1956 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1956 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1952 November 6, 1956 [1] 1960  

All 9 Maryland votes to the Electoral College
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Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania [lower-alpha 1] [2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote90
Popular vote559,738372,613
Percentage60.00%39.94%

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County Results
Eisenhower
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

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

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Maryland was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.00% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.94% of the popular vote. [4] [5]

By winning all 24 county-equivalents, Eisenhower became and remains the solitary presidential candidate to sweep all Maryland's counties and Baltimore City in a contested election. [6] As of the 2020 election, this is the last election in which the City of Baltimore voted for a Republican presidential candidate, and by extension, the last election in which a presidential candidate won all of the state's counties. [7] Eisenhower is also the last Republican to carry the state twice. [8]

George Washington in 1792 is the only other candidate who swept all of Maryland's existing counties, though at the time several did not yet exist. [9] In 1789 and 1820, the other two elections in which a candidate ran virtually unopposed, unpledged slates of electors ran as opposition in both elections: Anti-Federalist electors in 1789, and Federalist electors in 1820. [10] [11] These electors supported Washington and James Monroe, but supported different vice presidential candidates. Thus, it is a debatable topic whether these count as total sweeps or not (In 1789, the Anti-Federalist electors won Baltimore and Anne Arundel county, and in 1820 St. Mary's and Charles counties). Nevertheless, Eisenhower remains the only candidate in the modern party system to win all of Maryland's counties, and the only to win all of the presently existing ones.

As of 2020, this is the last election in which Maryland voted for the Republican while Missouri voted for the Democrat. [12]

In this election, Maryland voted 4.67% to the right of the nation at-large. [13]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Maryland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 559,738 60.00%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 372,61339.94%
Write-ins Various candidates4760.05%
Total votes932,351 100%

Results by county

CountyDwight David Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast [14]
# %# %# %# %
Allegany 20,23965.26%10,77534.74%9,46430.52%31,014
Anne Arundel 28,62264.04%15,88835.55%1860.42%12,73428.49%44,696
Baltimore 104,02168.26%48,27031.68%950.06%55,75136.59%152,386
Baltimore City 178,24455.90%140,60344.10%37,64111.81%318,847
Calvert 2,76458.12%1,96641.34%260.55%79816.78%4,756
Caroline 4,20860.88%2,70239.09%20.03%1,50621.79%6,912
Carroll 11,74972.60%4,42327.33%110.07%7,32645.27%16,183
Cecil 7,21759.38%4,93640.62%2,28118.77%12,153
Charles 5,08856.41%3,93143.59%1,15712.83%9,019
Dorchester 5,80960.79%3,73339.06%140.15%2,07621.72%9,556
Frederick 14,38765.37%7,61934.62%40.02%6,76830.75%22,010
Garrett 5,55573.09%2,04526.91%3,51046.18%7,600
Harford 12,65765.77%6,58834.23%6,06931.54%19,245
Howard 6,53464.17%3,59935.35%490.48%2,93528.83%10,182
Kent 3,74761.18%2,37838.82%1,36922.35%6,125
Montgomery 56,50157.01%42,60642.99%13,89514.02%99,107
Prince George's 40,65450.85%39,28049.13%210.03%1,3741.72%79,955
Queen Anne's 3,32155.70%2,64144.30%68011.41%5,962
Somerset 4,77061.15%3,03138.85%1,73922.29%7,801
St. Mary's 4,33655.70%3,44344.23%50.06%89311.47%7,784
Talbot 6,01868.31%2,73531.04%570.65%3,28337.26%8,810
Washington 19,45562.71%11,56237.27%60.02%7,89325.44%31,023
Wicomico 9,37763.94%5,28936.06%4,08827.87%14,666
Worcester 4,46563.47%2,57036.53%1,89526.94%7,035
Totals559,73860.00%372,61339.94%4760.05%187,12520.07%932,351

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

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.

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