Election in Alabama
Main article: 1956 United States presidential election
1956 United States presidential election in Alabama
Nominee
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Illinois
Pennsylvania [2] [a]
Running mate
Estes Kefauver
Richard Nixon
Electoral vote
10
0
Popular vote
280,844
195,694
Percentage
56.52%
39.39%
County results
Stevenson
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Eisenhower
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
President before election
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Elected President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
The 1956 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . Alabama voters chose eleven[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Alabama was won by Adlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver , with 56.52 percent of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon , with 39.39% of the popular vote. Stevenson received ten of Alabama's eleven electoral votes; the eleventh was cast by a faithless elector for Walter B. Jones .[4] [5] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Macon County voted for a Republican nominee, and one of just three presidential elections when Macon County was won by a Republican, the others being the Reconstruction Era elections of 1868 and 1872 . It is also the last time that Houston County voted for a Democratic nominee.[6]
Results [ ]
1956 United States presidential election in Alabama
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
280,844
56.52%
10
Dixiecrat
Walter B. Jones
Herman E. Talmadge
0
0.00%
1
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
195,694
39.39%
0
Dixiecrat
Unpledged electors T. Coleman Andrews
Thomas Werdel
20,323
4.09%
0
Write-in
10
0.00%
0
Totals
496,871
100.00%
11
Results by county [ ]
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic
Dwight Eisenhower Republican
Unpledged electors States’ Rights
Margin
Autauga
1,161
50.77%
857
37.47%
269
11.76%
304
13.30%
2,287
Baldwin
3,878
46.08%
4,293
51.02%
244
2.90%
-415
-4.94%
8,415
Barbour
2,530
73.35%
777
22.53%
142
4.12%
1,753
50.82%
3,449
Bibb
1,471
56.97%
1,004
38.88%
107
4.14%
467
18.09%
2,582
Blount
3,208
54.17%
2,628
44.38%
86
1.45%
580
9.79%
5,922
Bullock
812
64.86%
304
24.28%
136
10.86%
508
40.58%
1,252
Butler
1,958
55.42%
1,324
37.48%
251
7.10%
634
17.94%
3,533
Calhoun
9,069
65.24%
4,473
32.18%
358
2.58%
4,596
33.06%
13,900
Chambers
5,165
76.67%
1,448
21.49%
124
1.84%
3,717
55.18%
6,737
Cherokee
2,661
75.75%
845
24.05%
7
0.20%
1,816
51.70%
3,513
Chilton
1,891
36.73%
3,139
60.98%
118
2.29%
-1,248
-24.25%
5,148
Choctaw
1,250
70.26%
457
25.69%
72
4.05%
793
44.57%
1,779
Clarke
1,962
57.91%
1,246
36.78%
180
5.31%
716
21.13%
3,388
Clay
1,677
50.47%
1,597
48.06%
49
1.47%
80
2.41%
3,323
Cleburne
1,407
56.96%
1,056
42.75%
7
0.28%
351
14.21%
2,470
Coffee
4,163
79.02%
973
18.47%
132
2.51%
3,190
60.55%
5,268
Colbert
7,007
78.40%
1,819
20.35%
111
1.24%
5,188
58.05%
8,937
Conecuh
1,687
61.26%
885
32.14%
182
6.61%
802
29.12%
2,754
Coosa
1,411
56.01%
1,070
42.48%
38
1.51%
341
13.53%
2,519
Covington
4,887
65.25%
2,257
