The 1956 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 8 Kansas votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
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Kansas was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 65.44 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 34.21 percent of the popular vote. Eisenhower, as expected, had no trouble carrying his boyhood home state, winning every county in the state except Wyandotte County, having spent his formative years in Abilene.[4][5]
With 65.44 percent of the popular vote, Kansas proved to be Eisenhower's fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Nebraska.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 566,878 | 65.44% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 296,317 | 34.21% | |
Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick | 3,048 | 0.35% | |
Total votes | 866,243 | 100% |
1956 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[7] | |||||||||
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County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Enoch Holtwick Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allen | 5,342 | 71.15% | 2,143 | 28.54% | 23 | 0.31% | 3,199 | 42.61% | 7,508 |
Anderson | 3,080 | 69.01% | 1,369 | 30.67% | 14 | 0.31% | 1,711 | 38.34% | 4,463 |
Atchison | 5,608 | 64.08% | 3,134 | 35.81% | 9 | 0.10% | 2,474 | 28.27% | 8,751 |
Barber | 2,698 | 68.32% | 1,241 | 31.43% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,457 | 36.90% | 3,949 |
Barton | 8,644 | 66.17% | 4,378 | 33.51% | 41 | 0.31% | 4,266 | 32.66% | 13,063 |
Bourbon | 5,306 | 62.39% | 3,151 | 37.05% | 47 | 0.55% | 2,155 | 25.34% | 8,504 |
Brown | 5,138 | 76.95% | 1,519 | 22.75% | 20 | 0.30% | 3,619 | 54.20% | 6,677 |
Butler | 9,591 | 60.73% | 6,158 | 38.99% | 45 | 0.28% | 3,433 | 21.74% | 15,794 |
Chase | 1,553 | 74.45% | 529 | 25.36% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,024 | 49.09% | 2,086 |
Chautauqua | 2,180 | 70.85% | 887 | 28.83% | 10 | 0.32% | 1,293 | 42.02% | 3,077 |
Cherokee | 5,824 | 58.39% | 4,112 | 41.22% | 39 | 0.39% | 1,712 | 17.16% | 9,975 |
Cheyenne | 1,479 | 68.79% | 663 | 30.84% | 8 | 0.37% | 816 | 37.95% | 2,150 |
Clark | 1,243 | 69.83% | 529 | 29.72% | 8 | 0.45% | 714 | 40.11% | 1,780 |
Clay | 4,378 | 80.17% | 1,034 | 18.93% | 49 | 0.90% | 3,344 | 61.23% | 5,461 |
Cloud | 4,466 | 68.61% | 2,008 | 30.85% | 35 | 0.54% | 2,458 | 37.76% | 6,509 |
Coffey | 3,286 | 72.24% | 1,247 | 27.41% | 16 | 0.35% | 2,039 | 44.82% | 4,549 |
