1956 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1956 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1956

November 6, 1956[1]
All 12 Georgia votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois Pennsylvania[lower-alpha 1][2] Running mate Estes Kefauver Richard Nixon Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 441,094 216,652 Percentage 66.5% 32.7%
County Results Stevenson   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Eisenhower   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%
President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican

Georgia was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 66.48% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 32.65% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Georgia[lower-alpha 2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	441,094	66.48%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.)	216,652	32.65%
	Write-ins	—	5,734	0.86%
Total votes			663,480	100%

Results by county

County	Adlai Stevenson II Democratic		Dwight David Eisenhower Republican		Various candidates Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast[6]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Appling	1,719	72.56%	506	21.36%	144	6.08%	1,213	51.20%	2,369
Atkinson	1,719	93.37%	122	6.63%			1,597	86.75%	1,841
Bacon	2,445	86.12%	394	13.88%			2,051	72.24%	2,839
Baker	783	96.07%	32	3.93%			751	92.15%	815
Baldwin	2,275	67.69%	1,080	32.13%	6	0.18%	1,195	35.55%	3,361
Banks	990	83.97%	187	15.86%	2	0.17%	803	68.11%	1,179
Barrow	2,266	83.68%	442	16.32%			1,824	67.36%	2,708
Bartow	3,640	70.32%	1,536	29.68%			2,104	40.65%	5,176
Ben Hill	2,150	79.39%	554	20.46%	4	0.15%	1,596	58.94%	2,708
Berrien	2,403	93.47%	167	6.50%	1	0.04%	2,236	86.97%	2,571
Bibb	15,382	67.61%	7,368	32.39%			8,014	35.23%	22,750
Bleckley	1,537	91.87%	136	8.13%			1,401	83.74%	1,673
Brantley	1,208	84.12%	228	15.88%			980	68.25%	1,436
Brooks	1,936	77.84%	534	21.47%	17	0.68%	1,402	56.37%	2,487
Bryan	1,242	78.81%	331	21.00%	3	0.19%	911	57.80%	1,576
Bulloch	3,414	79.12%	901	20.88%			2,513	58.24%	4,315
Burke	1,300	63.45%	721	35.19%	28	1.37%	579	28.26%	2,049
Butts	1,885	85.37%	323	14.63%			1,562	70.74%	2,208
Calhoun	1,094	90.71%	107	8.87%	5	0.41%	987	81.84%	1,206
Camden	1,178	53.69%	1,014	46.22%	2	0.09%	164	7.47%	2,194
Candler	996	75.57%	308	23.37%	14	1.06%	688	52.20%	1,318
Carroll	4,855	73.93%	1,712	26.07%			3,143	47.86%	6,567
Catoosa	2,163	60.37%	1,336	37.29%	84	2.34%	827	23.08%	3,583
Charlton	750	78.62%	204	21.38%			546	57.23%	954
Chatham	9,587	36.73%	16,512	63.27%			-6,925	-26.53%	26,099
Chattahoochee	107	71.33%	43	28.67%			64	42.67%	150
