1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1956 as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Pennsylvania was the home state of President Eisenhower, as he moved to the Gettysburg area after World War II. Eisenhower won Pennsylvania by a solid 13.19% margin, and carried every county except Philadelphia and four heavily unionized coal counties in the southwestern "Black Country". This result nonetheless made Pennsylvania 2.21% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.
This was the last time Pennsylvania voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Eisenhower’s running mate, Richard Nixon, won the state in his re-election bid in 1972.
Results
| 1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) | 2,585,252 | 56.49% | 32 | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,981,769 | 43.30% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 7,447 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Militant Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 2,035 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Results by county
| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 12,250 | 66.11% | 6,281 | 33.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,969 | 32.22% | 18,531 |
| Allegheny | 384,939 | 54.83% | 315,989 | 45.01% | 1,102 | 0.16% | 68,950 | 9.82% | 702,030 |
| Armstrong | 20,055 | 61.22% | 12,671 | 38.68% | 34 | 0.10% | 7,384 | 22.54% | 32,760 |
| Beaver | 38,263 | 51.21% | 36,373 | 48.68% | 79 | 0.11% | 1,890 | 2.53% | 74,715 |
| Bedford | 11,423 | 65.37% | 6,038 | 34.55% | 13 | 0.07% | 5,385 | 30.82% | 17,474 |
| Berks | 57,258 | 57.30% | 42,349 | 42.38% | 320 | 0.32% | 14,909 | 14.92% | 99,927 |
| Blair | 33,623 | 65.68% | 17,503 | 34.19% | 65 | 0.13% | 16,120 | 31.49% | 51,191 |
| Bradford | 15,399 | 73.57% | 5,502 | 26.29% | 30 | 0.14% | 9,897 | 47.28% | 20,931 |
| Bucks | 59,862 | 60.72% | 38,541 | 39.09% | 180 | 0.18% | 21,321 | 21.63% | 98,583 |
| Butler | 26,238 | 65.61% | 13,672 | 34.19% | 79 | 0.20% | 12,566 | 31.42% | 39,989 |
| Cambria | 46,373 | 52.55% | 41,753 | 47.31% | 123 | 0.14% | 4,620 | 5.24% | 88,249 |
| Cameron | 2,462 | 74.52% | 841 | 25.45% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,621 | 49.07% | 3,304 |
| Carbon | 13,150 | 57.27% | 9,722 | 42.34% | 89 | 0.39% | 3,428 | 14.93% | 22,961 |
| Centre | 15,412 | 67.18% | 7,483 | 32.62% | 45 | 0.20% | 7,929 | 34.56% | 22,940 |
| Chester | 47,225 | 70.24% | 19,957 | 29.68% | 50 | 0.07% | 27,268 | 40.56% | 67,232 |
| Clarion | 10,048 | 66.94% | 4,955 | 33.01% | 8 | 0.05% | 5,093 | 33.93% | 15,011 |
| Clearfield | 17,519 | 57.51% | 12,852 | 42.19% | 89 | 0.29% | 4,667 | 15.32% | 30,460 |
| Clinton | 8,250 | 60.32% | 5,411 | 39.56% | 17 | 0.12% | 2,839 | 20.76% | 13,678 |
| Columbia | 13,382 | 59.69% | 9,024 | 40.25% | 15 | 0.07% | 4,358 | 19.44% | 22,421 |
| Crawford | 18,887 | 66.65% | 9,346 | 32.98% | 104 | 0.37% | 9,541 | 33.67% | 28,337 |
| Cumberland | 29,468 | 68.10% | 13,651 | 31.55% | 153 | 0.35% | 15,817 | 36.55% | 43,272 |
| Dauphin | 61,342 | 67.45% | 29,226 | 32.14% | 375 | 0.41% | 32,116 | 35.31% | 90,943 |
| Delaware | 143,663 | 63.51% | 82,024 | 36.26% | 523 | 0.23% | 61,639 | 27.25% | 226,210 |
| Elk | 8,947 | 61.84% | 5,498 | 38.00% | 23 | 0.16% | 3,449 | 23.84% | 14,468 |
| Erie | 54,430 | 61.46% | 33,802 | 38.17% | 323 | 0.36% | 20,628 | 23.29% | 88,555 |
| Fayette | 27,857 | 41.97% | 38,312 | 57.72% | 206 | 0.31% | -10,455 | -15.75% | 66,375 |
| Forest | 1,535 | 71.13% | 622 | 28.82% | 1 | 0.05% | 913 | 42.31% | 2,158 |
| Franklin | 19,121 | 63.33% | 11,060 | 36.63% | 12 | 0.04% | 8,061 | 26.70% | 30,193 |
| Fulton | 2,370 | 56.50% | 1,819 | 43.36% | 6 | 0.14% | 551 | 13.14% | 4,195 |
