1956 United States presidential election

Also known as United States presidential election, 1956, 1956 US presidential election

43rd quadrennial U.S. presidential election

Key facts

Turnout: 60.2% 3.1 pp
Nominee: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party: Republican
Home state: Pennsylvania
Running mate: Richard Nixon
Popular vote: 35,579,180
Percentage: 57.4%

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Commons category: United States presidential election, 1956
point in time: 1956-11-06

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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Eisenhower/Nixon, blue denotes those won by Stevenson/Kefauver, and orange indicates an Alabama faithless elector who cast an electoral vote for Jones/Talmadge. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, were re-elected in a landslide victory, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, former Illinois governor and Senator Estes Kefauver, in a rematch of 1952.