1956 Republican Party presidential primaries

(Redirected from 1956 Nevada Republican caucuses) Selection of Republican US presidential candidate

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March 11 to June 5, 1956

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Candidate	Dwight D. Eisenhower	John W. Bricker
Home state	Kansas	Ohio
Contests won	16	0
Popular vote	5,008,132	478,453
Percentage	85.9%	8.21%

Previous Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

From March 11 to June 5, 1956, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1956 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1956 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1956, in San Francisco, California.

Eisenhower sought re-nomination and faced no formidable opposition. He swept the primaries without difficulty. Senator William F. Knowland of California was on the ballot for a number of them. Knowland had announced he would run if Ike would not, and the president announced so late that there was no time for Knowland to withdraw.

Candidates

Nominee

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Withdrew

John W. Bricker, U.S. Senator from Ohio
William F. Knowland, U.S. Senator from California

Favorite sons

S. C. Arnold, Montana Secretary of State
Joe Foss, Governor of South Dakota

Polling

National polling

Poll source	Publication	John Bricker	Dwight Eisenhower	William Knowland	Richard Nixon
Gallup	Aug. 1954	—	79%	–	—
Gallup	Dec. 1954	—	74%	–	—
Gallup	Apr. 1955	2%	62%	2%	4%
Gallup	Aug. 1955	—	85%	2%	2%
Gallup	Jan. 1956	–	82%	—	—

Results

Statewide contest won by candidates


		Dwight Eisenhower	John W. Bricker	William F. Knowland	Joe Foss	S.C. Arnold	Unpledged
March 13	New Hampshire	99%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
March 20	Minnesota	98%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%
April 3	Wisconsin	96%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
April 10	Illinois	95%	0%	4%	0%	0%	0%
April 17	New Jersey	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
April 24	Alaska	94%	0%	6%	0%	0%	0%
April 24	Massachusetts	95%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
April 24	Pennsylvania	96%	0%	4%	0%	0%	0%
May 1	Washington, D.C.	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
May 7	Maryland	96%	0%	0%	0%	0%	4%
May 8	Indiana	96%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
May 8	Ohio	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
May 8	West Virginia	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%
May 15	Nebraska	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
May 18	Oregon	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
May 29	Florida	92%	0%	8%	0%	0%	0%
June 6	California	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
June 5	Montana	0%	0%	0%	0%	86%	0%
June 5	South Dakota	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%

Total popular vote results

Primaries total popular vote results

Dwight Eisenhower - 5,008,132 (85.93%)
John W. Bricker - 478,453 (8.21%)
Unpledged - 115,014 (1.97%)
William F. Knowland - 84,446 (1.45%)
Joe Foss - 59,374 (1.02%)
S.C. Arnold - 32,732 (0.56%)
Others - 50,283 (0.86%)

External links

Republican Party Platform of 1956, The American Presidency Project

References

Kalb, Deborah (2016-02-19). Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
^ "US President - R Primaries". OurCampaigns.com. 16 Nov 2004. Retrieved 29 Oct 2020.

(← 1952) 1956 United States presidential election (→ 1960)

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Candidates	Incumbent nominee: Dwight D. Eisenhower Incumbent VP nominee: Richard Nixon

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Nominee: Adlai Stevenson II
VP nominee: Estes Kefauver

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American Vegetarian Party	Nominee: Herbert M. Shelton VP nominee: Symon Gould
Prohibition Party	Nominee: Enoch A. Holtwick VP nominee: Herbert C. Holdridge
Socialist Labor Party	Nominee: Eric Hass VP nominee: Georgia Cozzini
Socialist Party	Nominee: Darlington Hoopes VP nominee: Samuel H. Friedman
Socialist Workers Party	Nominee: Farrell Dobbs VP nominee: Myra Tanner Weiss
Independents and other candidates	T. Coleman Andrews Gerald L. K. Smith

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