The 1956 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . West Virginia voters chose eight[ 3] Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
West Virginia was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –Pennsylvania ), running with Vice President Richard Nixon , with 54.08 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D –Illinois ), running with Senator Estes Kefauver , with 45.92 percent of the popular vote.[ 4] [ 5]
Results
Results by county
County[ 6]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
Barbour
4,460
54.61%
3,707
45.39%
753
9.22%
8,167
Berkeley
9,071
61.62%
5,649
38.38%
3,422
23.24%
14,720
Boone
5,196
42.17%
7,126
57.83%
-1,930
-15.66%
12,322
Braxton
3,441
46.79%
3,913
53.21%
-472
-6.42%
7,354
Brooke
5,944
45.67%
7,072
54.33%
-1,128
-8.66%
13,016
Cabell
28,882
61.07%
18,408
38.93%
10,474
22.14%
47,290
Calhoun
2,094
52.06%
1,928
47.94%
166
4.12%
4,022
Clay
2,820
51.76%
2,628
48.24%
192
3.52%
5,448
Doddridge
2,594
73.51%
935
26.49%
1,659
47.02%
3,529
Fayette
10,218
38.55%
16,286
61.45%
-6,068
-22.90%
26,504
Gilmer
1,774
46.81%
2,016
53.19%
-242
-6.38%
3,790
Grant
3,408
84.31%
634
15.69%
2,774
68.62%
4,042
Greenbrier
7,684
52.99%
6,817
47.01%
867
5.98%
14,501
Hampshire
2,676
53.18%
2,356
46.82%
320
6.36%
5,032
Hancock
8,750
47.88%
9,524
52.12%
-774
-4.24%
18,274
Hardy
2,202
49.36%
2,259
50.64%
-57
-1.28%
4,461
Harrison
21,860
55.48%
17,541
44.52%
4,319
10.96%
39,401
Jackson
4,984
65.75%
2,596
34.25%
2,388
31.50%
7,580
Jefferson
3,380
50.20%
3,353
49.80%
27
0.40%
6,733
Kanawha
58,597
53.81%
50,289
46.19%
8,308
7.62%
108,886
Lewis
6,203
66.01%
3,194
33.99%
3,009
32.02%
9,397
Lincoln
4,954
49.91%
4,972
50.09%
-18
-0.18%
9,926
Logan
10,588
41.71%
14,794
58.29%
-4,206
-16.58%
25,382
Marion
16,112
49.88%
16,192
50.12%
-80
-0.24%
32,304
Marshall
10,223
57.80%
7,463
42.20%
2,760
15.60%
17,686
Mason
6,306
62.59%
3,769
37.41%
2,537
25.18%
10,075
McDowell
11,138
39.77%
16,865
60.23%
-5,727
-20.46%
28,003
Mercer
14,648
52.53%
13,236
47.47%
1,412
5.06%
27,884
Mineral
6,412
64.12%
3,588
35.88%
2,824
28.24%
10,000
Mingo
7,916
44.15%
10,014
55.85%
-2,098
-11.70%
17,930
Monongalia
14,046
56.05%
11,016
43.95%
3,030
12.10%
25,062
Monroe
3,529
56.01%
2,772
43.99%
757
12.02%
6,301
Morgan
2,946
72.74%
1,104
27.26%
1,842
45.48%
4,050
Nicholas
5,263
51.89%
4,880
48.11%
383
3.78%
10,143
Ohio
22,165
62.69%
13,191
37.31%
8,974
25.38%
35,356
Pendleton
1,959
49.49%
1,999
50.51%
-40
-1.02%
3,958
Pleasants
2,144
57.56%
1,581
42.44%
563
15.12%
3,725
Pocahontas
2,937
53.69%
2,533
46.31%
404
7.38%
5,470
Preston
7,953
70.27%
3,365
29.73%
4,588
40.54%
11,318
Putnam
5,560
53.91%
4,754
46.09%
806
7.82%
10,314
Raleigh
16,318
50.08%
16,264
49.92%
54
0.16%
32,582
Randolph
5,448
48.88%
5,697
51.12%
-249
-2.24%
11,145
Ritchie
4,140
73.78%
1,471
26.22%
2,669
47.56%
5,611
Roane
4,701
59.85%
3,153
40.15%
1,548
19.70%
7,854
Summers
3,712
48.99%
3,865
51.01%
-153
-2.02%
7,577
Taylor
4,743
60.64%
3,079
39.36%
1,664
21.28%
7,822
Tucker
2,326
52.21%
2,129
47.79%
197
4.42%
4,455
Tyler
3,671
73.58%
1,318
26.42%
2,353
47.16%
4,989
Upshur
5,707
73.28%
2,081
26.72%
3,626
46.56%
7,788
Wayne
8,429
52.41%
7,655
47.59%
774
4.82%
16,084
Webster
2,457
44.44%
3,072
55.56%
-615
-11.12%
5,529
Wetzel
5,024
56.88%
3,809
43.12%
1,215
13.76%
8,833
Wirt
1,444
54.95%
1,184
45.05%
260
9.90%
2,628
Wood
21,096
61.30%
13,320
38.70%
7,776
22.60%
34,416
Wyoming
7,044
49.74%
7,118
50.26%
-74
-0.52%
14,162
Totals
449,297
54.08%
381,534
45.92%
67,763
8.16%
830,831
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
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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