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The 1956 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . State voters chose three[ 4] Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Wyoming was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon , with 60.08 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver , with 39.92 percent of the popular vote.[ 5] [ 6]
Results
Results by county
County
Dwight David Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson II
Margin
Total votes cast[ 7]
#
%
#
%
#
%
Albany
4,315
55.88%
3,407
44.12%
908
11.76%
7,722
Big Horn
3,369
65.01%
1,813
34.99%
1,556
30.02%
5,182
Campbell
1,473
69.19%
656
30.81%
817
38.38%
2,129
Carbon
3,336
50.90%
3,218
49.10%
118
1.80%
6,554
Converse
1,855
71.18%
751
28.82%
1,104
42.36%
2,606
Crook
1,139
72.78%
426
27.22%
713
45.56%
1,565
Fremont
4,887
65.54%
2,569
34.46%
2,318
31.08%
7,456
Goshen
2,825
57.01%
2,130
42.99%
695
14.02%
4,955
Hot Springs
1,663
62.99%
977
37.01%
686
25.98%
2,640
Johnson
1,842
76.12%
578
23.88%
1,264
52.24%
2,420
Laramie
10,581
53.84%
9,072
46.16%
1,509
7.68%
19,653
Lincoln
2,264
59.16%
1,563
40.84%
701
18.32%
3,827
Natrona
10,796
62.56%
6,462
37.44%
4,334
25.12%
17,258
Niobrara
1,248
70.67%
518
29.33%
730
41.34%
1,766
Park
4,397
69.17%
1,960
30.83%
2,437
38.34%
6,357
Platte
1,848
55.21%
1,499
44.79%
349
10.42%
3,347
Sheridan
5,546
63.38%
3,204
36.62%
2,342
26.76%
8,750
Sublette
901
71.96%
351
28.04%
550
43.92%
1,252
Sweetwater
3,355
41.41%
4,747
58.59%
-1,392
-17.18%
8,102
Teton
1,089
77.73%
312
22.27%
777
55.46%
1,401
Uinta
1,742
56.87%
1,321
43.13%
421
13.74%
3,063
Washakie
2,265
69.61%
989
30.39%
1,276
39.22%
3,254
Weston
1,837
64.05%
1,031
35.95%
806
28.10%
2,868
Totals
74,573
60.08%
49,554
39.92%
25,019
20.16%
124,127
References
^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 6, 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 6, 2017 .^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Wyoming" . Retrieved July 6, 2017 .^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956" . Retrieved July 6, 2017 .^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964 ; p. 459 ISBN 0405077114
