1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Utah

1956 United States presidential election in Utah

1956 United States presidential election in Utah

Election in Utah

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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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]

Results

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Results by county

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See also

Notes

  1. Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of the 1952 election Eisenhower was president of Columbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.

References

  1. [1]
    "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. [3]
    "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  4. [4]
    "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Utah". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  5. [5]
    "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  6. [6]
    Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 461 ISBN 0405077114
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