United States presidential election in Virginia, 1956

Main article: United States presidential election, 1956

November 6, 1956



Nominee	Dwight Eisenhower	Adlai Stevenson	T. Coleman Andrews
Party	Republican	Democratic	Dixiecrat
Home state	Kansas	Illinois	Virginia
Running mate	Richard Nixon	Estes Kefauver	Thomas H. Werdel
Electoral vote	12	0	0
Popular vote	386,459	267,760	42,964
Percentage	55.37%	38.36%	6.16%

President before election

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1956 throughout the 48 contiguous states. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson and former Commissioner of Internal Revenue T. Coleman Andrews, who received the nomination of the States' Rights Party. Andrews had his strongest showing in his home state of Virginia. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 57.37% of the vote.

Elections in Virginia

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Ballot measures

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1956^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight Eisenhower (inc.)	386,459	55.37%	12
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	267,760	38.36%	0
	Dixiecrat/States' Rights	T. Coleman Andrews	42,964	6.16%	0
	Social Democratic	Darlington Hoopes	444	0.06%	0
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	351	0.05%	0
Totals			697,978	100.00%	12

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1956election.pdf

State Results of the 1956 U.S. presidential election

Candidates	Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Full list

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