1956 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1956 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 6, 1956 as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose twenty electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 20 Michigan votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 67.9%  [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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| Elections in Michigan |
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Michigan was won by the Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower with 56% of the popular vote, winning the state's twenty electoral votes.[4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1,713,647 | 55.63% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,359,898 | 44.15% | |
| Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick | 6,923 | 0.22% | |
| Total votes | 3,080,468 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Enoch Arden Holtwick Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 1,991 | 71.52% | 788 | 28.30% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,203 | 43.21% | 2,784 |
| Alger | 2,070 | 49.37% | 2,105 | 50.20% | 18 | 0.43% | -35 | -0.83% | 4,193 |
| Allegan | 16,509 | 74.44% | 5,617 | 25.33% | 51 | 0.23% | 10,892 | 49.11% | 22,177 |
| Alpena | 7,142 | 70.18% | 3,033 | 29.80% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,109 | 40.38% | 10,177 |
| Antrim | 3,623 | 72.34% | 1,376 | 27.48% | 9 | 0.18% | 2,247 | 44.87% | 5,008 |
| Arenac | 2,631 | 63.32% | 1,520 | 36.58% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,111 | 26.74% | 4,155 |
| Baraga | 1,968 | 55.51% | 1,574 | 44.40% | 3 | 0.08% | 394 | 11.11% | 3,545 |
| Barry | 9,359 | 70.22% | 3,907 | 29.31% | 63 | 0.47% | 5,452 | 40.90% | 13,329 |
| Bay | 23,519 | 60.39% | 15,301 | 39.29% | 128 | 0.33% | 8,218 | 21.10% | 38,948 |
| Benzie | 2,620 | 71.18% | 1,046 | 28.42% | 15 | 0.41% | 1,574 | 42.76% | 3,681 |
| Berrien | 35,397 | 65.50% | 18,454 | 34.15% | 194 | 0.36% | 16,943 | 31.35% | 54,045 |
| Branch | 8,856 | 69.49% | 3,827 | 30.03% | 61 | 0.48% | 5,029 | 39.46% | 12,744 |
| Calhoun | 32,284 | 61.33% | 20,184 | 38.34% | 175 | 0.33% | 12,100 | 22.99% | 52,643 |
| Cass | 8,899 | 64.54% | 4,842 | 35.12% | 47 | 0.34% | 4,057 | 29.42% | 13,788 |
| Charlevoix | 3,924 | 66.80% | 1,935 | 32.94% | 15 | 0.26% | 1,989 | 33.86% | 5,874 |
| Cheboygan | 4,379 | 69.55% | 1,910 | 30.34% | 7 | 0.11% | 2,469 | 39.22% | 6,296 |
| Chippewa | 6,957 | 62.81% | 4,106 | 37.07% | 14 | 0.13% | 2,851 | 25.74% | 11,077 |
| Clare | 3,721 | 75.51% | 1,194 | 24.23% | 13 | 0.26% | 2,527 | 51.28% | 4,928 |
| Clinton | 10,770 | 74.41% | 3,673 | 25.38% | 31 | 0.21% | 7,097 | 49.03% | 14,474 |
| Crawford | 1,380 | 71.50% | 547 | 28.34% | 3 | 0.16% | 833 | 43.16% | 1,930 |
| Delta | 7,766 | 54.31% | 6,489 | 45.38% | 45 | 0.31% | 1,277 | 8.93% | 14,300 |
| Dickinson | 6,200 | 54.72% | 5,113 | 45.13% | 17 | 0.15% | 1,087 | 9.59% | 11,330 |
