1956 United States presidential election in Indiana

1956 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 6, 1956
Turnout73.7% 2.0 pp
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson II
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 1,182,811 783,908
Percentage 59.90% 39.70%
County Results
President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower and the vice president of the United States Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic ticket of the former governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson II and the senior U.S. senator from Tennessee Estes Kefauver. Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in the national election with 457 electoral votes.


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