Election in Georgia
1956 United States presidential election in Georgia County Results
Stevenson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Eisenhower
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
The 1956 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . Georgia voters chose 12[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Georgia was won by Adlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver , with 66.48% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon , with 32.65% of the popular vote.[4] [5] Eisenhower also remains the most recent Republican president to win more than one term without carrying Georgia once. This was the last time until 2016 a Republican won the White House without carrying Cobb County . This was also the last time until 2016 that a losing Democrat would carry the suburban Atlanta Counties of Gwinnett , Douglas , Rockdale , and the aforementioned Cobb and the last time until 2020 that a Republican president would not carry these counties in either of their of elections.
Results [ edit ] Results by congressional districts [ edit ] Results by county [ edit ] County Adlai Stevenson II Democratic Dwight David Eisenhower Republican Various candidates Write-ins Margin Total votes cast[8] # % # % # % # % Appling 1,719 72.56% 506 21.36% 144 6.08% 1,213 51.20% 2,369 Atkinson 1,719 93.37% 122 6.63% 1,597 86.75% 1,841 Bacon 2,445 86.12% 394 13.88% 2,051 72.24% 2,839 Baker 783 96.07% 32 3.93% 751 92.15% 815 Baldwin 2,275 67.69% 1,080 32.13% 6 0.18% 1,195 35.55% 3,361 Banks 990 83.97% 187 15.86% 2 0.17% 803 68.11% 1,179 Barrow 2,266 83.68% 442 16.32% 1,824 67.36% 2,708 Bartow 3,640 70.32% 1,536 29.68% 2,104 40.65% 5,176 Ben Hill 2,150 79.39% 554 20.46% 4 0.15% 1,596 58.94% 2,708 Berrien 2,403 93.47% 167 6.50% 1 0.04% 2,236 86.97% 2,571 Bibb 15,382 67.61% 7,368 32.39% 8,014 35.23% 22,750 Bleckley 1,537 91.87% 136 8.13% 1,401 83.74% 1,673 Brantley 1,208 84.12% 228 15.88% 980 68.25% 1,436 Brooks 1,936 77.84% 534 21.47% 17 0.68% 1,402 56.37% 2,487 Bryan 1,242 78.81% 331 21.00% 3 0.19% 911 57.80% 1,576 Bulloch 3,414 79.12% 901 20.88% 2,513 58.24% 4,315 Burke 1,300 63.45% 721 35.19% 28 1.37% 579 28.26% 2,049 Butts 1,885 85.37% 323 14.63% 1,562 70.74% 2,208 Calhoun 1,094 90.71% 107 8.87% 5 0.41% 987 81.84% 1,206 Camden 1,178 53.69% 1,014 46.22% 2 0.09% 164 7.47% 2,194 Candler 996 75.57% 308 23.37% 14 1.06% 688 52.20% 1,318 Carroll 4,855 73.93% 1,712 26.07% 3,143 47.86% 6,567 Catoosa 2,163 60.37% 1,336 37.29% 