The 1952 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 4, 1952. It was part of the

1952 United States presidential election The 1952 United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election and was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1952. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, which ended 20 year ...

held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twenty-four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The

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candidate, former General of the Army and

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, won his birth state Texas with 53% of the vote against

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Adlai Stevenson, carrying the state's 24 electoral votes. Eisenhower had been endorsed by the

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at their state convention. Despite losing most southern and eastern areas of the state to Stevenson, Eisenhower managed to carry Texas by a margin of 6.44 points. Eisenhower's victory in the state made him only the second Republican to carry the state during a presidential election, with the first Republican candidate being Herbert Hoover back in

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, along with being the first presidential candidate to win over a million votes in Texas. Eisenhower nonetheless did lose Grayson County, the home of his birthplace, Denison.

Results

Results by county

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Results

Results by county

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