1956 United States presidential election in Indiana

1956 United States presidential election in Indiana

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All 13 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[note 1][2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 1,182,811 783,908
Percentage 59.90% 39.70%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.90% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.70% of the popular vote.[4][5]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 9, 2017.


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