1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten[4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 is the first time a Republican presidential candidate won Louisiana since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.[5][6]
Results
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| 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% | |
| Write-in | 2,503 | 0.24% | ||
| Total votes | 617,544 | 100% | ||
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- ↑ 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.
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