30.13%
346
4.62%
2,630
35.12%
7,490
Crenshaw
2,252
75.70%
567
19.06%
156
5.24%
1,685
56.64%
2,975
Cullman
5,510
55.49%
4,381
44.12%
38
0.38%
1,129
11.37%
9,929
Dale
2,318
62.45%
1,284
34.59%
110
2.96%
1,034
27.86%
3,712
Dallas
2,121
39.59%
2,324
43.37%
913
17.04%
-203
-3.78%
5,358
DeKalb
5,768
50.30%
5,684
49.56%
16
0.14%
84
0.74%
11,468
Elmore
3,353
62.16%
1,619
30.01%
422
7.82%
1,734
32.15%
5,394
Escambia
3,437
64.86%
1,529
28.85%
333
6.28%
1,908
36.01%
5,299
Etowah
12,374
62.22%
7,198
36.20%
314
1.58%
5,176
26.02%
19,886
Fayette
1,956
49.80%
1,948
49.59%
24
0.61%
8
0.21%
3,928
Franklin
3,354
49.55%
3,399
50.21%
16
0.24%
-45
-0.66%
6,769
Geneva
2,841
68.99%
1,179
28.63%
98
2.38%
1,662
40.36%
4,118
Greene
691
66.19%
309
29.60%
44
4.21%
382
36.59%
1,044
Hale
1,314
68.54%
504
26.29%
99
5.16%
810
42.25%
1,917
Henry
2,127
78.40%
429
15.81%
157
5.79%
1,698
62.59%
2,713
Houston
3,630
53.06%
2,632
38.47%
579
8.46%
998
14.59%
6,841
Jackson
4,758
71.58%
1,868
28.10%
21
0.32%
2,890
43.48%
6,647
Jefferson
38,604
44.11%
43,695
49.93%
5,214
5.96%
-5,091
-5.82%
87,513
Lamar
2,501
73.58%
867
25.51%
31
0.91%
1,634
48.07%
3,399
Lauderdale
9,150
78.26%
2,458
21.02%
84
0.72%
6,692
57.24%
11,692
Lawrence
2,961
70.75%
1,197
28.60%
27
0.65%
1,764
42.15%
4,185
Lee
3,302
65.37%
1,586
31.40%
163
3.23%
1,716
33.97%
5,051
Limestone
4,145
87.26%
589
12.40%
16
0.34%
3,556
74.86%
4,750
Lowndes
623
52.27%
326
27.35%
243
20.39%
297
24.92%
1,192
Macon
1,024
46.69%
1,067
48.65%
102
4.65%
-43
-1.96%
2,193
Madison
9,054
74.52%
2,993
24.63%
103
0.85%
6,061
49.89%
12,150
Marengo
1,858
60.88%
1,009
33.06%
185
6.06%
849
27.82%
3,052
Marion
2,849
52.67%
2,536
46.88%
24
0.44%
313
5.79%
5,409
Marshall
6,329
66.66%
3,071
32.34%
95
1.00%
3,258
34.32%
9,495
Mobile
17,163
43.41%
20,639
52.21%
1,732
4.38%
-3,476
-8.80%
39,534
Monroe
2,069
69.95%
759
25.66%
130
4.39%
1,310
44.29%
2,958
Montgomery
6,890
36.57%
8,727
46.32%
3,224
17.11%
-1,837
-9.75%
18,841
Morgan
7,671
70.56%
2,974
27.35%
227
2.09%
4,697
43.21%
10,872
Perry
974
53.75%
613
33.83%
225
12.42%
361
19.92%
1,812
Pickens
1,660
58.78%
993
35.16%
171
6.06%
667
23.62%
2,824
Pike
2,631
68.53%
997
25.97%
211
5.50%
1,634
42.56%
3,839
Randolph
3,151
66.18%
1,584
33.27%
26
0.55%
1,567
32.91%
4,761
Russell
3,060
68.32%
1,265
28.24%
154
3.44%
1,795
40.08%
4,479
St. Clair
2,420
48.64%
2,441
49.07%
114
2.29%
-399
-7.15%
4,975
Shelby
2,502
44.83%
2,901
51.98%
178
3.19%
-21
-0.43%
5,581
Sumter
981
58.71%
578
34.59%
112
6.70%
403
24.12%
1,671
Talladega
5,243
54.63%
4,197
43.73%
157
1.64%
1,046
10.90%
9,597
Tallapoosa
5,070
72.00%
1,879
26.68%
93
1.32%
3,191
45.32%
7,042
Tuscaloosa
8,186
59.33%
4,994
36.19%
618
4.48%
3,192
23.14%
13,798
Walker
7,661
59.30%
5,179
40.09%
79
0.61%
2,482
19.21%
12,919
Washington
1,705
66.37%
777
30.25%
87
3.39%
928
36.12%
2,569
Wilcox
778
52.78%
499
33.85%
197
13.36%
279
18.93%
1,474
Winston
1,570
34.35%
2,998
65.60%
2
0.04%
-1,428
-31.25%
4,570
Totals
280,844
56.52%
195,694
39.39%
20,323
4.09%
85,150
17.13%
496,861
Notes [ ]
^ 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 [ ]
show State and district results of the 1956 United States presidential election