Chattooga	3,823	69.43%	1,682	30.55%	1	0.02%	2,141	38.88%	5,506
Cherokee	2,110	53.57%	1,829	46.43%			281	7.13%	3,939
Clarke	4,257	66.82%	2,107	33.07%	7	0.11%	2,150	33.75%	6,371
Clay	390	78.16%	103	20.64%	6	1.20%	287	57.52%	499
Clayton	5,522	77.61%	1,593	22.39%			3,929	55.22%	7,115
Clinch	1,579	75.30%	518	24.70%			1,061	50.60%	2,097
Cobb	11,696	63.19%	6,798	36.73%	16	0.09%	4,898	26.46%	18,510
Coffee	3,199	84.76%	574	15.21%	1	0.03%	2,625	69.55%	3,774
Colquitt	4,412	76.53%	1,336	23.17%	17	0.29%	3,076	53.36%	5,765
Columbia	866	65.16%	463	34.84%			403	30.32%	1,329
Cook	2,100	89.51%	245	10.44%	1	0.04%	1,855	79.07%	2,346
Coweta	3,003	77.90%	850	22.05%	2	0.05%	2,153	55.85%	3,855
Crawford	779	87.23%	109	12.21%	5	0.56%	670	75.03%	893
Crisp	2,526	75.04%	835	24.81%	5	0.15%	1,691	50.24%	3,366
Dade	863	54.41%	723	45.59%			140	8.83%	1,586
Dawson	721	54.05%	613	45.95%			108	8.10%	1,334
Decatur	3,699	77.69%	1,062	22.31%			2,637	55.39%	4,761
DeKalb	30,336	65.46%	15,979	34.48%	26	0.06%	14,357	30.98%	46,341
Dodge	3,479	82.46%	738	17.49%	2	0.05%	2,741	64.97%	4,219
Dooly	1,851	91.41%	174	8.59%			1,677	82.81%	2,025
Dougherty	4,126	54.92%	3,248	43.23%	139	1.85%	878	11.69%	7,513
Douglas	2,111	67.83%	1,001	32.17%			1,110	35.67%	3,112
Early	1,818	90.27%	193	9.58%	3	0.15%	1,625	80.69%	2,014
Echols	530	79.58%	134	20.12%	2	0.30%	396	59.46%	666
Effingham	611	44.63%	637	46.53%	121	8.84%	-26	-1.90%	1,369
Elbert	3,635	88.98%	447	10.94%	3	0.07%	3,188	78.04%	4,085
Emanuel	2,373	77.75%	679	22.25%			1,694	55.50%	3,052
Evans	1,154	76.27%	356	23.53%	3	0.20%	798	52.74%	1,513
Fannin	1,945	35.58%	3,521	64.42%			-1,576	-28.83%	5,466
Fayette	1,308	90.46%	138	9.54%			1,170	80.91%	1,446
Floyd	6,633	52.69%	5,955	47.31%			678	5.39%	12,588
Forsyth	1,998	63.85%	1,131	36.15%			867	27.71%	3,129
Franklin	2,968	92.03%	253	7.84%	4	0.12%	2,715	84.19%	3,225
Fulton	52,062	55.85%	40,966	43.95%	191	0.20%	11,096	11.90%	93,219
Gilmer	1,275	40.68%	1,857	59.25%	2	0.06%	-582	-18.57%	3,134
Glascock	314	73.88%	110	25.88%	1	0.24%	204	48.00%	425
Glynn	3,071	49.78%	3,098	50.22%			-27	-0.44%	6,169
Gordon	1,972	65.67%	1,025	34.13%	6	0.20%	947	31.54%	3,003
Grady	2,697	84.47%	496	15.53%			2,201	68.93%	3,193
Greene	2,012	78.75%	541	21.17%	2	0.08%	1,471	57.57%	2,555
Gwinnett	5,687	79.76%	1,443	20.24%			4,244	59.52%	7,130
Habersham	2,276	72.69%	855	27.31%			1,421	45.38%	3,131
Hall	5,989	68.52%	2,752	31.48%			3,237	37.03%	8,741
Hancock	860	70.84%	354	29.16%			506	41.68%	1,214
Haralson	2,472	52.71%	2,218	47.29%			254	5.42%	4,690
Harris	1,328	69.86%	563	29.62%	10	0.53%	765	40.24%	1,901
Hart	2,016	94.51%	117	5.49%			1,899	89.03%	2,133
