1956 United States presidential election in Colorado

Election in Colorado

1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
← 1952 November 6, 1956[1] 1960 →
All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[2][a] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 394,479 263,997
Percentage 59.49% 39.81%
County Results

Eisenhower

  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

Stevenson

  50-60%

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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The 1956 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.49% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.81% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 394,479 59.49%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 263,997 39.81%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 3,308 0.50%
Constitutional States’ Rights T. Coleman Andrews 759 0.11%
Socialist Darlington Hoopes 531 0.08%
Total votes 663,074 100%

Results by county

County[6] Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson
Democratic 		Eric Hass
Socialist Labor 		T. Coleman Andrews
Constitutional States’ Rights 		Darlington Hoopes
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 12,778 52.23% 11,470 46.89% 200 0.82% 15 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,308 5.34% 24,463
Alamosa 2,442 62.33% 1,465 37.39% 7 0.18% 4 0.10% 0 0.00% 977 24.94% 3,918
Arapahoe 19,716 63.11% 11,351 36.33% 157 0.50% 4 0.01% 15 0.05% 8,365 26.78% 31,243
Archuleta 635 59.91% 423 39.91% 2 0.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 212 20.00% 1,060
Baca 1,715 59.63% 1,150 39.99% 8 0.28% 3 0.10% 0 0.00% 565 19.64% 2,876
Bent 1,718 57.25% 1,283 42.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 435 14.50% 3,001
Boulder 16,748 66.89% 8,149 32.55% 121 0.48% 21 0.08% 0 0.00% 8,599 34.34% 25,039
Chaffee 2,284 63.67% 1,303 36.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 981 27.34% 3,587
Cheyenne 820 61.70% 507 38.15% 2 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 313 23.55% 1,329
Clear Creek 973 64.87% 520 34.67% 1 0.07% 3 0.20% 3 0.20% 453 30.20% 1,500
Conejos 1,884 55.89% 1,471 43.64% 8 0.24% 1 0.02% 7 0.21% 413 12.25% 3,371
Costilla 958 42.50% 1,256 55.72% 23 1.02% 17 0.75% 0 0.00% -298 -13.22% 2,254
Crowley 1,220 62.05% 745 37.89% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 475 24.16% 1,966
Custer 534 66.83% 264 33.04% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 270 33.79% 799
Delta 4,531 64.71% 2,458 35.10% 5 0.07% 4 0.06% 4 0.06% 2,073 29.61% 7,002
Denver 121,402 55.91% 93,812 43.21% 1,545 0.71% 156 0.07% 206 0.09% 27,590 12.70% 217,121
Dolores 544 60.38% 354 39.29% 2 0.22% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 190 21.09% 901
Douglas 1,508 68.08% 697 31.47% 2 0.09% 5 0.23% 3 0.14% 811 36.61% 2,215
Eagle 1,154 57.36% 852 42.35% 4 0.20% 2 0.10% 0 0.00% 302 15.01% 2,012
El Paso 27,282 58.46% 18,879 40.46% 31 0.07% 445 0.95% 29 0.06% 8,403 18.00% 46,666
Elbert 1,295 64.75% 702 35.10% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 593 29.65% 2,000
Fremont 6,040 67.40% 2,896 32.31% 4 0.04% 14 0.16% 8 0.09% 3,144 35.09% 8,962
Garfield 3,332 62.90% 1,953 36.87% 2 0.04% 8 0.15% 2 0.04% 1,379 26.03% 5,297
Gilpin 394 61.66% 244 38.18% 1 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 150 23.48% 639
Grand 1,239 71.33% 496 28.55% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 743 42.78% 1,737
Gunnison 1,400 62.31% 846 37.65% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 554 24.66% 2,247
Hinsdale 155 76.73% 47 23.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 108 53.46% 202
