The 1956 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1956 throughout all 48 states, which was part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
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County Results
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Ohio was won by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He won all counties except for Pike County. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Ohio voted to the right of neighboring Indiana.
1956 United States presidential election in Ohio[3] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Richard Nixon | 2,262,610 | 61.11% | 25 | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson II | Estes Kefauver | 1,439,655 | 38.89% | 0 | |
Totals | 3,702,265 | 100.00% | 25 |
County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 5,637 | 59.14% | 3,894 | 40.86% | 1,743 | 18.29% | 9,531 |
Allen | 28,388 | 70.22% | 12,042 | 29.78% | 16,346 | 40.43% | 40,430 |
Ashland | 12,792 | 73.41% | 4,634 | 26.59% | 8,158 | 46.82% | 17,426 |
Ashtabula | 24,165 | 64.68% | 13,195 | 35.32% | 10,970 | 29.36% | 37,360 |
Athens | 10,794 | 64.43% | 5,959 | 35.57% | 4,835 | 28.86% | 16,753 |
Auglaize | 11,453 | 72.07% | 4,438 | 27.93% | 7,015 | 44.14% | 15,891 |
Belmont | 19,230 | 50.31% | 18,991 | 49.69% | 239 | 0.63% | 38,221 |
Brown | 5,690 | 56.70% | 4,346 | 43.30% | 1,344 | 13.39% | 10,036 |
Butler | 41,785 | 63.20% | 24,331 | 36.80% | 17,454 | 26.40% | 66,116 |
Carroll | 5,916 | 69.55% | 2,590 | 30.45% | 3,326 | 39.10% | 8,506 |
Champaign | 8,767 | 69.48% | 3,851 | 30.52% | 4,916 | 38.96% | 12,618 |
Clark | 28,767 | 61.94% | 17,680 | 38.06% | 11,087 | 23.87% | 46,447 |
Clermont | 14,914 | 62.30% | 9,026 | 37.70% | 5,888 | 24.59% | 23,940 |
Clinton | 7,919 | 70.07% | 3,382 | 29.93% | 4,537 | 40.15% | 11,301 |
Columbiana | 28,783 | 66.47% | 14,516 | 33.53% | 14,267 | 32.95% | 43,299 |
Coshocton | 9,549 | 66.60% | 4,789 | 33.40% | 4,760 | 33.20% | 14,338 |
Crawford | 13,763 | 70.46% | 5,769 | 29.54% | 7,994 | 40.93% | 19,532 |
Cuyahoga | 353,474 | 53.72% | 304,558 | 46.28% | 48,916 | 7.43% | 658,032 |
Darke | 13,447 | 65.32% | 7,138 | 34.68% | 6,309 | 30.65% | 20,585 |
Defiance | 8,786 | 69.03% | 3,941 | 30.97% | 4,845 | 38.07% | 12,727 |
Delaware | 10,739 | 72.88% | 3,997 | 27.12% | 6,742 | 45.75% | 14,736 |
Erie | 14,771 | 70.18% | 6,276 | 29.82% | 8,495 | 40.36% | 21,047 |
Fairfield | 15,647 | 65.24% | 8,337 | 34.76% | 7,310 | 30.48% | 23,984 |
Fayette | 6,696 | 66.00% | 3,449 | 34.00% | 3,247 | 32.01% | 10,145 |
Franklin | 151,544 | 65.78% | 78,852 | 34.22% | 72,692 | 31.55% | 230,396 |
Fulton | 9,030 | 77.50% | 2,622 | 22.50% | 6,408 | 54.99% | 11,652 |
Gallia | 7,040 | 70.99% | 2,877 | 29.01% | 4,163 | 41.98% | 9,917 |
Geauga | 10,971 | 69.49% | 4,818 | 30.51% | 6,153 | 38.97% | 15,789 |
Greene | 15,471 | 61.07% | 9,861 | 38.93% | 5,610 | 22.15% | 25,332 |
Guernsey | 10,224 | 66.51% | 5,149 | 33.49% | 5,075 | 33.01% | 15,373 |
Hamilton | 222,009 | 66.11% | 113,797 | 33.89% | 108,212 | 32.22% | 335,806 |
Hancock | 15,713 | 74.82% | 5,289 | 25.18% | 10,424 | 49.63% | 21,002 |
Hardin | 9,049 | 66.51% | 4,556 | 33.49% | 4,493 | 33.02% | 13,605 |
Harrison | 5,444 | 65.79% | 2,831 | 34.21% | 2,613 | 31.58% | 8,275 |
Henry | 8,164 | 74.63% | 2,775 | 25.37% | 5,389 | 49.26% | 10,939 |
Highland | 8,397 | 63.50% | 4,826 | 36.50% | 3,571 | 27.01% | 13,223 |
Hocking | 4,925 | 59.63% | 3,334 | 40.37% | 1,591 | 19.26% | 8,259 |
Holmes | 3,955 | 68.78% | 1,795 | 31.22% | 2,160 | 37.57% | 5,750 |
Huron | 12,208 | 73.43% | 4,418 | 26.57% | 7,790 | 46.85% | 16,626 |
