1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
All 8 Oklahoma votes to the Electoral College
Eisenhower 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Stevenson 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican	Elected President ; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight^[4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 55.13 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 44.87 percent of the popular vote.^[5]^[6] As of 2020, this is the last time Oklahoma has voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole. This was the first time that a Republican carried Oklahoma twice or that the state voted Republican in back-to-back elections.

^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ 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.
^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[2] 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.

[3] "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania

[4] "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[5] "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma". Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[6] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 22, 2017.

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1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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