1956 Republican Party presidential primaries
Candidate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Home state
Kansas
Contests won
16
Popular vote
5,008,132
Percentage
85.9%
Previous Republican nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
From March 11 to June 5, 1956, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1956 United States presidential election . Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1956 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1956, in San Francisco , California .[1]
Eisenhower sought re-nomination and faced no formidable opposition. He swept the primaries without difficulty. Senator William F. Knowland of California was on the ballot for a number of them. Knowland had announced he would run if Ike would not, and the president announced so late that there was no time for Knowland to withdraw.
Candidates [ ]
Nominee [ ]
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Withdrew [ ]
John W. Bricker , U.S. Senator from Ohio
William F. Knowland , U.S. Senator from California
Favorite sons [ ]
Polling [ ]
National polling [ ]
Poll source
Publication
John Bricker
Dwight Eisenhower
William Knowland
Richard Nixon
Gallup[2]
Aug. 1954
—
79%
–
—
Gallup[2]
Dec. 1954
—
74%
–
—
Gallup[2]
Apr. 1955
2%
62%
2%
4%
Gallup[2]
Aug. 1955
—
85%
2%
2%
Gallup[2]
Jan. 1956
–
82%
—
—
Results [ ]
Statewide contest won by candidates
Dwight Eisenhower
John W. Bricker
William F. Knowland
Joe Foss [a]
S.C. Arnold [a]
Unpledged
March 13
New Hampshire
99%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
March 20
Minnesota
98%
0%
2%
0%
0%
0%
April 3
Wisconsin
96%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
April 10
Illinois
95%
0%
4%
0%
0%
0%
April 17
New Jersey
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
April 24
Alaska
94%
0%
6%
0%
0%
0%
April 24
Massachusetts
95%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
April 24
Pennsylvania
96%
0%
4%
0%
0%
0%
May 1
Washington, D.C.
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
May 7
Maryland
96%
0%
0%
0%
0%
4%
May 8
Indiana
96%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
May 8
Ohio
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
May 8
West Virginia
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
May 15
Nebraska
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
May 18
Oregon
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
May 29
Florida
92%
0%
8%
0%
0%
0%
June 6
California
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
June 5
Montana
0%
0%
0%
0%
86%
0%
June 5
South Dakota
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
a. stand-in candidate for Eisenhower.
Total popular vote results [ ]
Primaries total popular vote results
Dwight Eisenhower - 5,008,132 (85.93%)
John W. Bricker - 478,453 (8.21%)
Unpledged - 115,014 (1.97%)
William F. Knowland - 84,446 (1.45%)
Joe Foss - 59,374 (1.02%)
S.C. Arnold - 32,732 (0.56%)
Others - 50,283 (0.86%)
See also [ ]
External links [ ]
References [ ]
(← 1952 ) 1956 United States presidential election (→ 1960 )
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Incumbent nominee: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Incumbent VP nominee: Richard Nixon
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Nominee: Adlai Stevenson II
VP nominee: Estes Kefauver
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VP nominee: Samuel H. Friedman
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