| Eaton | 13,762 | 69.33% | 6,053 | 30.49% | 35 | 0.18% | 7,709 | 38.84% | 19,850 |
| Emmet | 4,764 | 71.16% | 1,903 | 28.42% | 28 | 0.42% | 2,861 | 42.73% | 6,695 |
| Genesee | 75,431 | 54.47% | 62,808 | 45.36% | 235 | 0.17% | 12,623 | 9.12% | 138,474 |
| Gladwin | 3,121 | 73.47% | 1,117 | 26.29% | 10 | 0.24% | 2,004 | 47.18% | 4,248 |
| Gogebic | 6,865 | 52.68% | 6,142 | 47.13% | 25 | 0.19% | 723 | 5.55% | 13,032 |
| Grand Traverse | 9,102 | 73.47% | 3,256 | 26.28% | 30 | 0.24% | 5,846 | 47.19% | 12,388 |
| Gratiot | 10,319 | 75.71% | 3,267 | 23.97% | 44 | 0.32% | 7,052 | 51.74% | 13,630 |
| Hillsdale | 10,311 | 74.68% | 3,428 | 24.83% | 67 | 0.49% | 6,883 | 49.86% | 13,806 |
| Houghton | 9,620 | 58.26% | 6,866 | 41.58% | 25 | 0.15% | 2,754 | 16.68% | 16,511 |
| Huron | 10,493 | 76.57% | 3,192 | 23.29% | 19 | 0.14% | 7,301 | 53.28% | 13,704 |
| Ingham | 55,211 | 66.80% | 27,323 | 33.06% | 120 | 0.15% | 27,888 | 33.74% | 82,654 |
| Ionia | 11,001 | 68.76% | 4,952 | 30.95% | 46 | 0.29% | 6,049 | 37.81% | 15,999 |
| Iosco | 4,385 | 72.50% | 1,660 | 27.45% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,725 | 45.06% | 6,048 |
| Iron | 4,955 | 52.39% | 4,490 | 47.47% | 13 | 0.14% | 465 | 4.92% | 9,458 |
| Isabella | 8,415 | 72.41% | 3,183 | 27.39% | 23 | 0.20% | 5,232 | 45.02% | 11,621 |
| Jackson | 35,453 | 69.41% | 15,479 | 30.30% | 147 | 0.29% | 19,974 | 39.10% | 51,079 |
| Kalamazoo | 43,305 | 70.49% | 17,808 | 28.99% | 320 | 0.52% | 25,497 | 41.50% | 61,433 |
| Kalkaska | 1,443 | 69.11% | 636 | 30.46% | 9 | 0.43% | 807 | 38.65% | 2,088 |
| Kent | 94,969 | 65.73% | 48,871 | 33.82% | 642 | 0.44% | 46,098 | 31.91% | 144,482 |
| Keweenaw | 834 | 54.76% | 689 | 45.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 145 | 9.52% | 1,523 |
| Lake | 1,614 | 59.80% | 1,083 | 40.13% | 2 | 0.07% | 531 | 19.67% | 2,699 |
| Lapeer | 10,527 | 72.81% | 3,913 | 27.06% | 19 | 0.13% | 6,614 | 45.74% | 14,459 |
| Leelanau | 2,987 | 69.82% | 1,287 | 30.08% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,700 | 39.74% | 4,278 |
| Lenawee | 21,100 | 72.68% | 7,857 | 27.06% | 74 | 0.25% | 13,243 | 45.62% | 29,031 |
| Livingston | 10,315 | 72.62% | 3,845 | 27.07% | 45 | 0.32% | 6,470 | 45.55% | 14,205 |
| Luce | 1,734 | 72.55% | 651 | 27.24% | 5 | 0.21% | 1,083 | 45.31% | 2,390 |
| Mackinac | 3,279 | 67.99% | 1,540 | 31.93% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,739 | 36.06% | 4,823 |
| Macomb | 58,337 | 48.05% | 62,816 | 51.73% | 266 | 0.22% | -4,479 | -3.69% | 121,419 |
| Manistee | 5,313 | 63.74% | 3,014 | 36.16% | 9 | 0.11% | 2,299 | 27.58% | 8,336 |
| Marquette | 12,504 | 56.62% | 9,543 | 43.21% | 37 | 0.17% | 2,961 | 13.41% | 22,084 |
| Mason | 6,142 | 65.15% | 3,274 | 34.73% | 12 | 0.13% | 2,868 | 30.42% | 9,428 |
| Mecosta | 5,492 | 75.45% | 1,768 | 24.29% | 19 | 0.26% | 3,724 | 51.16% | 7,279 |
| Menominee | 6,137 | 57.05% | 4,610 | 42.86% | 10 | 0.09% | 1,527 | 14.20% | 10,757 |
