Election in Montana
The 1956 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 1956 as part of the 1956 United States presidential election . Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Montana strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Dwight D. Eisenhower , over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson . Eisenhower won Montana by 14.26%; however, owing to a five-year drought in the High Plains that resulted in a considerable protest vote for Stevenson, he did not do as well as had four years earlier .[2]
However, his strong Catholic appeal meant that Eisenhower gained substantially in the heavily Irish mining counties of the west.[3] His 48.61% in Deer Lodge County is the best by a Republican there since Warren G. Harding in 1920 , and as of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the only election since 1920 in which Silver Bow County voted for a Republican Presidential candidate.[4] In addition to that, this is the only election since 1924, as of 2020, in which neighboring Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties voted for different candidates, the two normally being Democratic strongholds.
Results [ edit ] Results by county [ edit ] County Dwight David Eisenhower Republican Adlai Stevenson II Democratic Margin Total votes cast[6] # % # % # % Beaverhead 1,995 65.97% 1,029 34.03% 966 31.94% 3,024 Big Horn 1,739 56.44% 1,342 43.56% 397 12.89% 3,081 Blaine 1,460 50.38% 1,438 49.62% 22 0.76% 2,898 Broadwater 869 65.93% 449 34.07% 420 31.87% 1,318 Carbon 2,345 56.30% 1,820 43.70% 525 12.61% 4,165 Carter 698 61.55% 436 38.45% 262 23.10% 1,134 Cascade 12,455 52.88% 11,098 47.12% 1,357 5.76% 23,553 Chouteau 1,721 48.96% 1,794 51.04% -73 -2.08% 3,515 Custer 3,240 58.30% 2,317 41.70% 923 16.61% 5,557 Daniels 982 50.93% 946 49.07% 36 1.87% 1,928 Dawson 2,463 56.08% 1,929 43.92% 534 12.16% 4,392 Deer Lodge 3,551 48.36% 3,792 51.64% -241 -3.28% 7,343 Fallon 967 61.24% 612 38.76% 355 22.48% 1,579 Fergus 3,771 57.77% 2,757 42.23% 1,014 15.53% 6,528 Flathead 8,088 57.40% 6,003 42.60% 2,085 14.80% 14,091 Gallatin 6,680 67.20% 3,260 32.80% 3,420 34.41% 9,940 Garfield 558 56.82% 424 43.18% 134 13.65% 982 Glacier 2,054 52.99% 1,822 47.01% 232 5.99% 3,876 Golden Valley 383 59.94% 256 40.06% 127 19.87% 639 Granite 896 62.70% 533 37.30% 363 25.40% 1,429 Hill 3,415 53.24% 2,999 46.76% 416 6.49% 6,414 Jefferson 1,049 61.38% 660 38.62% 389 22.76% 1,709 Judith Basin 789 48.20% 848 51.80% -59 -3.60% 1,637 Lake 3,363 59.88% 2,253 40.12% 1,110 19.76% 5,616 Lewis and Clark 7,959 61.72% 4,937 38.28% 3,022 23.43% 12,896 Liberty 601 55.19% 488 44.81% 113 10.38% 1,089 Lincoln 2,321 50.38% 2,286 49.62% 35 0.76% 4,607 Madison 1,662 64.24% 925 35.76% 737 28.49% 2,587 McCone 752 45.83% 889 54.17% -137 -8.35% 1,641 Meagher 712 66.73% 355 33.27% 357 33.46% 1,067 Mineral 606 52.33% 552 47.67% 54 4.66% 1,158 Missoula 10,627 61.12% 6,760 38.88% 3,867 22.24% 17,387 Musselshell 1,165 51.10% 1,115 48.90% 50 2.19% 2,280 Park 3,733 63.44% 2,151 36.56% 1,582 26.89% 5,884 Petroleum 258 55.72% 205 44.28% 53 11.45% 463 Phillips 1,605 52.94% 1,427 47.06% 178 5.87% 3,032 Pondera 1,651 53.45% 1,438 46.55% 213 6.90% 3,089 Powder River 700 60.55% 456 39.45% 244 21.11% 1,156 Powell 1,683 58.09% 1,214 41.91% 469 16.19% 2,897 Prairie 637 61.25% 403 38.75% 234 22.50% 1,040 Ravalli 3,437 61.40% 2,161 38.60% 1,276 22.79% 5,598 Richland 2,366 55.67% 1,884 44.33% 482 11.34% 4,250 Roosevelt 1,985 47.37% 2,205 52.63% -220 -5.25% 4,190 Rosebud 1,516 63.01% 890 36.99% 626 26.02% 2,406 Sanders 1,649 52.05% 1,519 47.95% 130 4.10% 3,168 Sheridan 1,153 38.31% 1,857 61.69% -704 -23.39% 3,010 Silver Bow 11,619 50.31% 11,475 49.69% 144 0.62% 23,094 Stillwater 1,540 60.32% 1,013 39.68% 527 20.64% 2,553 Sweet Grass 1,129 71.28% 455 28.72% 674 42.55% 1,584 Teton 1,728 51.58% 1,622 48.42% 106 3.16% 3,350 Toole 1,927 56.89% 1,460 43.11% 467 13.79% 3,387 Treasure 337 57.22% 252 42.78% 85 14.43% 589 Valley 2357 48.42% 2511 51.58% -154 -3.16% 4868 Wheatland 932 61.72% 578 38.28% 354 23.44% 1510 Wibaux 431 52.50% 390 47.50% 41 5.00% 821 Yellowstone 18,664 64.91% 10,088 35.09% 8,576 29.83% 28,752 Totals 155,474 57.07% 116,966 42.93% 38,508 14.13% 272,440
See also [ edit ] ^ 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. References [ edit ]