1956 United States presidential election in Iowa
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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[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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November 6, 1956[1]
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 County Results
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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.[4][5] 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.[6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 729,187 | 59.06% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 501,858 | 40.65% | |
| American Constitution Party of Iowa | T. Coleman Andrews | 3,202 | 0.26% | |
| Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 192 | 0.02% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 125 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 1,234,564 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[7] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
T. Coleman Andrews American Constitution |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
Notes
- 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.[2]