1956 United States presidential election in Oklahoma County Results
Eisenhower
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Stevenson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
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.
County Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Adlai Stevenson Democratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Adair 3,152 56.59% 2,418 43.41% 734 13.18% 5,570 Alfalfa 3,251 70.34% 1,371 29.66% 1,880 40.68% 4,622 Atoka 1,731 41.66% 2,424 58.34% -693 -16.68% 4,155 Beaver 2,046 68.38% 946 31.62% 1,100 36.76% 2,992 Beckham 3,194 47.28% 3,561 52.72% -367 -5.44% 6,755 Blaine 3,855 67.64% 1,844 32.36% 2,011 35.28% 5,699 Bryan 2,939 33.91% 5,729 66.09% -2,790 -32.18% 8,668 Caddo 5,331 47.53% 5,884 52.47% -553 -4.94% 11,215 Canadian 5,702 59.41% 3,896 40.59% 1,806 18.82% 9,598 Carter 5,974 39.01% 9,341 60.99% -3,367 -21.98% 15,315 Cherokee 3,277 52.28% 2,991 47.72% 286 4.56% 6,268 Choctaw 2,206 38.87% 3,469 61.13% -1,263 -22.26% 5,675 Cimarron 1,053 56.46% 812 43.54% 241 12.92% 1,865 Cleveland 7,766 56.47% 5,987 43.53% 1,779 12.94% 13,753 Coal 920 36.57% 1,596 63.43% -676 -26.86% 2,516 Comanche 7,532 46.24% 8,756 53.76% -1,224 -7.52% 16,288 Cotton 1,398 42.53% 1,889 57.47% -491 -14.94% 3,287 Craig 3,543 53.29% 3,106 46.71% 437 6.58% 6,649 Creek 8,295 53.87% 7,102 46.13% 1,193 7.74% 15,397 Custer 4,182 58.02% 3,026 41.98% 1,156 16.04% 7,208 Delaware 3,078 53.47% 2,679 46.53% 399 6.94% 5,757 Dewey 1,896 56.70% 1,448 43.30% 448 13.40% 3,344 Ellis 1,916 67.56% 920 32.44% 996 35.12% 2,836 Garfield 15,348 69.39% 6,769 30.61% 8,579 38.78% 22,117 Garvin 3,850 37.38% 6,451 62.62% -2,601 -25.24% 10,301 Grady 5,191 43.39% 6,773 56.61% -1,582 -13.22% 11,964 Grant 2,788 58.81% 1,953 41.19% 835 17.62% 4,741 Greer 1,499 44.01% 1,907 55.99% -408 -11.98% 3,406 Harmon 837 32.44% 1,743 67.56% -906 -35.12% 2,580 Harper 1,596 68.44% 736 31.56% 860 36.88% 2,332 Haskell 1,758 42.47% 2,381 57.53% -623 -15.06% 4,139 Hughes 2,783 39.41% 4,278 60.59% -1,495 -21.18% 7,061 Jackson 2,343 34.57% 4,435 65.43% -2,092 -30.86% 6,778 Jefferson 1,186 31.84% 2,539 68.16% -1,353 -36.32% 3,725 Johnston 1,157 34.14% 2,232 65.86% -1,075 -31.72% 3,389 Kay 14,837 64.77% 8,071 35.23% 6,766 29.54% 22,908 Kingfisher 3,935 70.23% 1,668 29.77% 2,267 40.46% 5,603 Kiowa 2,713 44.59% 3,371 55.41% -658 -10.82% 6,084 Latimer 1,387 41.02% 1,994 58.98% -607 -17.96% 3,381 LeFlore 4,310 44.96% 5,276 55.04% -966 -10.08% 9,586 Lincoln 4,993 56.09% 3,909 43.91% 1,084 12.18% 8,902 Logan 5,326 64.94% 2,875 35.06% 2,451 29.88% 8,201 Love 731 29.39% 1,756 70.61% -1,025 -41.22% 2,487 Major 2,826 74.82% 951 25.18% 1,875 49.64% 3,777 Marshall 1,151 35.40% 2,100 64.60% -949 -29.20% 3,251 Mayes 4,677 55.43% 3,760 44.57% 917 10.86% 8,437 McClain 2,081 41.11% 2,981 58.89% -900 -17.78% 5,062 McCurtain 2,707 36.25% 4,761 63.75% -2,054 -27.50% 7,468 McIntosh 2,149 44.06% 2,728 55.94% -579 -11.88% 4,877 Murray 1,809 42.16% 2,482 57.84% -673 -15.68% 4,291 Muskogee 11,057 51.50% 10,413 48.50% 644 3.00% 21,470 Noble 3,536 63.68% 2,017 36.32% 1,519 27.36% 5,553 Nowata 3,168 58.28% 2,268 41.72% 900 16.56% 5,436 Okfuskee 2,299 49.65% 2,331 50.35% -32 -0.70% 4,630 Oklahoma 85,395 59.76% 57,512 40.24% 27,883 19.52% 142,907 Okmulgee 6,703 46.78% 7,626 53.22% -923 -6.44% 14,329 Osage 7,296 55.13% 5,939 44.87% 1,357 10.26% 13,235 Ottawa 6,730 54.05% 5,721 45.95% 1,009 8.10% 12,451 Pawnee 3,390 59.96% 2,264 40.04% 1,126 19.92% 5,654 Payne 9,381 59.75% 6,320 40.25% 3,061 19.50% 15,701 Pittsburg 5,239 38.46% 8,382 61.54% -3,143 -23.08% 13,621 Pontotoc 4,814 44.72% 5,950 55.28% -1,136 -10.56% 10,764 Pottawatomie 8,496 48.85% 8,895 51.15% -399 -2.30% 17,391 Pushmataha 1,499 39.74% 2,273 60.26% -774 -20.52% 3,772 Roger Mills 1,072 43.95% 1,367 56.05% -295 -12.10% 2,439 Rogers 4,487 58.49% 3,185 41.51% 1,302 16.98% 7,672 Seminole 5,230 47.00% 5,897 53.00% -667 -6.00% 11,127 Sequoyah 3,330 48.33% 3,560 51.67% -230 -3.34% 6,890 Stephens 6,324 45.67% 7,524 54.33% -1,200 -8.66% 13,848 Texas 3,320 63.77% 1,886 36.23% 1,434 27.54% 5,206 Tillman 1,810 34.97% 3,366 65.03% -1,556 -30.06% 5,176 Tulsa 83,219 65.51% 43,805 34.49% 39,414 31.02% 127,024 Wagoner 3,537 58.16% 2,544 41.84% 993 16.32% 6,081 Washington 12,488 69.31% 5,529 30.69% 6,959 38.62% 18,017 Washita 2,552 44.44% 3,191 55.56% -639 -11.12% 5,743 Woods 3,787 64.08% 2,123 35.92% 1,664 28.16% 5,910 Woodward 3,405 67.79% 1,618 32.21% 1,787 35.58% 5,023 Totals 473,769 55.13% 385,581 44.87% 88,188 10.26% 859,350
Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic [ edit ] Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican [ edit ] ^ "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 .