The 1956 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Georgia was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 66.48% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 32.65% of the popular vote.[4][5] Eisenhower also remains the most recent Republican president to win more than one term without carrying Georgia once. This was the last time until 2016 a Republican won the White House without carrying Cobb County. This was also the last time until 2016 that a losing Democrat would carry the suburban Atlanta Counties of Gwinnett, Douglas, Rockdale, and the aforementioned Cobb and the last time until 2020 that a Republican president would not carry these counties in either of their of elections.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 441,094 | 66.48% | |
Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 216,652 | 32.65% | |
Write-ins | — | 5,734 | 0.86% | |
Total votes | 663,480 | 100% |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Marvin Griffin | Democratic Party | 444,388 | 33.49 | |
B. D. Murphy | Democratic Party | 441,939 | 33.31 | |
Robert R. Snodgrass | Republican Party | 222,778 | 16.79 | |
William B. Shartzer | Republican Party | 217,667 | 16.41 | |
Total | 1,326,772 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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H. N. Ramsey, Sr. | Democratic Party | 441,832 | 67.07 | |
James L. Sundy | Republican Party | 216,959 | 32.93 | |
Total | 658,791 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Max Nussbaum | Democratic Party | 441,309 | 67.05 | |
Russell E. Kaliher | Republican Party | 216,864 | 32.95 | |
Total | 658,173 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Dallas Chalker | Democratic Party | 441,260 | 67.05 | |
James M. Brophy | Republican Party | 216,826 | 32.95 | |
Total | 658,086 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Quimby Melton, Sr. | Democratic Party | 442,198 | 67.07 | |
Enoch Callaway | Republican Party | 217,064 | 32.93 | |
Total | 659,262 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Samuel Hewlett, Sr. | Democratic Party | 442,123 | 67.08 | |
Charles A. Moye Jr. | Republican Party | 216,937 | 32.92 | |
Total | 659,060 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Ben Warren | Democratic Party | 441,511 | 67.06 | |
Mrs. J. Marvin Elliott | Republican Party | 216,919 | 32.94 | |
Total | 658,430 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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J. A. Andrews | Democratic Party | 441,603 | 67.06 | |
Clyde P. Smith | Republican Party | 216,915 | 32.94 | |
Total | 658,518 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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McGregor Mayo | Democratic Party | 441,263 | 67.06 | |
J. M. Kent | Republican Party | 216,760 | 32.94 | |
Total | 658,023 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Mrs. Charles T. Graves | Democratic Party | 441,422 | 67.06 | |
Cecil Hartness | Republican Party | 216,849 | 32.94 | |
Total | 658,271 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Howard B. Payne | Democratic Party | 441,340 | 67.05 | |