84 2.34% 827 23.08% 3,583 Charlton 750 78.62% 204 21.38% 546 57.23% 954 Chatham 9,587 36.73% 16,512 63.27% -6,925 -26.53% 26,099 Chattahoochee 107 71.33% 43 28.67% 64 42.67% 150 Chattooga 3,823 69.43% 1,682 30.55% 1 0.02% 2,141 38.88% 5,506 Cherokee 2,110 53.57% 1,829 46.43% 281 7.13% 3,939 Clarke 4,257 66.82% 2,107 33.07% 7 0.11% 2,150 33.75% 6,371 Clay 390 78.16% 103 20.64% 6 1.20% 287 57.52% 499 Clayton 5,522 77.61% 1,593 22.39% 3,929 55.22% 7,115 Clinch 1,579 75.30% 518 24.70% 1,061 50.60% 2,097 Cobb 11,696 63.19% 6,798 36.73% 16 0.09% 4,898 26.46% 18,510 Coffee 3,199 84.76% 574 15.21% 1 0.03% 2,625 69.55% 3,774 Colquitt 4,412 76.53% 1,336 23.17% 17 0.29% 3,076 53.36% 5,765 Columbia 866 65.16% 463 34.84% 403 30.32% 1,329 Cook 2,100 89.51% 245 10.44% 1 0.04% 1,855 79.07% 2,346 Coweta 3,003 77.90% 850 22.05% 2 0.05% 2,153 55.85% 3,855 Crawford 779 87.23% 109 12.21% 5 0.56% 670 75.03% 893 Crisp 2,526 75.04% 835 24.81% 5 0.15% 1,691 50.24% 3,366 Dade 863 54.41% 723 45.59% 140 8.83% 1,586 Dawson 721 54.05% 613 45.95% 108 8.10% 1,334 Decatur 3,699 77.69% 1,062 22.31% 2,637 55.39% 4,761 DeKalb 30,336 65.46% 15,979 34.48% 26 0.06% 14,357 30.98% 46,341 Dodge 3,479 82.46% 738 17.49% 2 0.05% 2,741 64.97% 4,219 Dooly 1,851 91.41% 174 8.59% 1,677 82.81% 2,025 Dougherty 4,126 54.92% 3,248 43.23% 139 1.85% 878 11.69% 7,513 Douglas 2,111 67.83% 1,001 32.17% 1,110 35.67% 3,112 Early 1,818 90.27% 193 9.58% 3 0.15% 1,625 80.69% 2,014 Echols 530 79.58% 134 20.12% 2 0.30% 396 59.46% 666 Effingham 611 44.63% 637 46.53% 121 8.84% -26 -1.90% 1,369 Elbert 3,635 88.98% 447 10.94% 3 0.07% 3,188 78.04% 4,085 Emanuel 2,373 77.75% 679 22.25% 1,694 55.50% 3,052 Evans 1,154 76.27% 356 23.53% 3 0.20% 798 52.74% 1,513 Fannin 1,945 35.58% 3,521 64.42% -1,576 -28.83% 5,466 Fayette 1,308 90.46% 138 9.54% 1,170 80.91% 1,446 Floyd 6,633 52.69% 5,955 47.31% 678 5.39% 12,588 Forsyth 1,998 63.85% 1,131 36.15% 867 27.71% 3,129 Franklin 2,968 92.03% 253 7.84% 4 0.12% 2,715 84.19% 3,225 Fulton 52,062 55.85% 40,966 43.95% 191 0.20% 11,096 11.90% 93,219 Gilmer 1,275 40.68% 1,857 59.25% 2 0.06% -582 -18.57% 3,134 Glascock 314 73.88% 110 25.88% 1 0.24% 204 48.00% 425 Glynn 3,071 49.78% 3,098 50.22% -27 -0.44% 6,169 Gordon 1,972 65.67% 1,025 34.13% 6 0.20% 947 31.54% 3,003 Grady 2,697 84.47% 496 15.53% 2,201 68.93% 3,193 Greene 2,012 78.75% 541 21.17% 2 0.08% 1,471 57.57% 2,555 Gwinnett 5,687 79.76% 1,443 20.24% 4,244 59.52% 7,130 Habersham 2,276 72.69% 855 27.31% 1,421 45.38% 3,131 Hall 