% | 920 | 32.44% | 996 | 35.12% | 2,836 | ||||||||
Garfield | 15,348 | 69.39% | 6,769 | 30.61% | 8,579 | 38.78% | 22,117 | ||||||||
Garvin | 3,850 | 37.38% | 6,451 | 62.62% | -2,601 | -25.24% | 10,301 | ||||||||
Grady | 5,191 | 43.39% | 6,773 | 56.61% | -1,582 | -13.22% | 11,964 | ||||||||
Grant | 2,788 | 58.81% | 1,953 | 41.19% | 835 | 17.62% | 4,741 | ||||||||
Greer | 1,499 | 44.01% | 1,907 | 55.99% | -408 | -11.98% | 3,406 | ||||||||
Harmon | 837 | 32.44% | 1,743 | 67.56% | -906 | -35.12% | 2,580 | ||||||||
Harper | 1,596 | 68.44% | 736 | 31.56% | 860 | 36.88% | 2,332 | ||||||||
Haskell | 1,758 | 42.47% | 2,381 | 57.53% | -623 | -15.06% | 4,139 | ||||||||
Hughes | 2,783 | 39.41% | 4,278 | 60.59% | -1,495 | -21.18% | 7,061 | ||||||||
Jackson | 2,343 | 34.57% | 4,435 | 65.43% | -2,092 | -30.86% | 6,778 | ||||||||
Jefferson | 1,186 | 31.84% | 2,539 | 68.16% | -1,353 | -36.32% | 3,725 | ||||||||
Johnston | 1,157 | 34.14% | 2,232 | 65.86% | -1,075 | -31.72% | 3,389 | ||||||||
Kay | 14,837 | 64.77% | 8,071 | 35.23% | 6,766 | 29.54% | 22,908 | ||||||||
Kingfisher | 3,935 | 70.23% | 1,668 | 29.77% | 2,267 | 40.46% | 5,603 | ||||||||
Kiowa | 2,713 | 44.59% | 3,371 | 55.41% | -658 | -10.82% | 6,084 | ||||||||
Latimer | 1,387 | 41.02% | 1,994 | 58.98% | -607 | -17.96% | 3,381 | ||||||||
LeFlore | 4,310 | 44.96% | 5,276 | 55.04% | -966 | -10.08% | 9,586 | ||||||||
Lincoln | 4,993 | 56.09% | 3,909 | 43.91% | 1,084 | 12.18% | 8,902 | ||||||||
Logan | 5,326 | 64.94% | 2,875 | 35.06% | 2,451 | 29.88% | 8,201 | ||||||||
Love | 731 | 29.39% | 1,756 | 70.61% | -1,025 | -41.22% | 2,487 | ||||||||
Major | 2,826 | 74.82% | 951 | 25.18% | 1,875 | 49.64% | 3,777 | ||||||||
Marshall | 1,151 | 35.40% | 2,100 | 64.60% | -949 | -29.20% | 3,251 | ||||||||
Mayes | 4,677 | 55.43% | 3,760 | 44.57% | 917 | 10.86% | 8,437 | ||||||||
McClain | 2,081 | 41.11% | 2,981 | 58.89% | -900 | -17.78% | 5,062 | ||||||||
McCurtain | 2,707 | 36.25% | 4,761 | 63.75% | -2,054 | -27.50% | 7,468 | ||||||||
McIntosh | 2,149 | 44.06% | 2,728 | 55.94% | -579 | -11.88% | 4,877 | ||||||||
Murray | 1,809 | 42.16% | 2,482 | 57.84% | -673 | -15.68% | 4,291 | ||||||||
Muskogee | 11,057 | 51.50% | 10,413 | 48.50% | 644 | 3.00% | 21,470 | ||||||||
Noble | 3,536 | 63.68% | 2,017 | 36.32% | 1,519 | 27.36% | 5,553 | ||||||||
Nowata | 3,168 | 58.28% | 2,268 | 41.72% | 900 | 16.56% | 5,436 | ||||||||
Okfuskee | 2,299 | 49.65% | 2,331 | 50.35% | -32 | -0.70% | 4,630 | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 85,395 | 59.76% | 57,512 | 40.24% | 27,883 | 19.52% | 142,907 | ||||||||
Okmulgee | 6,703 | 46.78% | 7,626 | 53.22% | -923 | -6.44% | 14,329 | ||||||||
Osage | 7,296 | 55.13% | 5,939 | 44.87% | 1,357 | 10.26% | 13,235 | ||||||||
Ottawa | 6,730 | 54.05% | 5,721 | 45.95% | 1,009 | 8.10% | 12,451 | ||||||||
Pawnee | 3,390 | 59.96% | 2,264 | 40.04% | 1,126 | 19.92% | 5,654 | ||||||||
Payne | 9,381 | 59.75% | 6,320 | 40.25% | 3,061 | 19.50% | 15,701 | ||||||||
Pittsburg | 5,239 | 38.46% | 8,382 | 61.54% | -3,143 | -23.08% | 13,621 | ||||||||
Pontotoc | 4,814 | 44.72% | 5,950 | 55.28% | -1,136 | -10.56% | 10,764 | ||||||||
Pottawatomie | 8,496 | 48.85% | 8,895 | 51.15% | -399 | -2.30% | 17,391 | ||||||||
Pushmataha | 1,499 | 39.74% | 2,273 | 60.26% | -774 | -20.52% | 3,772 | ||||||||
Roger Mills | 1,072 | 43.95% | 1,367 | 56.05% | -295 | -12.10% | 2,439 | ||||||||
Rogers | 4,487 | 58.49% | 3,185 | 41.51% | 1,302 | 16.98% | 7,672 | ||||||||
Seminole | 5,230 | 47.00% | 5,897 | 53.00% | -667 | -6.00% | 11,127 | ||||||||
Sequoyah | 3,330 | 48.33% | 3,560 | 51.67% | -230 | -3.34% | 6,890 | ||||||||
Stephens | 6,324 | 45.67% | 7,524 | 54.33% | -1,200 | -8.66% | 13,848 | ||||||||
Texas | 3,320 | 63.77% | 1,886 | 36.23% | 1,434 | 27.54% | 5,206 | ||||||||
Tillman | 1,810 | 34.97% | 3,366 | 65.03% | -1,556 | -30.06% | 5,176 | ||||||||
Tulsa | 83,219 | 65.51% | 43,805 | 34.49% | 39,414 | 31.02% | 127,024 | ||||||||
Wagoner | 3,537 | 58.16% | 2,544 | 41.84% | 993 | 16.32% | 6,081 | ||||||||
Washington | 12,488 | 69.31% | 5,529 | 30.69% | 6,959 | 38.62% | 18,017 | ||||||||
Washita | 2,552 | 44.44% | 3,191 | 55.56% | -639 | -11.12% | 5,743 | ||||||||
Woods | 3,787 | 64.08% | 2,123 | 35.92% | 1,664 | 28.16% | 5,910 | ||||||||
Woodward | 3,405 | 67.79% | 1,618 | 32.21% | 1,787 | 35.58% | 5,023 | ||||||||
Totals | 473,769 | 55.13% | 385,581 | 44.87% | 88,188 | 10.26% | 859,350 |