Gene Gilber | Republican Party | 216,858 | 32.95 | |
Total | 658,198 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [7] |
County | Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[8] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Appling | 1,719 | 72.56% | 506 | 21.36% | 144 | 6.08% | 1,213 | 51.20% | 2,369 |
Atkinson | 1,719 | 93.37% | 122 | 6.63% | 1,597 | 86.75% | 1,841 | ||
Bacon | 2,445 | 86.12% | 394 | 13.88% | 2,051 | 72.24% | 2,839 | ||
Baker | 783 | 96.07% | 32 | 3.93% | 751 | 92.15% | 815 | ||
Baldwin | 2,275 | 67.69% | 1,080 | 32.13% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,195 | 35.55% | 3,361 |
Banks | 990 | 83.97% | 187 | 15.86% | 2 | 0.17% | 803 | 68.11% | 1,179 |
Barrow | 2,266 | 83.68% | 442 | 16.32% | 1,824 | 67.36% | 2,708 | ||
Bartow | 3,640 | 70.32% | 1,536 | 29.68% | 2,104 | 40.65% | 5,176 | ||
Ben Hill | 2,150 | 79.39% | 554 | 20.46% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,596 | 58.94% | 2,708 |
Berrien | 2,403 | 93.47% | 167 | 6.50% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,236 | 86.97% | 2,571 |
Bibb | 15,382 | 67.61% | 7,368 | 32.39% | 8,014 | 35.23% | 22,750 | ||
Bleckley | 1,537 | 91.87% | 136 | 8.13% | 1,401 | 83.74% | 1,673 | ||
Brantley | 1,208 | 84.12% | 228 | 15.88% | 980 | 68.25% | 1,436 | ||
Brooks | 1,936 | 77.84% | 534 | 21.47% | 17 | 0.68% | 1,402 | 56.37% | 2,487 |
Bryan | 1,242 | 78.81% | 331 | 21.00% | 3 | 0.19% | 911 | 57.80% | 1,576 |
Bulloch | 3,414 | 79.12% | 901 | 20.88% | 2,513 | 58.24% | 4,315 | ||
Burke | 1,300 | 63.45% | 721 | 35.19% | 28 | 1.37% | 579 | 28.26% | 2,049 |
Butts | 1,885 | 85.37% | 323 | 14.63% | 1,562 | 70.74% | 2,208 | ||
Calhoun | 1,094 | 90.71% | 107 | 8.87% | 5 | 0.41% | 987 | 81.84% | 1,206 |
Camden | 1,178 | 53.69% | 1,014 | 46.22% | 2 | 0.09% | 164 | 7.47% | 2,194 |
Candler | 996 | 75.57% | 308 | 23.37% | 14 | 1.06% | 688 | 52.20% | 1,318 |
Carroll | 4,855 | 73.93% | 1,712 | 26.07% | 3,143 | 47.86% | 6,567 | ||
Catoosa | 2,163 | 60.37% | 1,336 | 37.29% | 84 | 2.34% | 827 | 23.08% | 3,583 |
Charlton | 750 | 78.62% | 204 | 21.38% | 546 | 57.23% | 954 | ||
Chatham | 9,587 | 36.73% | 16,512 | 63.27% | -6,925 | -26.53% | 26,099 | ||
Chattahoochee | 107 | 71.33% | 43 | 28.67% | 64 | 42.67% | 150 | ||
Chattooga | 3,823 | 69.43% | 1,682 | 30.55% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,141 | 38.88% | 5,506 |
Cherokee | 2,110 | 53.57% | 1,829 | 46.43% | 281 | 7.13% | 3,939 | ||
Clarke | 4,257 | 66.82% | 2,107 | 33.07% | 7 | 0.11% | 2,150 | 33.75% | 6,371 |
Clay | 390 | 78.16% | 103 | 20.64% | 6 | 1.20% | 287 | 57.52% | 499 |
Clayton | 5,522 | 77.61% | 1,593 | 22.39% | 3,929 | 55.22% | 7,115 | ||
Clinch | 1,579 | 75.30% | 518 | 24.70% | 1,061 | 50.60% | 2,097 | ||
Cobb | 11,696 | 63.19% | 6,798 | 36.73% | 16 | 0.09% | 4,898 | 26.46% | 18,510 |
Coffee | 3,199 | 84.76% | 574 | 15.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,625 | 69.55% | 3,774 |
Colquitt | 4,412 | 76.53% | 1,336 | 23.17% | 17 | 0.29% | 3,076 | 53.36% | 5,765 |
Columbia | 866 | 65.16% | 463 | 34.84% | 403 | 30.32% | 1,329 | ||
Cook | 2,100 | 89.51% | 245 | 10.44% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,855 | 79.07% | 2,346 |
