The 1956 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
Eisenhower 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 90-100%
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Utah was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 64.56 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 35.44 percent of the popular vote.[4][5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 215,631 | 64.56% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 118,364 | 35.44% | |
Total votes | 333,995 | 100% |
County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Beaver | 1,190 | 53.60% | 1,030 | 46.40% | 160 | 7.21% | 2,220 |
Box Elder | 5,804 | 68.34% | 2,689 | 31.66% | 3,115 | 36.68% | 8,493 |
Cache | 10,349 | 73.82% | 3,671 | 26.18% | 6,678 | 47.63% | 14,020 |
Carbon | 4,507 | 50.26% | 4,460 | 49.74% | 47 | 0.52% | 8,967 |
Daggett | 102 | 53.13% | 90 | 46.88% | 12 | 6.25% | 192 |
Davis | 12,122 | 66.71% | 6,050 | 33.29% | 6,072 | 33.41% | 18,172 |
Duchesne | 1,856 | 67.99% | 874 | 32.01% | 982 | 35.97% | 2,730 |
Emery | 1,679 | 64.04% | 943 | 35.96% | 736 | 28.07% | 2,622 |
Garfield | 1,115 | 75.95% | 353 | 24.05% | 762 | 51.91% | 1,468 |
Grand | 1,044 | 76.09% | 328 | 23.91% | 716 | 52.19% | 1,372 |
Iron | 3,321 | 71.70% | 1,311 | 28.30% | 2,010 | 43.39% | 4,632 |
Juab | 1,512 | 59.60% | 1,025 | 40.40% | 487 | 19.20% | 2,537 |
Kane | 939 | 90.20% | 102 | 9.80% | 837 | 80.40% | 1,041 |
Millard | 2,667 | 69.09% | 1,193 | 30.91% | 1,474 | 38.19% | 3,860 |
Morgan | 905 | 67.39% | 438 | 32.61% | 467 | 34.77% | 1,343 |
Piute | 548 | 75.27% | 180 | 24.73% | 368 | 50.55% | 728 |
Rich | 561 | 68.92% | 253 | 31.08% | 308 | 37.84% | 814 |
Salt Lake | 95,179 | 64.22% | 53,038 | 35.78% | 42,141 | 28.43% | 148,217 |
San Juan | 1,119 | 72.47% | 425 | 27.53% | 694 | 44.95% | 1,544 |
Sanpete | 3,883 | 68.59% | 1,778 | 31.41% | 2,105 | 37.18% | 5,661 |
Sevier | 3,646 | 74.74% | 1,232 | 25.26% | 2,414 | 49.49% | 4,878 |
Summit | 2,031 | 69.77% | 880 | 30.23% | 1,151 | 39.54% | 2,911 |
Tooele | 3,390 | 55.82% | 2,683 | 44.18% | 707 | 11.64% | 6,073 |
Uintah | 2,840 | 77.60% | 820 | 22.40% | 2,020 | 55.19% | 3,660 |
Utah | 25,371 | 66.56% | 12,747 | 33.44% | 12,624 | 33.12% | 38,118 |
Wasatch | 1,738 | 66.79% | 864 | 33.21% | 874 | 33.59% | 2,602 |
Washington | 3,172 | 78.34% | 877 | 21.66% | 2,295 | 56.68% | 4,049 |
Wayne | 499 | 63.81% | 283 | 36.19% | 216 | 27.62% | 782 |
Weber | 22,542 | 55.95% | 17,747 | 44.05% | 4,795 | 11.90% | 40,289 |
Totals | 215,631 | 64.56% | 118,364 | 35.44% | 97,267 | 29.12% | 333,995 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania