1956 United States presidential election in Indiana
Election in Indiana
1956 United States presidential election in Indiana
County Results
Eisenhower
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Stevenson
50-60%
The 1956 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . State voters chose 13[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Indiana was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon , with 59.90% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver , with 39.70% of the popular vote.[4] [5]
Results
Results by county
County
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican
Adlai Stevenson Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
7,079
66.11%
3,520
32.87%
109
1.02%
3,559
33.24%
10,708
Allen
58,210
69.43%
25,444
30.35%
190
0.23%
32,766
39.08%
83,844
Bartholomew
12,227
59.78%
8,134
39.77%
92
0.45%
4,093
20.01%
20,453
Benton
4,004
67.02%
1,961
32.83%
9
0.15%
2,043
34.19%
5,974
Blackford
3,855
54.52%
3,152
44.58%
64
0.91%
703
9.94%
7,071
Boone
8,573
61.56%
5,318
38.19%
35
0.25%
3,255
23.37%
13,926
Brown
1,649
51.23%
1,555
48.31%
15
0.47%
94
2.92%
3,219
Carroll
5,748
63.26%
3,312
36.45%
26
0.29%
2,436
26.81%
9,086
Cass
12,624
62.19%
7,594
37.41%
81
0.40%
5,030
24.78%
20,299
Clark
12,483
51.09%
11,871
48.59%
79
0.32%
612
2.50%
24,433
Clay
7,302
55.91%
5,720
43.79%
39
0.30%
1,582
12.12%
13,061
Clinton
9,690
60.44%
6,268
39.10%
74
0.46%
3,422
21.34%
16,032
Crawford
2,694
51.96%
2,433
46.92%
58
1.12%
261
5.04%
5,185
Daviess
8,608
62.80%
5,057
36.89%
42
0.31%
3,551
25.91%
13,707
Dearborn
7,189
56.40%
5,535
43.43%
22
0.17%
1,654
12.97%
12,746
Decatur
6,390
64.87%
3,427
34.79%
34
0.35%
2,963
30.08%
9,851
DeKalb
9,061
66.75%
4,435
32.67%
79
0.58%
4,626
34.08%
13,575
Delaware
24,792
54.10%
20,818
45.43%
217
0.47%
3,974
8.67%
45,827
Dubois
6,942
57.19%
5,177
42.65%
20
0.16%
1,765
14.54%
12,139
Elkhart
28,088
69.05%
12,363
30.39%
226
0.56%
15,725
38.66%
40,677
Fayette
6,673
56.26%
5,156
43.47%
33
0.28%
1,517
12.79%
11,862
Floyd
10,410
55.18%
8,378
44.41%
77
0.41%
2,032
10.77%
18,865
Fountain
6,456
63.11%
3,751
36.67%
23
0.22%
2,705
26.44%
10,230
Franklin
4,429
63.02%
2,573
36.61%
26
0.37%
1,856
26.41%
7,028
Fulton
6,258
67.59%
2,945
31.81%
56
0.60%
3,313
35.78%
9,259
Gibson
9,256
55.58%
7,318
43.94%
79
0.47%
1,938
11.64%
16,653
Grant
17,548
64.50%
9,455
34.75%
203
0.75%
8,093
29.75%
27,206
Greene
8,722
54.62%
7,186
45.00%
61
0.38%
1,536
9.62%
15,969
Hamilton
11,220
68.96%
4,974
30.57%
77
0.47%
6,246
38.39%
16,271
Hancock
6,962
59.93%
4,600
39.60%
55
0.47%
2,362
20.33%
11,617
Harrison
5,299
54.92%
4,266
44.22%
83
0.86%
1,033
10.70%
9,648
Hendricks
10,578
65.58%
5,521
34.23%
30
0.19%
5,057
31.35%
16,129
Henry
13,750
61.33%
8,502
37.92%
166
0.74%
5,248
23.41%
22,418
Howard
17,234
58.26%
12,159
41.10%
188
0.64%
5,075
17.16%
29,581
Huntington
11,024
64.15%
6,027
35.07%
133
0.77%
4,997
29.08%
17,184
Jackson
8,375
57.30%
6,185
42.31%
57
0.39%
2,190
14.99%
14,617
Jasper
5,374
72.63%
2,004
27.08%
21
0.28%
3,370
45.55%
7,399
Jay
6,767
59.08%
4,571
39.91%
116
1.01%
2,196
19.17%
11,454
Jefferson
6,632
60.27%
4,344
39.48%
28
0.25%
2,288
20.79%
11,004
Jennings
4,502
60.72%
2,879
38.83%
33
0.45%
1,623
21.89%
7,414
Johnson
10,125
62.15%
6,125
37.60%
41
0.25%
4,000
24.55%
16,291
Knox
13,047
59.85%
8,691
39.87%