Coweta | 3,003 | 77.90% | 850 | 22.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,153 | 55.85% | 3,855 |
Crawford | 779 | 87.23% | 109 | 12.21% | 5 | 0.56% | 670 | 75.03% | 893 |
Crisp | 2,526 | 75.04% | 835 | 24.81% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,691 | 50.24% | 3,366 |
Dade | 863 | 54.41% | 723 | 45.59% | 140 | 8.83% | 1,586 | ||
Dawson | 721 | 54.05% | 613 | 45.95% | 108 | 8.10% | 1,334 | ||
Decatur | 3,699 | 77.69% | 1,062 | 22.31% | 2,637 | 55.39% | 4,761 | ||
DeKalb | 30,336 | 65.46% | 15,979 | 34.48% | 26 | 0.06% | 14,357 | 30.98% | 46,341 |
Dodge | 3,479 | 82.46% | 738 | 17.49% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,741 | 64.97% | 4,219 |
Dooly | 1,851 | 91.41% | 174 | 8.59% | 1,677 | 82.81% | 2,025 | ||
Dougherty | 4,126 | 54.92% | 3,248 | 43.23% | 139 | 1.85% | 878 | 11.69% | 7,513 |
Douglas | 2,111 | 67.83% | 1,001 | 32.17% | 1,110 | 35.67% | 3,112 | ||
Early | 1,818 | 90.27% | 193 | 9.58% | 3 | 0.15% | 1,625 | 80.69% | 2,014 |
Echols | 530 | 79.58% | 134 | 20.12% | 2 | 0.30% | 396 | 59.46% | 666 |
Effingham | 611 | 44.63% | 637 | 46.53% | 121 | 8.84% | -26 | -1.90% | 1,369 |
Elbert | 3,635 | 88.98% | 447 | 10.94% | 3 | 0.07% | 3,188 | 78.04% | 4,085 |
Emanuel | 2,373 | 77.75% | 679 | 22.25% | 1,694 | 55.50% | 3,052 | ||
Evans | 1,154 | 76.27% | 356 | 23.53% | 3 | 0.20% | 798 | 52.74% | 1,513 |
Fannin | 1,945 | 35.58% | 3,521 | 64.42% | -1,576 | -28.83% | 5,466 | ||
Fayette | 1,308 | 90.46% | 138 | 9.54% | 1,170 | 80.91% | 1,446 | ||
Floyd | 6,633 | 52.69% | 5,955 | 47.31% | 678 | 5.39% | 12,588 | ||
Forsyth | 1,998 | 63.85% | 1,131 | 36.15% | 867 | 27.71% | 3,129 | ||
Franklin | 2,968 | 92.03% | 253 | 7.84% | 4 | 0.12% | 2,715 | 84.19% | 3,225 |
Fulton | 52,062 | 55.85% | 40,966 | 43.95% | 191 | 0.20% | 11,096 | 11.90% | 93,219 |
Gilmer | 1,275 | 40.68% | 1,857 | 59.25% | 2 | 0.06% | -582 | -18.57% | 3,134 |
Glascock | 314 | 73.88% | 110 | 25.88% | 1 | 0.24% | 204 | 48.00% | 425 |
Glynn | 3,071 | 49.78% | 3,098 | 50.22% | -27 | -0.44% | 6,169 | ||
Gordon | 1,972 | 65.67% | 1,025 | 34.13% | 6 | 0.20% | 947 | 31.54% | 3,003 |
Grady | 2,697 | 84.47% | 496 | 15.53% | 2,201 | 68.93% | 3,193 | ||
Greene | 2,012 | 78.75% | 541 | 21.17% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,471 | 57.57% | 2,555 |
Gwinnett | 5,687 | 79.76% | 1,443 | 20.24% | 4,244 | 59.52% | 7,130 | ||
Habersham | 2,276 | 72.69% | 855 | 27.31% | 1,421 | 45.38% | 3,131 | ||
Hall | 5,989 | 68.52% | 2,752 | 31.48% | 3,237 | 37.03% | 8,741 | ||
Hancock | 860 | 70.84% | 354 | 29.16% | 506 | 41.68% | 1,214 | ||
Haralson | 2,472 | 52.71% | 2,218 | 47.29% | 254 | 5.42% | 4,690 | ||
Harris | 1,328 | 69.86% | 563 | 29.62% | 10 | 0.53% | 765 | 40.24% | 1,901 |
Hart | 2,016 | 94.51% | 117 | 5.49% | 1,899 | 89.03% | 2,133 | ||
Heard | 1,106 | 85.08% | 194 | 14.92% | 912 | 70.15% | 1,300 | ||
Henry | 2,636 | 75.66% | 848 | 24.34% | 1,788 | 51.32% | 3,484 | ||
Houston | 4,483 | 80.76% | 1,060 | 19.10% | 8 | 0.14% | 3,423 | 61.66% | 5,551 |
Irwin | 1,554 | 83.28% | 312 | 16.72% | 1,242 | 66.56% | 1,866 | ||
Jackson | 3,100 | 87.40% | 438 | 12.35% | 9 | 0.25% | 2,662 | 75.05% | 3,547 |
