The 1956 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the
1956 United States presidential election
The 1956 United States presidential election was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. President Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully ran for reelection against Adlai Stevenson II, the former Illinois ...
which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Connecticut voted for the
Republican nominee, incumbent
President Dwight D. Eisenhower of
Pennsylvania, over the
Democratic nominee, former
Governor Adlai Stevenson of
Illinois. Eisenhower ran with incumbent
Vice President Richard Nixon of
California, while Stevenson's running mate was
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
Estes Kefauver
Carey Estes Kefauver (;
July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the Senate from 1949 until his d ...
of
Tennessee. Eisenhower won Connecticut by a margin of 27.46%, which made Connecticut 12% more Republican than the nation-at-large and Eisenhower's eighth-best state in the nation.
To date, this is the last time that the cities of
Middletown,
New Britain
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, and
New Haven, as well as the town of
Bloomfield voted Republican.
Results
By county
See also
*
United States presidential elections in Connecticut
References
Connecticut
1956
Events
January
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1956 Connecticut elections
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