The 1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 53.28% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.51% of the popular vote.
This was the first time that a Republican presidential candidate won Louisiana or indeed any Deep South state since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876. Along with Kentucky and West Virginia, Louisiana was one of 3 states that Dwight Eisenhower lost in 1952, but managed to flip in 1956.
Results
Results by parish
Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Allen
- Acadia
- Beauregard
- Assumption
- Calcasieu
- Catahoula
- Concordia
- East Baton Rouge
- Grant
- Jackson
- Jefferson Davis
- Jefferson
- Lafourche
- LaSalle
- Morehouse
- Natchitoches
- Orleans
- Ouachita
- Rapides
- Sabine
- Saint Charles
- St. James
- St. John the Baptist
- St. Tammany
- Tangipahoa
- Terrebonne
- Vernon
- Union
- Webster
- Winn
Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Unpledged
- Caldwell
- Richland
- West Carroll
Parishes that flipped from Republican to Unpledged
- Madison
See also
- United States presidential elections in Louisiana
Notes
References
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