Jasper | 962 | 76.96% | 288 | 23.04% | 674 | 53.92% | 1,250 | ||
Jeff Davis | 1,656 | 86.84% | 247 | 12.95% | 4 | 0.21% | 1,409 | 73.89% | 1,907 |
Jefferson | 1,356 | 72.01% | 515 | 27.35% | 12 | 0.64% | 841 | 44.66% | 1,883 |
Jenkins | 1,000 | 78.62% | 261 | 20.52% | 11 | 0.86% | 739 | 58.10% | 1,272 |
Johnson | 1,607 | 85.98% | 179 | 9.58% | 83 | 4.44% | 1,428 | 76.40% | 1,869 |
Jones | 1,208 | 75.69% | 382 | 23.93% | 6 | 0.38% | 826 | 51.75% | 1,596 |
Lamar | 1,531 | 73.39% | 555 | 26.61% | 976 | 46.79% | 2,086 | ||
Lanier | 890 | 85.25% | 152 | 14.56% | 2 | 0.19% | 738 | 70.69% | 1,044 |
Laurens | 5,085 | 81.05% | 1,189 | 18.95% | 3,896 | 62.10% | 6,274 | ||
Lee | 532 | 85.81% | 79 | 12.74% | 9 | 1.45% | 453 | 73.06% | 620 |
Liberty | 892 | 47.98% | 967 | 52.02% | -75 | -4.03% | 1,859 | ||
Lincoln | 696 | 81.79% | 155 | 18.21% | 541 | 63.57% | 851 | ||
Long | 1,195 | 80.96% | 281 | 19.04% | 914 | 61.92% | 1,476 | ||
Lowndes | 3,936 | 64.66% | 2,135 | 35.07% | 16 | 0.26% | 1,801 | 29.59% | 6,087 |
Lumpkin | 693 | 58.78% | 486 | 41.22% | 207 | 17.56% | 1,179 | ||
McDuffie | 1,039 | 61.48% | 649 | 38.40% | 2 | 0.12% | 390 | 23.08% | 1,690 |
McIntosh | 624 | 41.32% | 886 | 58.68% | -262 | -17.35% | 1,510 | ||
Macon | 1,984 | 84.28% | 363 | 15.42% | 7 | 0.30% | 1,621 | 68.86% | 2,354 |
Madison | 2,222 | 93.24% | 161 | 6.76% | 2,061 | 86.49% | 2,383 | ||
Marion | 618 | 79.64% | 158 | 20.36% | 460 | 59.28% | 776 | ||
Meriwether | 3,137 | 83.97% | 592 | 15.85% | 7 | 0.19% | 2,545 | 68.12% | 3,736 |
Miller | 1,563 | 77.99% | 441 | 22.01% | 1,122 | 55.99% | 2,004 | ||
Mitchell | 2,735 | 87.35% | 382 | 12.20% | 14 | 0.45% | 2,353 | 75.15% | 3,131 |
Monroe | 1,545 | 75.33% | 506 | 24.67% | 1,039 | 50.66% | 2,051 | ||
Montgomery | 1,052 | 79.40% | 271 | 20.45% | 2 | 0.15% | 781 | 58.94% | 1,325 |
Morgan | 1,492 | 85.85% | 246 | 14.15% | 1,246 | 71.69% | 1,738 | ||
Murray | 1,819 | 61.39% | 1,144 | 38.61% | 675 | 22.78% | 2,963 | ||
Muscogee | 8,160 | 49.39% | 8,176 | 49.48% | 187 | 1.13% | -16 | -0.10% | 16,523 |
Newton | 3,232 | 85.87% | 532 | 14.13% | 2,700 | 71.73% | 3,764 | ||
Oconee | 1,159 | 78.42% | 314 | 21.24% | 5 | 0.34% | 845 | 57.17% | 1,478 |
Oglethorpe | 1,404 | 89.31% | 167 | 10.62% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,237 | 78.69% | 1,572 |
Paulding | 1,599 | 62.98% | 940 | 37.02% | 659 | 25.96% | 2,539 | ||
Peach | 1,541 | 76.86% | 461 | 22.99% | 3 | 0.15% | 1,080 | 53.87% | 2,005 |
Pickens | 1,236 | 34.55% | 2,341 | 65.45% | -1,105 | -30.89% | 3,577 | ||
Pierce | 1,766 | 82.06% | 386 | 17.94% | 1,380 | 64.13% | 2,152 | ||
Pike | 1,067 | 83.56% | 210 | 16.44% | 857 | 67.11% | 1,277 | ||
Polk | 4,502 | 68.20% | 2,098 | 31.78% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,404 | 36.42% | 6,601 |
Pulaski | 1,422 | 89.27% | 171 | 10.73% | 1,251 | 78.53% | 1,593 | ||
Putnam | 1,093 | 80.31% | 268 | 19.69% | 825 | 60.62% | 1,361 | ||
Quitman | 355 | 91.97% | 31 | 8.03% | 324 | 83.94% | 386 | ||
Rabun | 1,391 | 76.94% | 413 | 22.84% | 4 | 0.22% | 978 | 54.09% | 1,808 |
Randolph | 1,582 | 74.31% | 547 | 25.69% | 1,035 | 48.61% | 2,129 | ||