5,989 68.52% 2,752 31.48% 3,237 37.03% 8,741 Hancock 860 70.84% 354 29.16% 506 41.68% 1,214 Haralson 2,472 52.71% 2,218 47.29% 254 5.42% 4,690 Harris 1,328 69.86% 563 29.62% 10 0.53% 765 40.24% 1,901 Hart 2,016 94.51% 117 5.49% 1,899 89.03% 2,133 Heard 1,106 85.08% 194 14.92% 912 70.15% 1,300 Henry 2,636 75.66% 848 24.34% 1,788 51.32% 3,484 Houston 4,483 80.76% 1,060 19.10% 8 0.14% 3,423 61.66% 5,551 Irwin 1,554 83.28% 312 16.72% 1,242 66.56% 1,866 Jackson 3,100 87.40% 438 12.35% 9 0.25% 2,662 75.05% 3,547 Jasper 962 76.96% 288 23.04% 674 53.92% 1,250 Jeff Davis 1,656 86.84% 247 12.95% 4 0.21% 1,409 73.89% 1,907 Jefferson 1,356 72.01% 515 27.35% 12 0.64% 841 44.66% 1,883 Jenkins 1,000 78.62% 261 20.52% 11 0.86% 739 58.10% 1,272 Johnson 1,607 85.98% 179 9.58% 83 4.44% 1,428 76.40% 1,869 Jones 1,208 75.69% 382 23.93% 6 0.38% 826 51.75% 1,596 Lamar 1,531 73.39% 555 26.61% 976 46.79% 2,086 Lanier 890 85.25% 152 14.56% 2 0.19% 738 70.69% 1,044 Laurens 5,085 81.05% 1,189 18.95% 3,896 62.10% 6,274 Lee 532 85.81% 79 12.74% 9 1.45% 453 73.06% 620 Liberty 892 47.98% 967 52.02% -75 -4.03% 1,859 Lincoln 696 81.79% 155 18.21% 541 63.57% 851 Long 1,195 80.96% 281 19.04% 914 61.92% 1,476 Lowndes 3,936 64.66% 2,135 35.07% 16 0.26% 1,801 29.59% 6,087 Lumpkin 693 58.78% 486 41.22% 207 17.56% 1,179 McDuffie 1,039 61.48% 649 38.40% 2 0.12% 390 23.08% 1,690 McIntosh 624 41.32% 886 58.68% -262 -17.35% 1,510 Macon 1,984 84.28% 363 15.42% 7 0.30% 1,621 68.86% 2,354 Madison 2,222 93.24% 161 6.76% 2,061 86.49% 2,383 Marion 618 79.64% 158 20.36% 460 59.28% 776 Meriwether 3,137 83.97% 592 15.85% 7 0.19% 2,545 68.12% 3,736 Miller 1,563 77.99% 441 22.01% 1,122 55.99% 2,004 Mitchell 2,735 87.35% 382 12.20% 14 0.45% 2,353 75.15% 3,131 Monroe 1,545 75.33% 506 24.67% 1,039 50.66% 2,051 Montgomery 1,052 79.40% 271 20.45% 2 0.15% 781 58.94% 1,325 Morgan 1,492 85.85% 246 14.15% 1,246 71.69% 1,738 Murray 1,819 61.39% 1,144 38.61% 675 22.78% 2,963 Muscogee 8,160 49.39% 8,176 49.48% 187 1.13% -16 -0.10% 16,523 Newton 3,232 85.87% 532 14.13% 2,700 71.73% 3,764 Oconee 1,159 78.42% 314 21.24% 5 0.34% 845 57.17% 1,478 Oglethorpe 1,404 89.31% 167 10.62% 1 0.06% 1,237 78.69% 1,572 Paulding 1,599 62.98% 940 37.02% 659 25.96% 2,539 Peach 1,541 76.86% 461 22.99% 3 0.15% 1,080 53.87% 2,005 Pickens 1,236 34.55% 2,341 65.45% -1,105 -30.89% 3,577 Pierce 1,766 82.06% 386 17.94% 1,380 64.13% 2,152 Pike 1,067 83.56% 210 16.44% 857 67.11% 1,277 Polk 4,502 68.20% 2,098 31.78% 1 0.02% 2,404 36.42% 6,601 Pulaski 