Presidential election · 1956
1956 electoral map
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) won the 1956 presidential election with 457 electoral votes to Adlai Stevenson II's 73. Eisenhower carried 41 of the 48 states that took part.
Winner
Dwight D. Eisenhower
457
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson II
73
official Electoral College count
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Good to know
- Some electoral votes were split within states, cast by faithless electors or not counted, so the coloured states do not add up exactly to the official totals shown here. Each state is coloured by the party that won most of its electors.
States won in 1956
Adlai Stevenson II· Democratic
7 statesDwight D. Eisenhower· Republican
41 statesNew York 45California 32Pennsylvania 32Illinois 27Ohio 25Texas 24Michigan 20Massachusetts 16New Jersey 16Indiana 13Virginia 12Wisconsin 12Minnesota 11Tennessee 11Florida 10Iowa 10Kentucky 10Louisiana 10Maryland 9Washington 9Connecticut 8Kansas 8Oklahoma 8West Virginia 8Colorado 6Nebraska 6Oregon 6Maine 5Arizona 4Idaho 4Montana 4New Hampshire 4New Mexico 4North Dakota 4Rhode Island 4South Dakota 4Utah 4Delaware 3Nevada 3Vermont 3Wyoming 3
Electoral College in 1956
48 states held 531 electoral votes in 1956. The largest prize was New York with 45 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1956 election article.