63
0.29%
4,356
19.98%
21,801
Kosciusko
12,777
71.68%
4,904
27.51%
143
0.80%
7,873
44.17%
17,824
LaGrange
3,815
70.47%
1,562
28.85%
37
0.68%
2,253
41.61%
5,414
Lake
92,803
52.00%
85,000
47.63%
657
0.37%
7,803
4.37%
178,460
LaPorte
24,622
62.90%
14,417
36.83%
103
0.26%
10,205
26.07%
39,142
Lawrence
11,090
63.93%
6,197
35.73%
59
0.34%
4,893
28.20%
17,346
Madison
30,329
54.21%
25,408
45.42%
206
0.37%
4,921
8.79%
55,943
Marion
162,566
61.97%
99,102
37.78%
679
0.26%
63,464
24.19%
262,347
Marshall
10,504
65.72%
5,398
33.78%
80
0.50%
5,106
31.94%
15,982
Martin
2,946
55.63%
2,343
44.24%
7
0.13%
603
11.39%
5,296
Miami
9,574
62.28%
5,724
37.24%
74
0.48%
3,850
25.04%
15,372
Monroe
13,223
62.92%
7,732
36.79%
60
0.29%
5,491
26.13%
21,015
Montgomery
10,418
65.41%
5,443
34.17%
66
0.41%
4,975
31.24%
15,927
Morgan
8,318
63.48%
4,735
36.14%
50
0.38%
3,583
27.34%
13,103
Newton
3,890
74.49%
1,316
25.20%
16
0.31%
2,574
49.29%
5,222
Noble
8,175
66.64%
4,028
32.84%
64
0.52%
4,147
33.80%
12,267
Ohio
1,237
53.07%
1,087
46.63%
7
0.30%
150
6.44%
2,331
Orange
5,751
62.37%
3,438
37.28%
32
0.35%
2,313
25.09%
9,221
Owen
3,685
58.48%
2,581
40.96%
35
0.56%
1,104
17.52%
6,301
Parke
5,080
59.04%
3,502
40.70%
22
0.26%
1,578
18.34%
8,604
Perry
4,946
55.00%
4,037
44.89%
10
0.11%
909
10.11%
8,993
Pike
4,596
57.34%
3,353
41.83%
66
0.82%
1,243
15.51%
8,015
Porter
14,970
72.71%
5,574
27.07%
45
0.22%
9,396
45.64%
20,589
Posey
5,780
59.44%
3,919
40.30%
25
0.26%
1,861
19.14%
9,724
Pulaski
4,117
62.07%
2,424
36.54%
92
1.39%
1,693
25.53%
6,633
Putnam
6,684
59.26%
4,572
40.53%
24
0.21%
2,112
18.73%
11,280
Randolph
9,020
65.02%
4,701
33.89%
152
1.10%
4,319
31.13%
13,873
Ripley
6,577
61.85%
4,026
37.86%
30
0.28%
2,551
23.99%
10,633
Rush
6,202
64.69%
3,346
34.90%
39
0.41%
2,856
29.79%
9,587
St. Joseph
57,827
51.41%
54,152
48.15%
493
0.44%
3,675
3.26%
112,472
Scott
3,117
50.63%
3,011
48.91%
28
0.45%
106
1.72%
6,156
Shelby
9,170
58.00%
6,561
41.50%
80
0.51%
2,609
16.50%
15,811
Spencer
5,404
60.31%
3,530
39.40%
26
0.29%
1,874
20.91%
8,960
Starke
5,063
59.94%
3,349
39.65%
35
0.41%
1,714
20.29%
8,447
Steuben
5,538
71.56%
2,171
28.05%
30
0.39%
3,367
43.51%
7,739
Sullivan
5,829
48.79%
6,048
50.63%
69
0.58%
-219
-1.84%
11,946
Switzerland
2,074
49.28%
2,114
50.23%
21
0.50%
-40
-0.95%
4,209
Tippecanoe
23,776
70.25%
9,995
29.53%
72
0.21%
13,781
40.72%
33,843
Tipton
4,939
59.47%
3,320
39.98%
46
0.55%
1,619
19.49%
8,305
Union
2,026
63.47%
1,157
36.25%
9
0.28%
869
27.22%
3,192
Vanderburgh
42,462
57.68%
30,860
41.92%
297
0.40%
11,602
15.76%
73,619
Vermillion
5,352
50.81%
5,149
48.88%
32
0.30%
203
1.93%
10,533
Vigo
25,253
50.44%
24,680
49.29%
135
0.27%
573
1.15%
50,068
Wabash
10,318
71.18%
4,085
28.18%
93
0.64%
6,233
43.00%
14,496
Warren
2,979
67.61%
1,408
31.96%
19
0.43%
1,571
35.65%
4,406
Warrick
6,286
57.21%
4,668
42.49%
33
0.30%
1,618
14.72%
10,987
Washington
4,864
55.66%
3,849
44.04%
26
0.30%
1,015
11.62%
8,739
Wayne
20,157
61.76%
12,337
37.80%
144
0.44%
7,820
23.96%
32,638
Wells
5,703
58.32%
3,984
40.74%
91
0.93%
1,719
17.58%
9,778
White
6,708
67.42%
3,219
32.36%
22
0.22%
3,489
35.06%
9,949
Whitley
6,422
63.23%
3,688
36.31%
47
0.46%
2,734
26.92%
10,157
Totals
1,182,811
59.90%
783,908
39.70%
7,888
0.40%
398,903
20.20%
1,974,607
See also
Note
^ 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