Richmond | 6,819 | 39.27% | 10,251 | 59.03% | 295 | 1.70% | -3,432 | -19.76% | 17,365 |
Rockdale | 1,779 | 78.61% | 484 | 21.39% | 1,295 | 57.22% | 2,263 | ||
Schley | 441 | 78.05% | 117 | 20.71% | 7 | 1.24% | 324 | 57.35% | 565 |
Screven | 1,332 | 71.42% | 521 | 27.94% | 12 | 0.64% | 811 | 43.49% | 1,865 |
Seminole | 1,343 | 91.11% | 129 | 8.75% | 2 | 0.14% | 1,214 | 82.36% | 1,474 |
Spalding | 4,853 | 76.68% | 1,458 | 23.04% | 18 | 0.28% | 3,395 | 53.64% | 6,329 |
Stephens | 2,595 | 79.14% | 684 | 20.86% | 1,911 | 58.28% | 3,279 | ||
Stewart | 692 | 73.70% | 235 | 25.03% | 12 | 1.28% | 457 | 48.67% | 939 |
Sumter | 2,149 | 66.45% | 730 | 22.57% | 355 | 10.98% | 1,419 | 43.88% | 3,234 |
Talbot | 710 | 83.73% | 136 | 16.04% | 2 | 0.24% | 574 | 67.69% | 848 |
Taliaferro | 599 | 78.92% | 160 | 21.08% | 439 | 57.84% | 759 | ||
Tattnall | 1,881 | 81.04% | 440 | 18.96% | 1,441 | 62.09% | 2,321 | ||
Taylor | 1,359 | 82.76% | 276 | 16.81% | 7 | 0.43% | 1,083 | 65.96% | 1,642 |
Telfair | 2,075 | 87.96% | 284 | 12.04% | 1,791 | 75.92% | 2,359 | ||
Terrell | 1,301 | 86.27% | 203 | 13.46% | 4 | 0.27% | 1,098 | 72.81% | 1,508 |
Thomas | 3,522 | 61.12% | 2,240 | 38.88% | 1,282 | 22.25% | 5,762 | ||
Tift | 3,123 | 76.49% | 960 | 23.51% | 2,163 | 52.98% | 4,083 | ||
Toombs | 2,397 | 80.90% | 565 | 19.07% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,832 | 61.83% | 2,963 |
Towns | 885 | 44.67% | 1,096 | 55.33% | -211 | -10.65% | 1,981 | ||
Treutlen | 960 | 89.14% | 117 | 10.86% | 843 | 78.27% | 1,077 | ||
Troup | 6,162 | 73.48% | 2,214 | 26.40% | 10 | 0.12% | 3,948 | 47.08% | 8,386 |
Turner | 1,398 | 79.79% | 354 | 20.21% | 1,044 | 59.59% | 1,752 | ||
Twiggs | 1,002 | 86.08% | 158 | 13.57% | 4 | 0.34% | 844 | 72.51% | 1,164 |
Union | 1,386 | 50.47% | 1,360 | 49.53% | 26 | 0.95% | 2,746 | ||
Upson | 3,422 | 82.78% | 712 | 17.22% | 2,710 | 65.55% | 4,134 | ||
Walker | 3,693 | 50.12% | 3,552 | 48.21% | 123 | 1.67% | 141 | 1.91% | 7,368 |
Walton | 3,271 | 87.37% | 470 | 12.55% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,801 | 74.81% | 3,744 |
Ware | 5,888 | 72.12% | 2,276 | 27.88% | 3,612 | 44.24% | 8,164 | ||
Warren | 675 | 79.13% | 152 | 17.82% | 26 | 3.05% | 523 | 61.31% | 853 |
Washington | 2,530 | 80.70% | 602 | 19.20% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,928 | 61.50% | 3,135 |
Wayne | 2,084 | 68.69% | 950 | 31.31% | 1,134 | 37.38% | 3,034 | ||
Webster | 295 | 85.26% | 51 | 14.74% | 244 | 70.52% | 346 | ||
Wheeler | 993 | 86.88% | 150 | 13.12% | 843 | 73.75% | 1,143 | ||
White | 1,100 | 70.11% | 469 | 29.89% | 631 | 40.22% | 1,569 | ||
Whitfield | 4,264 | 50.35% | 4,205 | 49.65% | 59 | 0.70% | 8,469 | ||
Wilcox | 1,686 | 87.90% | 232 | 12.10% | 1,454 | 75.81% | 1,918 | ||
Wilkes | 1,714 | 84.06% | 305 | 14.96% | 20 | 0.98% | 1,409 | 69.10% | 2,039 |
Wilkinson | 1,299 | 76.68% | 393 | 23.20% | 2 | 0.12% | 906 | 53.48% | 1,694 |
Worth | 2,078 | 87.49% | 293 | 12.34% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,785 | 75.16% | 2,375 |
Totals | 444,688 | 66.41% | 222,778 | 33.27% | 2,189 | 0.33% | 221,910 | 33.14% | 669,655 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania