United States presidential election in Texas, 1952

United States presidential election in Texas, 1952
Texas
November 4, 1952

 
Nominee Dwight Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 24 0
Popular vote 1,102,878 969,228
Percentage 53.13% 46.69%

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 4, 1952. Republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower won his birth state Texas with 53% of the vote, carrying the state's 24 electoral votes. Despite losing most southern states to Stevenson, Eisenhower managed to carry Texas by a margin of 6.44 points.[2]

References

  1. "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
  2. "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Texas". Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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