1,422 89.27% 171 10.73% 1,251 78.53% 1,593 Putnam 1,093 80.31% 268 19.69% 825 60.62% 1,361 Quitman 355 91.97% 31 8.03% 324 83.94% 386 Rabun 1,391 76.94% 413 22.84% 4 0.22% 978 54.09% 1,808 Randolph 1,582 74.31% 547 25.69% 1,035 48.61% 2,129 Richmond 6,819 39.27% 10,251 59.03% 295 1.70% -3,432 -19.76% 17,365 Rockdale 1,779 78.61% 484 21.39% 1,295 57.22% 2,263 Schley 441 78.05% 117 20.71% 7 1.24% 324 57.35% 565 Screven 1,332 71.42% 521 27.94% 12 0.64% 811 43.49% 1,865 Seminole 1,343 91.11% 129 8.75% 2 0.14% 1,214 82.36% 1,474 Spalding 4,853 76.68% 1,458 23.04% 18 0.28% 3,395 53.64% 6,329 Stephens 2,595 79.14% 684 20.86% 1,911 58.28% 3,279 Stewart 692 73.70% 235 25.03% 12 1.28% 457 48.67% 939 Sumter 2,149 66.45% 730 22.57% 355 10.98% 1,419 43.88% 3,234 Talbot 710 83.73% 136 16.04% 2 0.24% 574 67.69% 848 Taliaferro 599 78.92% 160 21.08% 439 57.84% 759 Tattnall 1,881 81.04% 440 18.96% 1,441 62.09% 2,321 Taylor 1,359 82.76% 276 16.81% 7 0.43% 1,083 65.96% 1,642 Telfair 2,075 87.96% 284 12.04% 1,791 75.92% 2,359 Terrell 1,301 86.27% 203 13.46% 4 0.27% 1,098 72.81% 1,508 Thomas 3,522 61.12% 2,240 38.88% 1,282 22.25% 5,762 Tift 3,123 76.49% 960 23.51% 2,163 52.98% 4,083 Toombs 2,397 80.90% 565 19.07% 1 0.03% 1,832 61.83% 2,963 Towns 885 44.67% 1,096 55.33% -211 -10.65% 1,981 Treutlen 960 89.14% 117 10.86% 843 78.27% 1,077 Troup 6,162 73.48% 2,214 26.40% 10 0.12% 3,948 47.08% 8,386 Turner 1,398 79.79% 354 20.21% 1,044 59.59% 1,752 Twiggs 1,002 86.08% 158 13.57% 4 0.34% 844 72.51% 1,164 Union 1,386 50.47% 1,360 49.53% 26 0.95% 2,746 Upson 3,422 82.78% 712 17.22% 2,710 65.55% 4,134 Walker 3,693 50.12% 3,552 48.21% 123 1.67% 141 1.91% 7,368 Walton 3,271 87.37% 470 12.55% 3 0.08% 2,801 74.81% 3,744 Ware 5,888 72.12% 2,276 27.88% 3,612 44.24% 8,164 Warren 675 79.13% 152 17.82% 26 3.05% 523 61.31% 853 Washington 2,530 80.70% 602 19.20% 3 0.10% 1,928 61.50% 3,135 Wayne 2,084 68.69% 950 31.31% 1,134 37.38% 3,034 Webster 295 85.26% 51 14.74% 244 70.52% 346 Wheeler 993 86.88% 150 13.12% 843 73.75% 1,143 White 1,100 70.11% 469 29.89% 631 40.22% 1,569 Whitfield 4,264 50.35% 4,205 49.65% 59 0.70% 8,469 Wilcox 1,686 87.90% 232 12.10% 1,454 75.81% 1,918 Wilkes 1,714 84.06% 305 14.96% 20 0.98% 1,409 69.10% 2,039 Wilkinson 1,299 76.68% 393 23.20% 2 0.12% 906 53.48% 1,694 Worth 2,078 87.49% 293 12.34% 4 0.17% 1,785 75.16% 2,375 Totals 444,688 66.41% 222,778 33.27% 2,189 0.33% 221,910 33.14% 669,655
^ 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. References [ edit ]