Huerfano 2,091 47.90% 2,262 51.82% 7 0.16% 2 0.05% 3 0.07% -171 -3.92% 4,365
Jackson 594 66.59% 297 33.30% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 297 33.29% 892
Jefferson 25,398 63.71% 14,270 35.80% 145 0.36% 33 0.08% 19 0.05% 11,128 27.91% 39,865
Kiowa 810 64.64% 443 35.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 367 29.28% 1,253
Kit Carson 2,243 70.96% 911 28.82% 3 0.09% 4 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,332 42.14% 3,161
La Plata 4,770 66.81% 2,366 33.14% 2 0.03% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 2,404 33.67% 7,140
Lake 1,433 51.31% 1,355 48.51% 3 0.11% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 78 2.80% 2,793
Larimer 14,364 71.77% 5,612 28.04% 9 0.04% 12 0.06% 18 0.09% 8,752 43.73% 20,015
Las Animas 5,290 50.80% 5,099 48.96% 16 0.15% 9 0.09% 0 0.00% 191 1.84% 10,414
Lincoln 1,603 61.25% 1,012 38.67% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 591 22.58% 2,617
Logan 5,199 64.50% 2,841 35.25% 6 0.07% 12 0.15% 2 0.02% 2,358 29.25% 8,060
Mesa 12,869 62.79% 7,567 36.92% 24 0.12% 26 0.13% 10 0.05% 5,302 25.87% 20,496
Mineral 168 62.69% 99 36.94% 1 0.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 69 25.75% 268
Moffat 1,762 68.80% 797 31.12% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 965 37.68% 2,561
Montezuma 2,492 63.59% 1,402 35.77% 8 0.20% 17 0.43% 0 0.00% 1,090 27.82% 3,919
Montrose 4,054 62.04% 2,461 37.66% 10 0.15% 2 0.03% 7 0.11% 1,593 24.38% 6,534
Morgan 5,325 64.17% 2,956 35.62% 11 0.13% 6 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,369 28.55% 8,298
Otero 5,964 61.53% 3,722 38.40% 1 0.01% 3 0.03% 3 0.03% 2,242 23.13% 9,693
Ouray 634 65.90% 322 33.47% 1 0.10% 5 0.52% 0 0.00% 312 32.43% 962
Park 715 70.58% 297 29.32% 1 0.10% 15 0.06% 0 0.00% 418 41.26% 1,013
Phillips 1,535 63.35% 887 36.61% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 648 26.74% 2,423
Pitkin 550 62.15% 334 37.74% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 216 24.41% 885
Prowers 3,350 57.61% 2,460 42.30% 4 0.07% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 890 15.31% 5,815
Pueblo 23,454 52.34% 20,433 45.60% 876 1.95% 4 0.01% 47 0.10% 3,021 6.74% 44,814
Rio Blanco 1,593 71.47% 635 28.49% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 958 42.98% 2,229
Rio Grande 2,816 66.04% 1,441 33.79% 5 0.12% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,375 32.25% 4,264
Routt 1,811 57.55% 1,330 42.26% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 4 0.13% 481 15.29% 3,147
Saguache 1,149 58.03% 823 41.57% 3 0.15% 5 0.25% 0 0.00% 326 16.46% 1,980
San Juan 324 58.38% 231 41.62% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 93 16.76% 555
San Miguel 648 57.86% 469 41.88% 3 0.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 179 15.98% 1,120
Sedgwick 1,334 63.55% 760 36.21% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 3 0.14% 574 27.34% 2,099
Summit 429 64.61% 235 35.39% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 194 29.22% 664
Teller 977 66.42% 494 33.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 483 32.84% 1,471
Washington 2,020 65.20% 1,067 34.44% 2 0.06% 4 0.13% 5 0.16% 953 30.76% 3,098
Weld 17,228 62.75% 10,170 37.04% 34 0.12% 7 0.03% 16 0.06% 7,058 25.71% 27,455
Yuma 2,782 64.26% 1,544 35.67% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,238 28.59% 4,329
Total 394,479 59.49% 263,997 39.81% 3,308 0.50% 759 0.11% 531 0.08% 130,482 19.68% 663,074

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. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  6. ^ Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 06, 1956
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