Heard	1,106	85.08%	194	14.92%			912	70.15%	1,300
Henry	2,636	75.66%	848	24.34%			1,788	51.32%	3,484
Houston	4,483	80.76%	1,060	19.10%	8	0.14%	3,423	61.66%	5,551
Irwin	1,554	83.28%	312	16.72%			1,242	66.56%	1,866
Jackson	3,100	87.40%	438	12.35%	9	0.25%	2,662	75.05%	3,547
Jasper	962	76.96%	288	23.04%			674	53.92%	1,250
Jeff Davis	1,656	86.84%	247	12.95%	4	0.21%	1,409	73.89%	1,907
Jefferson	1,356	72.01%	515	27.35%	12	0.64%	841	44.66%	1,883
Jenkins	1,000	78.62%	261	20.52%	11	0.86%	739	58.10%	1,272
Johnson	1,607	85.98%	179	9.58%	83	4.44%	1,428	76.40%	1,869
Jones	1,208	75.69%	382	23.93%	6	0.38%	826	51.75%	1,596
Lamar	1,531	73.39%	555	26.61%			976	46.79%	2,086
Lanier	890	85.25%	152	14.56%	2	0.19%	738	70.69%	1,044
Laurens	5,085	81.05%	1,189	18.95%			3,896	62.10%	6,274
Lee	532	85.81%	79	12.74%	9	1.45%	453	73.06%	620
Liberty	892	47.98%	967	52.02%			-75	-4.03%	1,859
Lincoln	696	81.79%	155	18.21%			541	63.57%	851
Long	1,195	80.96%	281	19.04%			914	61.92%	1,476
Lowndes	3,936	64.66%	2,135	35.07%	16	0.26%	1,801	29.59%	6,087
Lumpkin	693	58.78%	486	41.22%			207	17.56%	1,179
McDuffie	1,039	61.48%	649	38.40%	2	0.12%	390	23.08%	1,690
McIntosh	624	41.32%	886	58.68%			-262	-17.35%	1,510
Macon	1,984	84.28%	363	15.42%	7	0.30%	1,621	68.86%	2,354
Madison	2,222	93.24%	161	6.76%			2,061	86.49%	2,383
Marion	618	79.64%	158	20.36%			460	59.28%	776
Meriwether	3,137	83.97%	592	15.85%	7	0.19%	2,545	68.12%	3,736
Miller	1,563	77.99%	441	22.01%			1,122	55.99%	2,004
Mitchell	2,735	87.35%	382	12.20%	14	0.45%	2,353	75.15%	3,131
Monroe	1,545	75.33%	506	24.67%			1,039	50.66%	2,051
Montgomery	1,052	79.40%	271	20.45%	2	0.15%	781	58.94%	1,325
Morgan	1,492	85.85%	246	14.15%			1,246	71.69%	1,738
Murray	1,819	61.39%	1,144	38.61%			675	22.78%	2,963
Muscogee	8,160	49.39%	8,176	49.48%	187	1.13%	-16	-0.10%	16,523
Newton	3,232	85.87%	532	14.13%			2,700	71.73%	3,764
Oconee	1,159	78.42%	314	21.24%	5	0.34%	845	57.17%	1,478
Oglethorpe	1,404	89.31%	167	10.62%	1	0.06%	1,237	78.69%	1,572
Paulding	1,599	62.98%	940	37.02%			659	25.96%	2,539
Peach	1,541	76.86%	461	22.99%	3	0.15%	1,080	53.87%	2,005
Pickens	1,236	34.55%	2,341	65.45%			-1,105	-30.89%	3,577
Pierce	1,766	82.06%	386	17.94%			1,380	64.13%	2,152
Pike	1,067	83.56%	210	16.44%			857	67.11%	1,277
Polk	4,502	68.20%	2,098	31.78%	1	0.02%	2,404	36.42%	6,601
Pulaski	1,422	89.27%	171	10.73%			1,251	78.53%	1,593
Putnam	1,093	80.31%	268	19.69%			825	60.62%	1,361
Quitman	355	91.97%	31	8.03%			324	83.94%	386
Rabun	1,391	76.94%	413	22.84%	4	0.22%	978	54.09%	1,808
Randolph	1,582	74.31%	547	25.69%			1,035	48.61%	2,129
Richmond	6,819	39.27%	10,251	59.03%	295	1.70%	-3,432	-19.76%	17,365
Rockdale	1,779	78.61%	484	21.39%			1,295	57.22%	2,263