Jackson | 8,106 | 64.65% | 4,432 | 35.35% | 3,674 | 29.30% | 12,538 |
Jefferson | 22,162 | 50.52% | 21,703 | 49.48% | 459 | 1.05% | 43,865 |
Knox | 12,347 | 71.35% | 4,958 | 28.65% | 7,389 | 42.70% | 17,305 |
Lake | 31,017 | 61.14% | 19,718 | 38.86% | 11,299 | 22.27% | 50,735 |
Lawrence | 12,607 | 62.72% | 7,492 | 37.28% | 5,115 | 25.45% | 20,099 |
Licking | 21,912 | 67.44% | 10,581 | 32.56% | 11,331 | 34.87% | 32,493 |
Logan | 11,229 | 72.66% | 4,226 | 27.34% | 7,003 | 45.31% | 15,455 |
Lorain | 40,340 | 60.11% | 26,774 | 39.89% | 13,566 | 20.21% | 67,114 |
Lucas | 100,501 | 53.15% | 88,598 | 46.85% | 11,903 | 6.29% | 189,099 |
Madison | 6,483 | 69.28% | 2,875 | 30.72% | 3,608 | 38.56% | 9,358 |
Mahoning | 63,992 | 51.98% | 59,126 | 48.02% | 4,866 | 3.95% | 123,118 |
Marion | 15,125 | 67.07% | 7,425 | 32.93% | 7,700 | 34.15% | 22,550 |
Medina | 15,155 | 70.42% | 6,365 | 29.58% | 8,790 | 40.85% | 21,520 |
Meigs | 6,593 | 70.32% | 2,783 | 29.68% | 3,810 | 40.64% | 9,376 |
Mercer | 9,456 | 68.88% | 4,272 | 31.12% | 5,184 | 37.76% | 13,728 |
Miami | 20,135 | 68.57% | 9,229 | 31.43% | 10,906 | 37.14% | 29,364 |
Monroe | 3,738 | 59.18% | 2,578 | 40.82% | 1,160 | 18.37% | 6,316 |
Montgomery | 107,278 | 58.45% | 76,270 | 41.55% | 31,008 | 16.89% | 183,548 |
Morgan | 4,134 | 73.82% | 1,466 | 26.18% | 2,668 | 47.64% | 5,600 |
Morrow | 5,885 | 71.56% | 2,339 | 28.44% | 3,546 | 43.12% | 8,224 |
Muskingum | 22,788 | 69.27% | 10,110 | 30.73% | 12,678 | 38.54% | 32,898 |
Noble | 3,861 | 66.52% | 1,943 | 33.48% | 1,918 | 33.05% | 5,804 |
Ottawa | 8,806 | 62.98% | 5,176 | 37.02% | 3,630 | 25.96% | 13,982 |
Paulding | 4,885 | 69.24% | 2,170 | 30.76% | 2,715 | 38.48% | 7,055 |
Perry | 7,511 | 64.56% | 4,123 | 35.44% | 3,388 | 29.12% | 11,634 |
Pickaway | 6,956 | 60.67% | 4,509 | 39.33% | 2,447 | 21.34% | 11,465 |
Pike | 3,447 | 47.15% | 3,863 | 52.85% | -416 | -5.69% | 7,310 |
Portage | 18,943 | 59.07% | 13,128 | 40.93% | 5,815 | 18.13% | 32,071 |
Preble | 8,099 | 63.91% | 4,574 | 36.09% | 3,525 | 27.82% | 12,673 |
Putnam | 8,408 | 70.38% | 3,538 | 29.62% | 4,870 | 40.77% | 11,946 |
Richland | 26,098 | 65.78% | 13,578 | 34.22% | 12,520 | 31.56% | 39,676 |
Ross | 13,036 | 63.73% | 7,418 | 36.27% | 5,618 | 27.47% | 20,454 |
Sandusky | 15,009 | 72.52% | 5,687 | 27.48% | 9,322 | 45.04% | 20,696 |
Scioto | 22,110 | 59.60% | 14,985 | 40.40% | 7,125 | 19.21% | 37,095 |
Seneca | 17,728 | 73.90% | 6,260 | 26.10% | 11,468 | 47.81% | 23,988 |
Shelby | 9,452 | 67.67% | 4,515 | 32.33% | 4,937 | 35.35% | 13,967 |
Stark | 83,667 | 62.85% | 49,445 | 37.15% | 34,222 | 25.71% | 133,112 |
Summit | 102,872 | 52.42% | 93,378 | 47.58% | 9,494 | 4.84% | 196,250 |
Trumbull | 43,936 | 57.17% | 32,913 | 42.83% | 11,023 | 14.34% | 76,849 |
Tuscarawas | 19,876 | 60.63% | 12,908 | 39.37% | 6,968 | 21.25% | 32,784 |
Union | 7,575 | 74.06% | 2,653 | 25.94% | 4,922 | 48.12% | 10,228 |
Van Wert | 9,834 | 70.03% | 4,208 | 29.97% | 5,626 | 40.07% | 14,042 |
Vinton | 2,998 | 61.01% | 1,916 | 38.99% | 1,082 | 22.02% | 4,914 |
Warren | 13,673 | 65.53% | 7,193 | 34.47% | 6,480 | 31.06% | 20,866 |
Washington | 13,927 | 69.65% | 6,068 | 30.35% | 7,859 | 39.30% | 19,995 |
Wayne | 19,469 | 73.60% | 6,984 | 26.40% | 12,485 | 47.20% | 26,453 |
Williams | 9,784 | 75.21% | 3,225 | 24.79% | 6,559 | 50.42% | 13,009 |
Wood | 16,844 | 66.32% | 8,553 | 33.68% | 8,291 | 32.65% | 25,397 |
Wyandot | 6,807 | 73.18% | 2,495 | 26.82% | 4,312 | 46.36% | 9,302 |
Totals | 2,262,610 | 61.11% | 1,439,655 | 38.89% | 822,955 | 22.23% | 3,702,265 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania