1956 United States presidential election in Illinois
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1956 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose twenty-seven[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Illinois was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.52% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 40.29% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
1956 United States presidential election in Illinois | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 2,623,327 | 59.52% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,775,682 | 40.29% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 8,342 | 0.19% | |
Write-in | 56 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 4,407,407 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 19,569 | 63.12% | 11,402 | 36.78% | 32 | 0.10% | 8,167 | 26.34% | 31,003 |
Alexander | 4,425 | 51.38% | 4,167 | 48.38% | 21 | 0.24% | 258 | 3.00% | 8,613 |
Bond | 4,342 | 60.41% | 2,834 | 39.43% | 11 | 0.15% | 1,508 | 20.98% | 7,187 |
Boone | 6,706 | 77.96% | 1,890 | 21.97% | 6 | 0.07% | 4,816 | 55.99% | 8,602 |
Brown | 2,026 | 53.67% | 1,748 | 46.30% | 1 | 0.03% | 278 | 7.36% | 3,775 |
Bureau | 13,909 | 70.56% | 5,781 | 29.33% | 21 | 0.11% | 8,128 | 41.24% | 19,711 |
Calhoun | 1,892 | 55.79% | 1,498 | 44.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 394 | 11.62% | 3,391 |
Carroll | 6,503 | 70.60% | 2,693 | 29.24% | 15 | 0.16% | 3,810 | 41.36% | 9,211 |
Cass | 4,125 | 54.97% | 3,368 | 44.88% | 11 | 0.15% | 757 | 10.09% | 7,504 |
Champaign | 28,190 | 67.06% | 13,799 | 32.82% | 51 | 0.12% | 14,391 | 34.23% | 42,040 |
Christian | 10,282 | 52.91% | 9,093 | 46.79% | 59 | 0.30% | 1,189 | 6.12% | 19,434 |
Clark | 5,451 | 60.74% | 3,519 | 39.21% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,932 | 21.53% | 8,974 |
Clay | 5,079 | 58.73% | 3,553 | 41.08% | 16 | 0.19% | 1,526 | 17.65% | 8,648 |
Clinton | 7,378 | 63.46% | 4,242 | 36.48% | 7 | 0.06% | 3,136 | 26.97% | 11,627 |
Coles | 12,436 | 62.13% | 7,569 | 37.82% | 10 | 0.05% | 4,867 | 24.32% | 20,015 |
Cook | 1,293,223 | 56.80% | 977,821 | 42.95% | 5,800 | 0.25% | 315,402 | 13.85% | 2,276,844 |
Crawford | 6,747 | 63.28% | 3,906 | 36.63% | 9 | 0.08% | 2,841 | 26.65% | 10,662 |
Cumberland | 3,235 | 58.69% | 2,272 | 41.22% | 5 | 0.09% | 963 | 17.47% | 5,512 |
DeKalb | 15,078 | 75.66% | 4,826 | 24.22% | 25 | 0.13% | 10,252 | 51.44% | 19,929 |
DeWitt | 5,307 | 63.15% | 3,093 | 36.80% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,214 | 26.34% | 8,404 |
Douglas | 5,559 | 66.66% | 2,774 | 33.27% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,785 | 33.40% | 8,339 |
DuPage | 91,834 | 79.76% | 23,103 | 20.06% | 207 | 0.18% | 68,731 | 59.69% | 115,144 |
Edgar | 7,942 | 64.52% | 4,362 | 35.44% | 5 | 0.04% | 3,580 | 29.08% | 12,309 |
Edwards | 3,339 | 73.38% | 1,210 | 26.59% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,129 | 46.79% | 4,550 |
Effingham | 6,904 | 60.67% | 4,455 | 39.15% | 21 | 0.18% | 2,449 | 21.52% | 11,380 |
Fayette | 6,739 | 57.81% | 4,914 | 42.15% | 5 | 0.04% | 1,825 | 15.65% | 11,658 |
Ford | 6,027 | 73.66% | 2,152 | 26.30% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,875 | 47.36% | 8,182 |
Franklin | 11,761 | 50.98% | 11,308 | 49.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 453 | 1.96% | 23,069 |
Fulton | 12,375 | 58.58% | 8,702 | 41.19% | 48 | 0.23% | 3,673 | 17.39% | 21,125 |
Gallatin | 2,179 | 49.35% | 2,230 | 50.51% | 6 | 0.14% | -51 | -1.16% | 4,415 |
Greene | 4,718 | 54.57% | 3,909 | 45.21% | 19 | 0.22% | 809 | 9.36% | 8,646 |
Grundy | 7,640 | 74.46% | 2,618 | 25.51% | 3 | 0.03% | 5,022 | 48.94% | 10,261 |
Hamilton | 3,675 | 57.75% | 2,685 | 42.19% | 4 | 0.06% | 990 | 15.56% | 6,364 |
Hancock | 8,431 | 63.41% | 4,854 | 36.50% | 12 | 0.09% | 3,577 | 26.90% | 13,297 |
Hardin | 1,919 | 56.93% | 1,444 | 42.84% | 8 | 0.24% | 475 | 14.09% | 3,371 |
Henderson | 2,743 | 65.08% | 1,469 | 34.85% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,274 | 30.23% | 4,215 |
Henry | 15,896 | 65.46% | 8,349 | 34.38% | 39 | 0.16% | 7,547 | 31.08% | 24,284 |
Iroquois | 12,104 | 72.88% | 4,487 | 27.02% | 18 | 0.11% | 7,617 | 45.86% | 16,609 |
Jackson | 10,526 | 58.72% | 7,391 | 41.23% | 10 | 0.06% | 3,135 | 17.49% | 17,927 |
Jasper | 3,107 | 51.77% | 2,895 | 48.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 3.53% | 6,002 |
Jefferson | 9,637 | 54.36% | 8,090 | 45.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,547 | 8.73% | 17,727 |
Jersey | 4,220 | 55.24% | 3,415 | 44.70% | 5 | 0.07% | 805 | 10.54% | 7,640 |
Jo Daviess | 6,762 | 69.81% | 2,906 | 30.00% | 18 | 0.19% | 3,856 | 39.81% | 9,686 |
Johnson | 2,973 | 65.72% | 1,549 | 34.24% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,424 | 31.48% | 4,524 |
Kane | 56,009 | 72.82% | 20,848 | 27.10% | 59 | 0.08% | 35,161 | 45.71% | 76,916 |
Kankakee | 21,993 | 66.39% | 11,088 | 33.47% | 47 | 0.14% | 10,905 | 32.92% | 33,128 |
Kendall | 5,057 | 78.15% | 1,407 | 21.74% | 7 | 0.11% | 3,650 | 56.41% | 6,471 |
Knox | 18,656 | 66.04% | 9,558 | 33.83% | 37 | 0.13% | 9,098 | 32.20% | 28,251 |
Lake | 66,781 | 67.33% | 32,279 | 32.54% | 129 | 0.13% | 34,502 | 34.78% | 99,189 |
LaSalle | 33,461 | 64.52% | 18,318 | 35.32% | 83 | 0.16% | 15,143 | 29.20% | 51,862 |
Lawrence | 6,104 | 61.89% | 3,751 | 38.03% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,353 | 23.86% | 9,862 |
Lee | 11,653 | 71.98% | 4,531 | 27.99% | 5 | 0.03% | 7,122 | 43.99% | 16,189 |
Livingston | 13,939 | 72.82% | 5,197 | 27.15% | 7 | 0.04% | 8,742 | 45.67% | 19,143 |
Logan | 9,589 | 66.61% | 4,793 | 33.29% | 14 | 0.10% | 4,796 | 33.31% | 14,396 |
Macon | 27,673 | 54.53% | 23,066 | 45.45% | 8 | 0.02% | 4,607 | 9.08% | 50,747 |
Macoupin | 12,290 | 49.84% | 12,303 | 49.89% | 66 | 0.27% | -13 | -0.05% | 24,659 |
Madison | 39,413 | 45.13% | 47,897 | 54.85% | 21 | 0.02% | -8,484 | -9.71% | 87,331 |
Marion | 10,813 | 55.75% | 8,551 | 44.09% | 32 | 0.16% | 2,262 | 11.66% | 19,396 |
Marshall | 4,764 | 67.64% | 2,245 | 31.88% | 34 | 0.48% | 2,519 | 35.77% | 7,043 |
Mason | 4,677 | 58.73% | 3,199 | 40.17% | 88 | 1.10% | 1,478 | 18.56% | 7,964 |
Massac | 4,265 | 64.18% | 2,359 | 35.50% | 21 | 0.32% | 1,906 | 28.68% | 6,645 |
McDonough | 9,725 | 71.50% | 3,872 | 28.47% | 5 | 0.04% | 5,853 | 43.03% | 13,602 |
McHenry | 24,912 | 78.48% | 6,820 | 21.48% | 13 | 0.04% | 18,092 | 56.99% | 31,745 |
McLean | 25,758 | 67.62% | 12,332 | 32.37% | 5 | 0.01% | 13,426 | 35.24% | 38,095 |
Menard | 3,188 | 63.44% | 1,833 | 36.48% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,355 | 26.97% | 5,025 |
Mercer | 5,732 | 65.82% | 2,969 | 34.10% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,763 | 31.73% | 8,708 |
Monroe | 4,715 | 64.03% | 2,648 | 35.96% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,067 | 28.07% | 7,364 |
Montgomery | 9,945 | 56.36% | 7,692 | 43.59% | 8 | 0.05% | 2,253 | 12.77% | 17,645 |
Morgan | 10,262 | 61.82% | 6,327 | 38.11% | 11 | 0.07% | 3,935 | 23.70% | 16,600 |
Moultrie | 3,756 | 57.65% | 2,751 | 42.23% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,005 | 15.43% | 6,515 |
Ogle | 13,194 | 78.21% | 3,660 | 21.70% | 16 | 0.09% | 9,534 | 56.51% | 16,870 |
Peoria | 50,888 | 62.72% | 30,145 | 37.15% | 108 | 0.13% | 20,743 | 25.56% | 81,141 |
Perry | 6,513 | 57.06% | 4,901 | 42.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,612 | 14.12% | 11,414 |
Piatt | 4,622 | 66.23% | 2,356 | 33.76% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,266 | 32.47% | 6,979 |
Pike | 5,920 | 52.31% | 5,382 | 47.55% | 16 | 0.14% | 538 | 4.75% | 11,318 |
Pope | 1,842 | 66.62% | 922 | 33.35% | 1 | 0.04% | 920 | 33.27% | 2,765 |
Pulaski | 2,966 | 56.74% | 2,246 | 42.97% | 15 | 0.29% | 720 | 13.77% | 5,227 |
Putnam | 1,724 | 65.28% | 913 | 34.57% | 4 | 0.15% | 811 | 30.71% | 2,641 |
Randolph | 8,439 | 55.44% | 6,778 | 44.53% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,661 | 10.91% | 15,221 |
Richland | 5,304 | 68.05% | 2,485 | 31.88% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,819 | 36.17% | 7,794 |
Rock Island | 31,342 | 51.72% | 29,145 | 48.09% | 118 | 0.19% | 2,197 | 3.63% | 60,605 |
Saline | 8,481 | 53.96% | 7,215 | 45.91% | 20 | 0.13% | 1,266 | 8.06% | 15,716 |
Sangamon | 42,951 | 59.71% | 28,949 | 40.24% | 35 | 0.05% | 14,002 | 19.46% | 71,935 |
Schuyler | 3,068 | 58.22% | 2,189 | 41.54% | 13 | 0.25% | 879 | 16.68% | 5,270 |
Scott | 2,303 | 60.91% | 1,478 | 39.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 825 | 21.82% | 3,781 |
Shelby | 7,075 | 56.94% | 5,337 | 42.95% | 13 | 0.10% | 1,738 | 13.99% | 12,425 |
St. Clair | 41,528 | 42.77% | 55,295 | 56.94% | 283 | 0.29% | -13,767 | -14.18% | 97,106 |
Stark | 3,241 | 74.32% | 1,118 | 25.64% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,123 | 48.68% | 4,361 |
Stephenson | 14,245 | 69.10% | 6,349 | 30.80% | 20 | 0.10% | 7,896 | 38.30% | 20,614 |
Tazewell | 23,690 | 59.27% | 16,230 | 40.61% | 50 | 0.13% | 7,460 | 18.66% | 39,970 |
Union | 4,204 | 49.06% | 4,359 | 50.87% | 6 | 0.07% | -155 | -1.81% | 8,569 |
Vermilion | 26,534 | 59.51% | 17,991 | 40.35% | 60 | 0.13% | 8,543 | 19.16% | 44,585 |
Wabash | 4,425 | 61.92% | 2,713 | 37.97% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,712 | 23.96% | 7,146 |
Warren | 7,580 | 71.63% | 2,996 | 28.31% | 6 | 0.06% | 4,584 | 43.32% | 10,582 |
Washington | 5,299 | 65.14% | 2,820 | 34.67% | 16 | 0.20% | 2,479 | 30.47% | 8,135 |
Wayne | 6,286 | 61.37% | 3,942 | 38.49% | 14 | 0.14% | 2,344 | 22.89% | 10,242 |
White | 6,128 | 56.13% | 4,778 | 43.77% | 11 | 0.10% | 1,350 | 12.37% | 10,917 |
Whiteside | 17,589 | 73.95% | 6,158 | 25.89% | 37 | 0.16% | 11,431 | 48.06% | 23,784 |
Will | 45,628 | 64.34% | 25,188 | 35.52% | 100 | 0.14% | 20,440 | 28.82% | 70,916 |
Williamson | 13,438 | 56.44% | 10,345 | 43.45% | 27 | 0.11% | 3,093 | 12.99% | 23,810 |
Winnebago | 48,332 | 62.38% | 29,063 | 37.51% | 89 | 0.11% | 19,269 | 24.87% | 77,484 |
Woodford | 8,505 | 72.18% | 3,257 | 27.64% | 21 | 0.18% | 5,248 | 44.54% | 11,783 |
Totals | 2,623,327 | 59.52% | 1,775,682 | 40.29% | 8,398 | 0.19% | 847,645 | 19.23% | 4,407,407 |
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
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- ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 132-133 ISBN 0405077114