Comanche | 1,238 | 72.40% | 461 | 26.96% | 11 | 0.64% | 777 | 45.44% | 1,710 |
Cowley | 6,734 | 63.93% | 3,753 | 35.63% | 46 | 0.44% | 2,981 | 28.30% | 10,533 |
Crawford | 9,578 | 54.93% | 7,799 | 44.73% | 60 | 0.34% | 1,779 | 10.20% | 17,437 |
Decatur | 2,028 | 68.58% | 920 | 31.11% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,108 | 37.47% | 2,957 |
Dickinson | 7,422 | 74.91% | 2,452 | 24.75% | 34 | 0.34% | 4,970 | 50.16% | 9,908 |
Doniphan | 3,130 | 72.14% | 1,197 | 27.59% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,933 | 44.55% | 4,339 |
Douglas | 11,029 | 71.85% | 4,283 | 27.90% | 39 | 0.25% | 6,746 | 43.95% | 15,351 |
Edwards | 1,816 | 69.93% | 771 | 29.69% | 10 | 0.39% | 1,045 | 40.24% | 2,597 |
Elk | 1,909 | 69.90% | 812 | 29.73% | 10 | 0.37% | 1,097 | 40.17% | 2,731 |
Ellis | 4,466 | 59.33% | 3,058 | 40.62% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,408 | 18.70% | 7,528 |
Ellsworth | 2,524 | 64.90% | 1,351 | 34.74% | 14 | 0.36% | 1,173 | 30.16% | 3,889 |
Finney | 3,576 | 66.87% | 1,752 | 32.76% | 20 | 0.37% | 1,824 | 34.11% | 5,348 |
Ford | 5,561 | 66.84% | 2,710 | 32.57% | 49 | 0.59% | 2,851 | 34.27% | 8,320 |
Franklin | 6,557 | 71.42% | 2,591 | 28.22% | 33 | 0.36% | 3,966 | 43.20% | 9,181 |
Geary | 4,013 | 65.54% | 2,078 | 33.94% | 32 | 0.52% | 1,935 | 31.60% | 6,123 |
Gove | 1,315 | 72.29% | 492 | 27.05% | 12 | 0.66% | 823 | 45.24% | 1,819 |
Graham | 1,676 | 69.49% | 725 | 30.06% | 11 | 0.46% | 951 | 39.43% | 2,412 |
Grant | 1,058 | 69.47% | 459 | 30.14% | 6 | 0.39% | 599 | 39.33% | 1,523 |
Gray | 1,278 | 66.77% | 627 | 32.76% | 9 | 0.47% | 651 | 34.01% | 1,914 |
Greeley | 599 | 77.09% | 174 | 22.39% | 4 | 0.51% | 425 | 54.70% | 777 |
Greenwood | 4,164 | 70.01% | 1,763 | 29.64% | 21 | 0.35% | 2,401 | 40.37% | 5,948 |
Hamilton | 865 | 60.66% | 552 | 38.71% | 9 | 0.63% | 313 | 21.95% | 1,426 |
Harper | 3,111 | 69.99% | 1,311 | 29.49% | 23 | 0.52% | 1,800 | 40.49% | 4,445 |
Harvey | 7,367 | 70.20% | 3,084 | 29.39% | 43 | 0.41% | 4,283 | 40.81% | 10,494 |
Haskell | 829 | 70.49% | 341 | 29.00% | 6 | 0.51% | 488 | 41.50% | 1,176 |
Hodgeman | 1,113 | 71.62% | 435 | 27.99% | 6 | 0.39% | 678 | 43.63% | 1,554 |
Jackson | 3,469 | 71.72% | 1,356 | 28.03% | 12 | 0.25% | 2,113 | 43.68% | 4,837 |
Jefferson | 3,677 | 70.24% | 1,536 | 29.34% | 22 | 0.42% | 2,141 | 40.90% | 5,235 |
Jewell | 3,395 | 75.51% | 1,034 | 23.00% | 67 | 1.49% | 2,361 | 52.51% | 4,496 |
Johnson | 35,511 | 71.40% | 14,185 | 28.52% | 37 | 0.07% | 21,326 | 42.88% | 49,733 |
