UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1956 ==================================================================== POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== Dwight D Adlai E Eisenhower Stevenson (Republican, NY) (Democrat, IL) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 195,694 39.5 - 279,542 56.4 10 ARIZONA 176,990 61.0 4 112,880 38.9 - ARKANSAS 186,287 45.8 - 213,277 52.5 8 CALIFORNIA 3,027,668 55.4 32 2,420,135 44.3 - COLORADO 394,479 59.5 6 263,997 39.8 - CONNECTICUT 711,837 63.7 8 405,079 36.3 - DELAWARE 98,057 55.1 3 79,421 44.6 - FLORIDA 643,849 57.2 10 480,371 42.7 - GEORGIA 222,778 33.3 - 444,688 66.4 12 IDAHO 166,979 61.2 4 105,868 38.8 - ILLINOIS 2,623,327 59.5 27 1,775,682 40.3 - INDIANA 1,182,811 59.9 13 783,908 39.7 - IOWA 729,187 59.1 10 501,858 40.7 - KANSAS 566,878 65.4 8 296,317 34.2 - KENTUCKY 572,192 54.3 10 476,453 45.2 - LOUISIANA 329,047 53.3 10 243,977 39.5 - MAINE 249,238 70.9 5 102,468 29.1 - MARYLAND 559,738 60.0 9 372,613 40.0 - MASSACHUSETTS 1,393,197 59.3 16 948,190 40.4 - MICHIGAN 1,713,647 55.6 20 1,359,898 44.2 - MINNESOTA 719,302 53.7 11 617,525 46.1 - MISSISSIPPI 60,683 24.5 - 144,453 58.2 8 MISSOURI 914,289 49.9 - 918,273 50.1 13 MONTANA 154,933 57.1 4 116,238 42.9 - NEBRASKA 378,108 65.5 6 199,029 34.5 - NEVADA 56,049 58.0 3 40,640 42.0 - NEW HAMPSHIRE 176,519 66.1 4 90,364 33.8 - NEW JERSEY 1,606,942 64.7 16 850,337 34.2 - NEW MEXICO 146,788 57.8 4 106,098 41.8 - NEW YORK 4,340,340 61.2 45 2,750,769 38.8 - NTH CAROLINA 575,069 49.3 - 590,530 50.7 14 NTH DAKOTA 156,766 61.7 4 96,742 38.1 - OHIO 2,262,610 61.1 25 1,439,655 38.9 - OKLAHOMA 473,769 55.1 8 385,581 44.9 - OREGON 406,393 55.3 6 329,204 44.8 - PENNSYLVANIA 2,585,252 56.5 32 1,981,769 43.3 - RHODE ISLAND 225,819 58.3 4 161,790 41.7 - STH CAROLINA 75,634 25.2 - 136,278 45.4 8 STH DAKOTA 171,569 58.4 4 122,288 41.6 - TENNESSEE 462,288 49.2 11 456,507 48.6 - TEXAS 1,080,619 55.3 24 859,958 44.0 - UTAH 215,631 64.6 4 118,364 35.4 - VERMONT 110,390 72.2 3 42,540 27.8 - VIRGINIA 386,459 55.4 12 267,760 38.4 - WASHINGTON 620,430 53.9 9 523,002 45.4 - WEST VIRGINIA 449,297 54.1 8 381,534 45.9 - WISCONSIN 954,844 61.6 12 586,768 37.8 - WYOMING 74,573 60.1 3 49,554 39.9 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- 35,585,245 57.4 457 26,030,172 42.0 73 -------------------------------------------------------------------- One Alabama member of the Electoral College voted for Walter B Jones. Slates of "unpledged" Electoral College candidates polled 29.5% of the vote in South Carolina, 17.3% in Mississippi, 7.2% in Louisiana and 4.1% in Alabama.