1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana
The 1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Louisiana was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 53.28% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.51% of the popular vote. This was the first time a Republican presidential candidate won Louisiana since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.[4][5] Along with Kentucky and West Virginia, Louisiana was one of 3 states that Dwight Eisenhower lost in 1952, but managed to flip in 1956.
This was the first time ever that a Republican won Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Orleans Parish and Vernon Parish, the first time since 1872 that they carried Catahoula Parish, Jackson Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish and Union Parish, the first since 1876 that they won Morehouse Parish, Natchitoches Parish and Rapides Parish, the first since 1884 that they carried Concordia Parish, the first since 1888 that they won East Baton Rouge Parish and Jefferson Parish, the first since 1892 that the GOP carried Grant Parish and Winn Parish, and the first since 1896 that a Republican won St. Charles Parish.[6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 329,047 | 53.28% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 243,977 | 39.51% | |
| Dixiecrat | Unpledged electors | 44,520 | 7.21% | |
| Total votes | 617,544 | 100% | ||
Results by parish
| Parish | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Unpledged electors States’ Rights |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 4,204 | 55.93% | 3,122 | 41.53% | 191 | 2.54% | 1,082 | 14.39% | 7,517 |
| Allen | 2,469 | 50.46% | 2,284 | 46.68% | 140 | 2.86% | 185 | 3.78% | 4,893 |
| Ascension | 1,853 | 40.86% | 2,606 | 57.46% | 76 | 1.68% | -753 | -16.60% | 4,535 |
| Assumption | 1,708 | 55.17% | 1,282 | 41.41% | 106 | 3.42% | 426 | 13.76% | 3,096 |
| Avoyelles | 3,255 | 44.47% | 3,628 | 49.57% | 436 | 5.96% | -373 | -5.10% | 7,319 |
| Beauregard | 2,711 | 52.68% | 2,276 | 44.23% | 159 | 3.09% | 435 | 8.45% | 5,146 |
| Bienville | 1,515 | 48.87% | 815 | 26.29% | 770 | 24.84% | 700 | 22.58% | 3,100 |
| Bossier | 3,107 | 48.97% | 1,954 | 30.80% | 1,284 | 20.24% | 1,153 | 18.17% | 6,345 |
| Caddo | 23,432 | 60.32% | 10,780 | 27.75% | 4,637 | 11.94% | 12,652 | 32.57% | 38,849 |
| Calcasieu | 13,760 | 51.47% | 12,255 | 45.84% | 718 | 2.69% | 1,505 | 5.63% | 26,733 |
| Caldwell | 587 | 35.17% | 468 | 28.04% | 614 | 36.79% | -27[lower-alpha 2] | -1.62% | 1,669 |
| Cameron | 547 | 40.22% | 794 | 58.38% | 19 | 1.40% | -247 | -18.16% | 1,360 |
| Catahoula | 845 | 46.89% | 707 | 39.23% | 250 | 13.87% | 138 | 7.66% | 1,802 |
| Claiborne | 2,084 | 53.63% | 810 | 20.84% | 992 | 25.53% | 1,092[lower-alpha 2] | 28.10% | 3,886 |
| Concordia | 841 | 39.74% | 699 | 33.03% | 576 | 27.22% | 142 | 6.71% | 2,116 |
| DeSoto | 2,011 | 53.33% | 1,206 | 31.98% | 554 | 14.69% | 805 | 21.35% | 3,771 |
| East Baton Rouge | 24,018 | 56.74% | 17,072 | 40.33% | 1,241 | 2.93% | 6,946 | 16.41% | 42,331 |
| East Carroll | 415 | 30.81% | 545 | 40.46% | 387 | 28.73% | -130 | -9.65% | 1,347 |
| East Feliciana | 912 | 37.45% | 1,304 | 53.55% | 219 | 8.99% | -392 | -16.10% | 2,435 |
| Evangeline | 2,170 | 38.20% | 3,336 | 58.73% | 174 | 3.06% | -1,166 | -20.53% | 5,680 |
| Franklin | 1,130 | 32.69% | 1,352 | 39.11% | 975 | 28.20% | -222 | -6.42% | 3,457 |
| Grant | 1,630 | 46.06% | 1,542 | 43.57% | 367 | 10.37% | 88 | 2.49% | 3,539 |
| Iberia | 6,733 | 63.43% | 3,544 | 33.39% | 338 | 3.18% | 3,189 | 30.04% | 10,615 |
| Iberville | 1,843 | 46.97% | 2,018 | 51.43% | 63 | 1.61% | -175 | -4.46% | 3,924 |
| Jackson | 1,553 | 54.26% | 916 | 32.01% | 393 | 13.73% | 637 | 22.26% | 2,862 |
| Jefferson | 24,324 | 57.23% | 16,577 | 39.01% | 1,598 | 3.76% | 7,747 | 18.23% | 42,499 |
| Jefferson Davis | 4,170 | 62.93% | 2,346 | 35.41% | 110 | 1.66% | 1,824 | 27.53% | 6,626 |
| Lafayette | 6,711 | 57.10% | 4,695 | 39.95% | 347 | 2.95% | 2,016 | 17.15% | 11,753 |
| Lafourche | 5,741 | 60.25% | 3,466 | 36.38% | 321 | 3.37% | 2,275 | 23.88% | 9,528 |
| LaSalle | 1,885 | 61.56% | 951 | 31.06% | 226 | 7.38% | 934 | 30.50% | 3,062 |
| Lincoln | 2,676 | 59.20% | 1,014 | 22.43% | 830 | 18.36% | 1,662 | 36.77% | 4,520 |
| Livingston | 1,628 | 37.24% | 2,571 | 58.81% | 173 | 3.96% | -943 | -21.57% | 4,372 |
| Madison | 461 | 27.25% | 276 | 16.31% | 955 | 56.44% | -494[lower-alpha 2] | -29.20% | 1,692 |
| Morehouse | 1,850 | 35.70% | 1,512 | 29.18% | 1,820 | 35.12% | 30[lower-alpha 2] | 0.58% | 5,182 |
| Natchitoches | 3,203 | 55.51% | 2,028 | 35.15% | 539 | 9.34% | 1,175 | 20.36% | 5,770 |
| Orleans | 93,082 | 56.54% | 64,958 | 39.46% | 6,594 | 4.01% | 28,124 | 17.08% | 164,634 |
| Ouachita | 7,094 | 46.80% | 4,372 | 28.84% | 3,692 | 24.36% | 2,722 | 17.96% | 15,158 |
| Plaquemines | 2,998 | 81.20% | 534 | 14.46% | 160 | 4.33% | 2,464 | 66.74% | 3,692 |
| Pointe Coupee | 1,332 | 45.03% | 1,542 | 52.13% | 84 | 2.84% | -210 | -7.10% | 2,958 |
| Rapides | 9,105 | 53.84% | 5,961 | 35.25% | 1,845 | 10.91% | 3,144 | 18.59% | 16,911 |
| Red River | 661 | 36.97% | 803 | 44.91% | 324 | 18.12% | -142 | -7.94% | 1,788 |
| Richland | 1,063 | 29.88% | 1,094 | 30.76% | 1,400 | 39.36% | -306[lower-alpha 3] | -8.60% | 3,557 |
| Sabine | 2,086 | 50.46% | 1,800 | 43.54% | 248 | 6.00% | 286 | 6.92% | 4,134 |
| Saint Bernard | 3,648 | 50.55% | 3,283 | 45.49% | 286 | 3.96% | 365 | 5.06% | 7,217 |
| Saint Charles | 2,417 | 57.86% | 1,671 | 40.00% | 89 | 2.13% | 746 | 17.86% | 4,177 |
| Saint Helena | 545 | 32.27% | 997 | 59.03% | 147 | 8.70% | -452 | -26.76% | 1,689 |
| Saint James | 1,849 | 49.19% | 1,832 | 48.74% | 78 | 2.08% | 17 | 0.45% | 3,759 |
| Saint John the Baptist | 1,372 | 50.55% | 1,278 | 47.09% | 64 | 2.36% | 94 | 3.46% | 2,714 |
| Saint Landry | 5,141 | 51.56% | 4,435 | 44.48% | 394 | 3.95% | 706 | 7.08% | 9,970 |
| Saint Martin | 1,615 | 42.72% | 2,069 | 54.74% | 96 | 2.54% | -454 | -12.01% | 3,780 |
| Saint Mary | 4,097 | 61.49% | 2,395 | 35.94% | 171 | 2.57% | 1,702 | 25.54% | 6,663 |
| Saint Tammany | 3,965 | 51.90% | 3,373 | 44.15% | 301 | 3.94% | 592 | 7.75% | 7,639 |
| Tangipahoa | 5,788 | 51.75% | 4,831 | 43.19% | 566 | 5.06% | 957 | 8.56% | 11,185 |
| Tensas | 359 | 34.99% | 324 | 31.58% | 343 | 33.43% | 16[lower-alpha 2] | 1.56% | 1,026 |
| Terrebonne | 4,983 | 64.85% | 2,460 | 32.01% | 241 | 3.14% | 2,523 | 32.83% | 7,684 |
| Union | 1,384 | 40.49% | 878 | 25.69% | 1,156 | 33.82% | 228[lower-alpha 2] | 6.67% | 3,418 |
| Vermilion | 3,877 | 44.59% | 4,564 | 52.49% | 254 | 2.92% | -687 | -7.90% | 8,695 |
| Vernon | 2,372 | 49.81% | 2,158 | 45.32% | 232 | 4.87% | 214 | 4.49% | 4,762 |
| Washington | 3,081 | 38.29% | 4,658 | 57.88% | 308 | 3.83% | -1,577 | -19.60% | 8,047 |
| Webster | 3,280 | 48.72% | 2,352 | 34.93% | 1,101 | 16.35% | 928 | 13.78% | 6,733 |
| West Baton Rouge | 1,035 | 44.73% | 1,208 | 52.20% | 71 | 3.07% | -173 | -7.48% | 2,314 |
| West Carroll | 658 | 25.10% | 875 | 33.37% | 1,089 | 41.53% | -214[lower-alpha 3] | -8.16% | 2,622 |
| West Feliciana | 442 | 56.38% | 296 | 37.76% | 46 | 5.87% | 146 | 18.62% | 784 |
| Winn | 1,736 | 49.56% | 1,225 | 34.97% | 542 | 15.47% | 511 | 14.59% | 3,503 |
| Totals | 329,047 | 53.28% | 243,977 | 39.51% | 44,520 | 7.21% | 85,070 | 13.78% | 617,544 |
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.[2]
- In this parish where Stevenson ran third behind both Eisenhower and the unpledged slate, margin given is Eisenhower vote minus unpledged vote and percentage margin Eisenhower percentage minus unpledged percentage.
- In this parish where Eisenhower ran third behind both Stevenson and the unpledged slate, margin given is Stevenson vote minus unpledged vote and percentage margin Stevenson percentage minus unpledged percentage.
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1956 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- "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 10, 2017.
- "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 213–219. ISBN 0786422173.
- "LA US President Race, November 06, 1956". Our Campaigns.
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