The 1956 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Dakota was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 58.39 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, with 41.61% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
Results by county
| County[6]
|
Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican
|
Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic
|
Margin
|
Total votes cast
|
| #
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
| Aurora
|
1,055
|
43.43%
|
1,374
|
56.57%
|
-319
|
-13.13%
|
2,429
|
| Beadle
|
5,216
|
53.06%
|
4,614
|
46.94%
|
602
|
6.12%
|
9,830
|
| Bennett
|
746
|
52.13%
|
685
|
47.87%
|
61
|
4.26%
|
1,431
|
| Bon Homme
|
2,696
|
55.70%
|
2,144
|
44.30%
|
552
|
11.40%
|
4,840
|
| Brookings
|
5,293
|
66.89%
|
2,620
|
33.11%
|
2,673
|
33.78%
|
7,913
|
| Brown
|
8,193
|
53.28%
|
7,184
|
46.72%
|
1,009
|
6.56%
|
15,377
|
| Brule
|
1,317
|
41.02%
|
1,894
|
58.98%
|
-577
|
-17.97%
|
3,211
|
| Buffalo
|
314
|
49.68%
|
318
|
50.32%
|
-4
|
-0.63%
|
632
|
| Butte
|
2,231
|
68.46%
|
1,028
|
31.54%
|
1,203
|
36.91%
|
3,259
|
| Campbell
|
1,268
|
81.44%
|
289
|
18.56%
|
979
|
62.88%
|
1,557
|
| Charles Mix
|
2,202
|
41.40%
|
3,117
|
58.60%
|
-915
|
-17.20%
|
5,319
|
| Clark
|
2,173
|
58.83%
|
1,521
|
41.17%
|
652
|
17.65%
|
3,694
|
| Clay
|
2,632
|
57.72%
|
1,928
|
42.28%
|
704
|
15.44%
|
4,560
|
| Codington
|
5,150
|
57.72%
|
3,772
|
42.28%
|
1,378
|
15.44%
|
8,922
|
| Corson
|
1,394
|
55.63%
|
1,112
|
44.37%
|
282
|
11.25%
|
2,506
|
| Custer
|
1,514
|
63.96%
|
853
|
36.04%
|
661
|
27.93%
|
2,367
|
| Davison
|
4,056
|
51.57%
|
3,809
|
48.43%
|
247
|
3.14%
|
7,865
|
| Day
|
2,652
|
47.16%
|
2,971
|
52.84%
|
-319
|
-5.67%
|
5,623
|
| Deuel
|
1,698
|
55.47%
|
1,363
|
44.53%
|
335
|
10.94%
|
3,061
|
| Dewey
|
1,197
|
56.76%
|
912
|
43.24%
|
285
|
13.51%
|
2,109
|
| Douglas
|
1,713
|
67.81%
|
813
|
32.19%
|
900
|
35.63%
|
2,526
|
| Edmunds
|
1,685
|
51.61%
|
1,580
|
48.39%
|
105
|
3.22%
|
3,265
|
| Fall River
|
2,377
|
67.39%
|
1,150
|
32.61%
|
1,227
|
34.79%
|
3,527
|
| Faulk
|
1,260
|
52.17%
|
1,155
|
47.83%
|
105
|
4.35%
|
2,415
|
| Grant
|
2,621
|
55.87%
|
2,070
|
44.13%
|
551
|
11.75%
|
4,691
|
| Gregory
|
1,945
|
52.01%
|
1,795
|
47.99%
|
150
|
4.01%
|
3,740
|
| Haakon
|
936
|
61.18%
|
594
|
38.82%
|
342
|
22.35%
|
1,530
|
| Hamlin
|
2,083
|
61.68%
|
1,294
|
38.32%
|
789
|
23.36%
|
3,377
|
| Hand
|
1,804
|
55.39%
|
1,453
|
44.61%
|
351
|
10.78%
|
3,257
|
| Hanson
|
1,050
|
46.94%
|
1,187
|
53.06%
|
-137
|
-6.12%
|
2,237
|
| Harding
|
650
|
63.35%
|
376
|
36.65%
|
274
|
26.71%
|
1,026
|
| Hughes
|
2,923
|
63.41%
|