Kearny | 854 | 66.98% | 418 | 32.78% | 3 | 0.24% | 436 | 34.20% | 1,275 |
Kingman | 3,226 | 69.08% | 1,428 | 30.58% | 16 | 0.34% | 1,798 | 38.50% | 4,670 |
Kiowa | 1,717 | 76.18% | 517 | 22.94% | 20 | 0.89% | 1,200 | 53.24% | 2,254 |
Labette | 7,677 | 59.35% | 5,202 | 40.21% | 57 | 0.44% | 2,475 | 19.13% | 12,936 |
Lane | 992 | 72.09% | 380 | 27.62% | 4 | 0.29% | 612 | 44.48% | 1,376 |
Leavenworth | 8,826 | 61.55% | 5,480 | 38.22% | 33 | 0.23% | 3,346 | 23.33% | 14,339 |
Lincoln | 2,219 | 76.20% | 681 | 23.39% | 12 | 0.41% | 1,538 | 52.82% | 2,912 |
Linn | 2,991 | 71.64% | 1,177 | 28.19% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,814 | 43.45% | 4,175 |
Logan | 1,328 | 72.61% | 493 | 26.95% | 8 | 0.44% | 835 | 45.65% | 1,829 |
Lyon | 8,021 | 67.34% | 3,831 | 32.16% | 59 | 0.50% | 4,190 | 35.18% | 11,911 |
McPherson | 7,521 | 73.75% | 2,603 | 25.52% | 74 | 0.73% | 4,918 | 48.23% | 10,198 |
Marion | 5,318 | 75.99% | 1,644 | 23.49% | 36 | 0.51% | 3,674 | 52.50% | 6,998 |
Marshall | 5,664 | 69.25% | 2,487 | 30.41% | 28 | 0.34% | 3,177 | 38.84% | 8,179 |
Meade | 1,720 | 74.30% | 575 | 24.84% | 20 | 0.86% | 1,145 | 49.46% | 2,315 |
Miami | 5,031 | 59.30% | 3,428 | 40.41% | 25 | 0.29% | 1,603 | 18.89% | 8,484 |
Mitchell | 3,198 | 72.16% | 1,214 | 27.39% | 20 | 0.45% | 1,984 | 44.77% | 4,432 |
Montgomery | 13,252 | 64.34% | 7,265 | 35.27% | 81 | 0.39% | 5,987 | 29.07% | 20,598 |
Morris | 2,677 | 68.55% | 1,208 | 30.93% | 20 | 0.51% | 1,469 | 37.62% | 3,905 |
Morton | 814 | 64.76% | 436 | 34.69% | 7 | 0.56% | 378 | 30.07% | 1,257 |
Nemaha | 4,195 | 67.11% | 2,038 | 32.60% | 18 | 0.29% | 2,157 | 34.51% | 6,251 |
Neosho | 5,886 | 65.99% | 3,005 | 33.69% | 29 | 0.33% | 2,881 | 32.30% | 8,920 |
Ness | 1,876 | 70.79% | 758 | 28.60% | 16 | 0.60% | 1,118 | 42.19% | 2,650 |
Norton | 3,052 | 71.58% | 1,194 | 28.00% | 18 | 0.42% | 1,858 | 43.57% | 4,264 |
Osage | 4,136 | 67.28% | 1,979 | 32.19% | 32 | 0.52% | 2,157 | 35.09% | 6,147 |
Osborne | 2,948 | 73.72% | 1,023 | 25.58% | 28 | 0.70% | 1,925 | 48.14% | 3,999 |
Ottawa | 2,329 | 68.80% | 1,037 | 30.64% | 19 | 0.56% | 1,292 | 38.17% | 3,385 |
Pawnee | 2,788 | 63.73% | 1,567 | 35.82% | 20 | 0.46% | 1,221 | 27.91% | 4,375 |
Phillips | 3,117 | 75.49% | 985 | 23.86% | 27 | 0.65% | 2,132 | 51.63% | 4,129 |
Pottawatomie | 4,335 | 74.97% | 1,422 | 24.59% | 25 | 0.43% | 2,913 | 50.38% | 5,782 |
Pratt | 3,620 | 64.53% | 1,956 | 34.87% | 34 | 0.61% | 1,664 | 29.66% | 5,610 |