| Greene | 7,562 | 43.45% | 9,827 | 56.47% | 14 | 0.08% | -2,265 | -13.02% | 17,403 |
| Huntingdon | 9,698 | 67.66% | 4,618 | 32.22% | 17 | 0.12% | 5,080 | 35.44% | 14,333 |
| Indiana | 18,593 | 62.27% | 11,268 | 37.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,325 | 24.54% | 29,861 |
| Jefferson | 13,051 | 66.26% | 6,627 | 33.64% | 19 | 0.10% | 6,424 | 32.62% | 19,697 |
| Juniata | 4,258 | 60.45% | 2,779 | 39.45% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,479 | 21.00% | 7,044 |
| Lackawanna | 64,386 | 53.56% | 55,741 | 46.37% | 79 | 0.07% | 8,645 | 7.19% | 120,206 |
| Lancaster | 69,026 | 72.05% | 26,538 | 27.70% | 237 | 0.25% | 42,488 | 44.35% | 95,801 |
| Lawrence | 25,037 | 55.61% | 19,923 | 44.25% | 65 | 0.14% | 5,114 | 11.36% | 45,025 |
| Lebanon | 22,556 | 68.35% | 10,406 | 31.53% | 41 | 0.12% | 12,150 | 36.82% | 33,003 |
| Lehigh | 50,564 | 63.30% | 29,067 | 36.39% | 251 | 0.31% | 21,497 | 26.91% | 79,882 |
| Luzerne | 92,458 | 58.22% | 65,155 | 41.02% | 1,207 | 0.76% | 27,303 | 17.20% | 158,820 |
| Lycoming | 27,030 | 66.67% | 13,490 | 33.28% | 20 | 0.05% | 13,540 | 33.39% | 40,540 |
| McKean | 14,725 | 73.81% | 5,152 | 25.82% | 73 | 0.37% | 9,573 | 47.99% | 19,950 |
| Mercer | 28,785 | 59.14% | 19,769 | 40.62% | 120 | 0.25% | 9,016 | 18.52% | 48,674 |
| Mifflin | 8,638 | 62.94% | 5,078 | 37.00% | 9 | 0.07% | 3,560 | 25.94% | 13,725 |
| Monroe | 10,081 | 64.30% | 5,506 | 35.12% | 92 | 0.59% | 4,575 | 29.18% | 15,679 |
| Montgomery | 133,270 | 69.20% | 59,095 | 30.69% | 218 | 0.11% | 74,175 | 38.51% | 192,583 |
| Montour | 3,976 | 65.71% | 2,072 | 34.24% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,904 | 31.47% | 6,051 |
| Northampton | 43,375 | 55.83% | 33,749 | 43.44% | 573 | 0.74% | 9,626 | 12.39% | 77,697 |
| Northumberland | 28,583 | 62.46% | 17,141 | 37.45% | 41 | 0.09% | 11,442 | 25.01% | 45,765 |
| Perry | 7,511 | 67.59% | 3,576 | 32.18% | 25 | 0.22% | 3,935 | 35.41% | 11,112 |
| Philadelphia | 383,414 | 42.97% | 507,289 | 56.85% | 1,618 | 0.18% | -123,875 | -13.88% | 892,321 |
| Pike | 4,160 | 77.28% | 1,219 | 22.65% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,941 | 54.63% | 5,383 |
| Potter | 5,181 | 69.45% | 2,257 | 30.25% | 22 | 0.29% | 2,924 | 39.20% | 7,460 |
| Schuylkill | 51,670 | 61.95% | 31,645 | 37.94% | 91 | 0.11% | 20,025 | 24.01% | 83,406 |
| Snyder | 7,102 | 78.35% | 1,959 | 21.61% | 3 | 0.03% | 5,143 | 56.74% | 9,064 |
| Somerset | 20,568 | 60.95% | 13,163 | 39.00% | 17 | 0.05% | 7,405 | 21.95% | 33,748 |
| Sullivan | 2,007 | 60.87% | 1,286 | 39.01% | 4 | 0.12% | 721 | 21.86% | 3,297 |
| Susquehanna | 10,752 | 71.42% | 4,293 | 28.52% | 10 | 0.07% | 6,459 | 42.90% | 15,055 |
| Tioga | 10,827 | 76.72% | 3,280 | 23.24% | 6 | 0.04% | 7,547 | 53.48% | 14,113 |
| Union | 6,620 | 78.08% | 1,844 | 21.75% | 14 | 0.17% | 4,776 | 56.33% | 8,478 |
| Venango | 17,107 | 75.31% | 5,594 | 24.63% | 14 | 0.06% | 11,513 | 50.68% | 22,715 |
| Warren | 12,145 | 72.94% | 4,463 | 26.80% | 43 | 0.26% | 7,682 | 46.14% | 16,651 |
| Washington | 39,465 | 45.04% | 48,052 | 54.84% | 98 | 0.11% | -8,587 | -9.80% | 87,615 |
| Wayne | 9,658 | 75.64% | 3,092 | 24.22% | 18 | 0.14% | 6,566 | 51.42% | 12,768 |
| Westmoreland | 66,580 | 47.77% | 72,616 | 52.10% | 192 | 0.14% | -6,036 | -4.33% | 139,388 |
| Wyoming | 5,906 | 73.56% | 2,120 | 26.40% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,786 | 47.16% | 8,029 |
| York | 48,176 | 55.33% | 38,743 | 44.50% | 149 | 0.17% | 9,433 | 10.83% | 87,068 |
| Totals | 2,585,252 | 56.49% | 1,981,769 | 43.30% | 9,482 | 0.21% | 603,483 | 13.19% | 4,576,503 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ David Leip. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