1,687
|
36.59%
|
1,236
|
26.81%
|
4,610
|
| Hutchinson
|
3,870
|
73.16%
|
1,420
|
26.84%
|
2,450
|
46.31%
|
5,290
|
| Hyde
|
755
|
55.84%
|
597
|
44.16%
|
158
|
11.69%
|
1,352
|
| Jackson
|
490
|
54.57%
|
408
|
45.43%
|
82
|
9.13%
|
898
|
| Jerauld
|
1,175
|
53.90%
|
1,005
|
46.10%
|
170
|
7.80%
|
2,180
|
| Jones
|
601
|
56.06%
|
471
|
43.94%
|
130
|
12.13%
|
1,072
|
| Kingsbury
|
2,933
|
64.92%
|
1,585
|
35.08%
|
1,348
|
29.84%
|
4,518
|
| Lake
|
3,404
|
62.32%
|
2,058
|
37.68%
|
1,346
|
24.64%
|
5,462
|
| Lawrence
|
4,654
|
71.33%
|
1,871
|
28.67%
|
2,783
|
42.65%
|
6,525
|
| Lincoln
|
3,529
|
62.24%
|
2,141
|
37.76%
|
1,388
|
24.48%
|
5,670
|
| Lyman
|
1,151
|
56.87%
|
873
|
43.13%
|
278
|
13.74%
|
2,024
|
| Marshall
|
1,639
|
50.06%
|
1,635
|
49.94%
|
4
|
0.12%
|
3,274
|
| McCook
|
2,382
|
57.54%
|
1,758
|
42.46%
|
624
|
15.07%
|
4,140
|
| McPherson
|
2,225
|
77.85%
|
633
|
22.15%
|
1,592
|
55.70%
|
2,858
|
| Meade
|
2,467
|
59.81%
|
1,658
|
40.19%
|
809
|
19.61%
|
4,125
|
| Mellette
|
643
|
55.29%
|
520
|
44.71%
|
123
|
10.58%
|
1,163
|
| Miner
|
1,456
|
48.97%
|
1,517
|
51.03%
|
-61
|
-2.05%
|
2,973
|
| Minnehaha
|
22,285
|
62.99%
|
13,093
|
37.01%
|
9,192
|
25.98%
|
35,378
|
| Moody
|
2,133
|
53.69%
|
1,840
|
46.31%
|
293
|
7.37%
|
3,973
|
| Pennington
|
10,955
|
67.26%
|
5,332
|
32.74%
|
5,623
|
34.52%
|
16,287
|
| Perkins
|
1,743
|
59.41%
|
1,191
|
40.59%
|
552
|
18.81%
|
2,934
|
| Potter
|
1,445
|
63.16%
|
843
|
36.84%
|
602
|
26.31%
|
2,288
|
| Roberts
|
2,854
|
46.79%
|
3,246
|
53.21%
|
-392
|
-6.43%
|
6,100
|
| Sanborn
|
1,327
|
50.48%
|
1,302
|
49.52%
|
25
|
0.95%
|
2,629
|
| Shannon
|
762
|
44.54%
|
949
|
55.46%
|
-187
|
-10.93%
|
1,711
|
| Spink
|
2,683
|
48.29%
|
2,873
|
51.71%
|
-190
|
-3.42%
|
5,556
|
| Stanley
|
587
|
50.87%
|
567
|
49.13%
|
20
|
1.73%
|
1,154
|
| Sully
|
726
|
59.51%
|
494
|
40.49%
|
232
|
19.02%
|
1,220
|
| Todd
|
748
|
47.31%
|
833
|
52.69%
|
-85
|
-5.38%
|
1,581
|
| Tripp
|
2,064
|
52.94%
|
1,835
|
47.06%
|
229
|
5.87%
|
3,899
|
| Turner
|
4,096
|
70.89%
|
1,682
|
29.11%
|
2,414
|
41.78%
|
5,778
|
| Union
|
2,636
|
52.94%
|
2,343
|
47.06%
|
293
|
5.88%
|
4,979
|
| Walworth
|
2,132
|
60.21%
|
1,409
|
39.79%
|
723
|
20.42%
|
3,541
|
| Washabaugh
|
265
|
58.89%
|
185
|
41.11%
|
80
|
17.78%
|
450
|
| Yankton
|
4,063
|
57.63%
|
2,987
|
42.37%
|
1,076
|
15.26%
|
7,050
|
| Ziebach
|
627
|
57.05%
|
472
|
42.95%
|
155
|
14.10%
|
1,099
|
| Totals |
171,549 |
58.38% |
122,288 |
41.62% |
49,261 |
16.76% |
293,837
|
Notes
- ^ 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.[2]
References
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