Rawlins | 1,668 | 69.88% | 711 | 29.79% | 8 | 0.34% | 957 | 40.09% | 2,387 |
Reno | 15,057 | 66.56% | 7,461 | 32.98% | 102 | 0.45% | 7,596 | 33.58% | 22,620 |
Republic | 3,621 | 68.76% | 1,613 | 30.63% | 32 | 0.61% | 2,008 | 38.13% | 5,266 |
Rice | 4,638 | 70.48% | 1,926 | 29.27% | 17 | 0.26% | 2,712 | 41.21% | 6,581 |
Riley | 9,385 | 76.84% | 2,784 | 22.80% | 44 | 0.36% | 6,601 | 54.05% | 12,213 |
Rooks | 3,059 | 70.88% | 1,238 | 28.68% | 19 | 0.44% | 1,821 | 42.19% | 4,316 |
Rush | 2,007 | 64.87% | 1,080 | 34.91% | 7 | 0.23% | 927 | 29.96% | 3,094 |
Russell | 3,920 | 71.78% | 1,528 | 27.98% | 13 | 0.24% | 2,392 | 43.80% | 5,461 |
Saline | 11,172 | 69.32% | 4,908 | 30.45% | 37 | 0.23% | 6,264 | 38.87% | 16,117 |
Scott | 1,376 | 75.11% | 451 | 24.62% | 5 | 0.27% | 925 | 50.49% | 1,832 |
Sedgwick | 72,292 | 61.08% | 45,732 | 38.64% | 336 | 0.28% | 26,560 | 22.44% | 118,360 |
Seward | 2,885 | 70.95% | 1,162 | 28.58% | 19 | 0.47% | 1,723 | 42.38% | 4,066 |
Shawnee | 32,647 | 66.52% | 16,298 | 33.21% | 130 | 0.26% | 16,349 | 33.31% | 49,075 |
Sheridan | 1,324 | 67.41% | 633 | 32.23% | 7 | 0.36% | 691 | 35.18% | 1,964 |
Sherman | 1,825 | 64.97% | 962 | 34.25% | 22 | 0.78% | 863 | 30.72% | 2,809 |
Smith | 3,142 | 72.95% | 1,139 | 26.45% | 26 | 0.60% | 2,003 | 46.51% | 4,307 |
Stafford | 2,728 | 68.37% | 1,242 | 31.13% | 20 | 0.50% | 1,486 | 37.24% | 3,990 |
Stanton | 549 | 70.20% | 226 | 28.90% | 7 | 0.90% | 323 | 41.30% | 782 |
Stevens | 1,273 | 69.00% | 565 | 30.62% | 7 | 0.38% | 708 | 38.37% | 1,845 |
Sumner | 7,024 | 62.95% | 4,088 | 36.64% | 46 | 0.41% | 2,936 | 26.31% | 11,158 |
Thomas | 1,888 | 62.06% | 1,138 | 37.41% | 16 | 0.53% | 750 | 24.65% | 3,042 |
Trego | 1,668 | 69.41% | 726 | 30.21% | 9 | 0.37% | 942 | 39.20% | 2,403 |
Wabaunsee | 2,650 | 76.63% | 802 | 23.19% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,848 | 53.44% | 3,458 |
Wallace | 684 | 72.69% | 251 | 26.67% | 6 | 0.64% | 433 | 46.01% | 941 |
Washington | 4,220 | 74.81% | 1,389 | 24.62% | 32 | 0.57% | 2,831 | 50.19% | 5,641 |
Wichita | 747 | 70.41% | 312 | 29.41% | 2 | 0.19% | 435 | 41.00% | 1,061 |
Wilson | 4,502 | 73.00% | 1,645 | 26.67% | 20 | 0.32% | 2,857 | 46.33% | 6,167 |
Woodson | 2,171 | 70.88% | 870 | 28.40% | 22 | 0.72% | 1,301 | 42.47% | 3,063 |
Wyandotte | 34,604 | 47.64% | 37,842 | 52.10% | 186 | 0.26% | -3,238 | -4.46% | 72,632 |
Totals | 566,878 | 65.44% | 296,317 | 34.21% | 3,048 | 0.35% | 270,561 | 31.23% | 866,243 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania