United States presidential election in Alabama, 1956

United States presidential election in Alabama, 1956
Alabama
November 6, 1956[1]
All 11 Alabama votes to the Electoral College

 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Kansas
Running mate Estes Kefauver Richard Nixon
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 280,844 195,694
Percentage 56.5% 39.4%
President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

 Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose eleven[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Alabama was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 56.52% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Kansas), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 39.39% of the popular vote. Stevenson received ten of Alabama's eleven electoral votes; the eleventh was cast by an faithless elector to Walter B. Jones.[3][4]

Results

United States presidential election in Alabama, 1956
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver 280,844 56.52% 10
Democratic Walter B. Jones Herman E. Talmadge 0 0.00% 1
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard Nixon 195,694 39.39% 0
Dixiecrat Unpledged electors
T. Coleman Andrews		 Thomas Werdel 20,323 4.09% 0
Write-in 10 0.00% 0
Totals 496,871 100.00% 11

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
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