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The 1956 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . State voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Utah was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon , with 64.56 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver , with 35.44 percent of the popular vote.[4] [5]
Results
Results by county
County
Dwight David Eisenhower Republican
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast[6]
#
%
#
%
#
%
Beaver
1,190
53.60%
1,030
46.40%
160
7.21%
2,220
Box Elder
5,804
68.34%
2,689
31.66%
3,115
36.68%
8,493
Cache
10,349
73.82%
3,671
26.18%
6,678
47.63%
14,020
Carbon
4,507
50.26%
4,460
49.74%
47
0.52%
8,967
Daggett
102
53.13%
90
46.88%
12
6.25%
192
Davis
12,122
66.71%
6,050
33.29%
6,072
33.41%
18,172
Duchesne
1,856
67.99%
874
32.01%
982
35.97%
2,730
Emery
1,679
64.04%
943
35.96%
736
28.07%
2,622
Garfield
1,115
75.95%
353
24.05%
762
51.91%
1,468
Grand
1,044
76.09%
328
23.91%
716
52.19%
1,372
Iron
3,321
71.70%
1,311
28.30%
2,010
43.39%
4,632
Juab
1,512
59.60%
1,025
40.40%
487
19.20%
2,537
Kane
939
90.20%
102
9.80%
837
80.40%
1,041
Millard
2,667
69.09%
1,193
30.91%
1,474
38.19%
3,860
Morgan
905
67.39%
438
32.61%
467
34.77%
1,343
Piute
548
75.27%
180
24.73%
368
50.55%
728
Rich
561
68.92%
253
31.08%
308
37.84%
814
Salt Lake
95,179
64.22%
53,038
35.78%
42,141
28.43%
148,217
San Juan
1,119
72.47%
425
27.53%
694
44.95%
1,544
Sanpete
3,883
68.59%
1,778
31.41%
2,105
37.18%
5,661
Sevier
3,646
74.74%
1,232
25.26%
2,414
49.49%
4,878
Summit
2,031
69.77%
880
30.23%
1,151
39.54%
2,911
Tooele
3,390
55.82%
2,683
44.18%
707
11.64%
6,073
Uintah
2,840
77.60%
820
22.40%
2,020
55.19%
3,660
Utah
25,371
66.56%
12,747
33.44%
12,624
33.12%
38,118
Wasatch
1,738
66.79%
864
33.21%
874
33.59%
2,602
Washington
3,172
78.34%
877
21.66%
2,295
56.68%
4,049
Wayne
499
63.81%
283
36.19%
216
27.62%
782
Weber
22,542
55.95%
17,747
44.05%
4,795
11.90%
40,289
Totals
215,631
64.56%
118,364
35.44%
97,267
29.12%
333,995
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.
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