| Midland | 13,207 | 74.78% | 4,422 | 25.04% | 33 | 0.19% | 8,785 | 49.74% | 17,662 |
| Missaukee | 2,433 | 76.80% | 727 | 22.95% | 8 | 0.25% | 1,706 | 53.85% | 3,168 |
| Monroe | 18,782 | 56.39% | 14,414 | 43.28% | 109 | 0.33% | 4,368 | 13.12% | 33,305 |
| Montcalm | 9,759 | 69.80% | 4,189 | 29.96% | 33 | 0.24% | 5,570 | 39.84% | 13,981 |
| Montmorency | 1,385 | 69.39% | 608 | 30.46% | 3 | 0.15% | 777 | 38.93% | 1,996 |
| Muskegon | 30,395 | 54.04% | 25,679 | 45.65% | 172 | 0.31% | 4,716 | 8.38% | 56,246 |
| Newaygo | 7,088 | 71.48% | 2,808 | 28.32% | 20 | 0.20% | 4,280 | 43.16% | 9,916 |
| Oakland | 152,990 | 60.37% | 99,901 | 39.42% | 527 | 0.21% | 53,089 | 20.95% | 253,418 |
| Oceana | 4,479 | 70.29% | 1,868 | 29.32% | 25 | 0.39% | 2,611 | 40.98% | 6,372 |
| Ogemaw | 2,931 | 69.18% | 1,300 | 30.68% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,631 | 38.49% | 4,237 |
| Ontonagon | 2,976 | 57.73% | 2,175 | 42.19% | 4 | 0.08% | 801 | 15.54% | 5,155 |
| Osceola | 4,549 | 78.28% | 1,236 | 21.27% | 26 | 0.45% | 3,313 | 57.01% | 5,811 |
| Oscoda | 1,044 | 78.03% | 294 | 21.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 750 | 56.05% | 1,338 |
| Otsego | 1,930 | 63.74% | 1,095 | 36.16% | 3 | 0.10% | 835 | 27.58% | 3,028 |
| Ottawa | 28,611 | 74.90% | 9,459 | 24.76% | 130 | 0.34% | 19,152 | 50.14% | 38,200 |
| Presque Isle | 3,058 | 61.43% | 1,917 | 38.51% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,141 | 22.92% | 4,978 |
| Roscommon | 2,674 | 76.20% | 827 | 23.57% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,847 | 52.64% | 3,509 |
| Saginaw | 43,470 | 62.67% | 25,681 | 37.03% | 210 | 0.30% | 17,789 | 25.65% | 69,361 |
| Sanilac | 11,095 | 78.88% | 2,954 | 21.00% | 17 | 0.12% | 8,141 | 57.88% | 14,066 |
| Schoolcraft | 2,453 | 58.73% | 1,723 | 41.25% | 1 | 0.02% | 730 | 17.48% | 4,177 |
| Shiawassee | 14,600 | 67.75% | 6,873 | 31.89% | 78 | 0.36% | 7,727 | 35.85% | 21,551 |
| St. Clair | 29,116 | 69.46% | 12,753 | 30.42% | 51 | 0.12% | 16,363 | 39.03% | 41,920 |
| St. Joseph | 12,328 | 74.11% | 4,242 | 25.50% | 64 | 0.38% | 8,086 | 48.61% | 16,634 |
| Tuscola | 12,052 | 75.63% | 3,864 | 24.25% | 19 | 0.12% | 8,188 | 51.38% | 15,935 |
| Van Buren | 13,291 | 69.72% | 5,678 | 29.79% | 94 | 0.49% | 7,613 | 39.94% | 19,063 |
| Washtenaw | 38,911 | 66.88% | 19,124 | 32.87% | 141 | 0.24% | 19,787 | 34.01% | 58,176 |
| Wayne | 481,783 | 41.96% | 664,618 | 57.88% | 1,844 | 0.16% | -182,835 | -15.92% | 1,148,245 |
| Wexford | 5,052 | 65.76% | 2,604 | 33.89% | 27 | 0.35% | 2,448 | 31.86% | 7,683 |
| Totals | 1,713,647 | 55.63% | 1,359,898 | 44.15% | 6,923 | 0.22% | 353,749 | 11.48% | 3,080,468 |
Notes and references
- http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722-29616--,00.html
- 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.
- "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- "Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved June 22, 2017.
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