Schley	441	78.05%	117	20.71%	7	1.24%	324	57.35%	565
Screven	1,332	71.42%	521	27.94%	12	0.64%	811	43.49%	1,865
Seminole	1,343	91.11%	129	8.75%	2	0.14%	1,214	82.36%	1,474
Spalding	4,853	76.68%	1,458	23.04%	18	0.28%	3,395	53.64%	6,329
Stephens	2,595	79.14%	684	20.86%			1,911	58.28%	3,279
Stewart	692	73.70%	235	25.03%	12	1.28%	457	48.67%	939
Sumter	2,149	66.45%	730	22.57%	355	10.98%	1,419	43.88%	3,234
Talbot	710	83.73%	136	16.04%	2	0.24%	574	67.69%	848
Taliaferro	599	78.92%	160	21.08%			439	57.84%	759
Tattnall	1,881	81.04%	440	18.96%			1,441	62.09%	2,321
Taylor	1,359	82.76%	276	16.81%	7	0.43%	1,083	65.96%	1,642
Telfair	2,075	87.96%	284	12.04%			1,791	75.92%	2,359
Terrell	1,301	86.27%	203	13.46%	4	0.27%	1,098	72.81%	1,508
Thomas	3,522	61.12%	2,240	38.88%			1,282	22.25%	5,762
Tift	3,123	76.49%	960	23.51%			2,163	52.98%	4,083
Toombs	2,397	80.90%	565	19.07%	1	0.03%	1,832	61.83%	2,963
Towns	885	44.67%	1,096	55.33%			-211	-10.65%	1,981
Treutlen	960	89.14%	117	10.86%			843	78.27%	1,077
Troup	6,162	73.48%	2,214	26.40%	10	0.12%	3,948	47.08%	8,386
Turner	1,398	79.79%	354	20.21%			1,044	59.59%	1,752
Twiggs	1,002	86.08%	158	13.57%	4	0.34%	844	72.51%	1,164
Union	1,386	50.47%	1,360	49.53%			26	0.95%	2,746
Upson	3,422	82.78%	712	17.22%			2,710	65.55%	4,134
Walker	3,693	50.12%	3,552	48.21%	123	1.67%	141	1.91%	7,368
Walton	3,271	87.37%	470	12.55%	3	0.08%	2,801	74.81%	3,744
Ware	5,888	72.12%	2,276	27.88%			3,612	44.24%	8,164
Warren	675	79.13%	152	17.82%	26	3.05%	523	61.31%	853
Washington	2,530	80.70%	602	19.20%	3	0.10%	1,928	61.50%	3,135
Wayne	2,084	68.69%	950	31.31%			1,134	37.38%	3,034
Webster	295	85.26%	51	14.74%			244	70.52%	346
Wheeler	993	86.88%	150	13.12%			843	73.75%	1,143
White	1,100	70.11%	469	29.89%			631	40.22%	1,569
Whitfield	4,264	50.35%	4,205	49.65%			59	0.70%	8,469
Wilcox	1,686	87.90%	232	12.10%			1,454	75.81%	1,918
Wilkes	1,714	84.06%	305	14.96%	20	0.98%	1,409	69.10%	2,039
Wilkinson	1,299	76.68%	393	23.20%	2	0.12%	906	53.48%	1,694
Worth	2,078	87.49%	293	12.34%	4	0.17%	1,785	75.16%	2,375
Totals	444,688	66.41%	222,778	33.27%	2,189	0.33%	221,910	33.14%	669,655

Notes

1. 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. These figures differ from those in Géoelections.

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
2. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
3. "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
4. "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
5. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
6. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1956 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)