U.S. Presidential Elections of the 1950s



The 1956 U.S. Presidential Election was between the Incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican/Pennsylvania) and Adlai Stevenson (Democrat/Illinois). Richard Nixon was Eisenhower's running-mate, while Estes Kefauver was Stevenson's. Stevenson also ran against Nixon in the 1952 election. A large factor for Eisenhower's victory was helping the country get out of the Korean War.

Geography
Most of the country voted for Eisenhower. The only states Stevenson secured were in the Bible Belt.

Trivia

 * This was the final election not to include Alaska and Hawaii, in which both became states in 1959.