1956 United States presidential election in Michigan
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 6, 1956. Michigan voters chose twenty electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state with 56% of the popular vote, winning Michigan's twenty electoral votes.[3]
Results
| United States presidential election in Michigan, 1956 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1,713,647 | 55.63% | 20 | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,359,898 | 44.15% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Enoch Holtwick | 6,923 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,080,468 | 100.0% | 12 | ||
Notes and references
- ^ 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
- ^ Presidential General Election Results - Michigan http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=26&year=1956 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
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