Alabama — 1956 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1956 presidential electionAlabama · PresidentStevensonD+17.1
How it voted
Share of the 1956 vote
| Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic | 56.5% | 280,844 |
|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican | 39.4% | 195,694 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.1% | 20,150 |
1956presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Alabama cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Autauga County, AL | Democratic | D+13.3 |
| Baldwin County, AL | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Barbour County, AL | Democratic | D+50.8 |
| Bibb County, AL | Democratic | D+18.1 |
| Blount County, AL | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Bullock County, AL | Democratic | D+40.6 |
| Butler County, AL | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Calhoun County, AL | Democratic | D+33.1 |
| Chambers County, AL | Democratic | D+55.2 |
| Cherokee County, AL | Democratic | D+51.7 |
| Chilton County, AL | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Choctaw County, AL | Democratic | D+44.6 |
| Clarke County, AL | Democratic | D+22.3 |
| Clay County, AL | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Cleburne County, AL | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Coffee County, AL | Democratic | D+60.6 |
| Colbert County, AL | Democratic | D+58.1 |
| Conecuh County, AL | Democratic | D+29.1 |
| Coosa County, AL | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Covington County, AL | Democratic | D+35.1 |
| Crenshaw County, AL | Democratic | D+56.6 |
| Cullman County, AL | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Dale County, AL | Democratic | D+27.9 |
| Dallas County, AL | Republican | R+3.8 |
| DeKalb County, AL | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Elmore County, AL | Democratic | D+32.1 |
| Escambia County, AL | Democratic | D+36.0 |
| Etowah County, AL | Democratic | D+26.0 |
| Fayette County, AL | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Franklin County, AL | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Geneva County, AL | Democratic | D+40.4 |
| Greene County, AL | Democratic | D+36.6 |
| Hale County, AL | Democratic | D+42.3 |
| Henry County, AL | Democratic | D+62.6 |
| Houston County, AL | Democratic | D+14.6 |
| Jackson County, AL | Democratic | D+43.5 |
| Jefferson County, AL | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Lamar County, AL | Democratic | D+48.1 |
| Lauderdale County, AL | Democratic | D+57.2 |
| Lawrence County, AL | Democratic | D+42.2 |
| Lee County, AL | Democratic | D+34.0 |
| Limestone County, AL | Democratic | D+74.9 |
| Lowndes County, AL | Democratic | D+24.9 |
| Macon County, AL | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Madison County, AL | Democratic | D+49.9 |
| Marengo County, AL | Democratic | D+27.8 |
| Marion County, AL | Democratic | D+5.8 |
| Marshall County, AL | Democratic | D+34.3 |
| Mobile County, AL | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Monroe County, AL | Democratic | D+44.3 |
| Montgomery County, AL | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Morgan County, AL | Democratic | D+43.2 |
| Perry County, AL | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Pickens County, AL | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Pike County, AL | Democratic | D+42.6 |
| Randolph County, AL | Democratic | D+32.9 |
| Russell County, AL | Democratic | D+40.1 |
| Shelby County, AL | Republican | R+7.1 |
| St. Clair County, AL | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Sumter County, AL | Democratic | D+24.1 |
| Talladega County, AL | Democratic | D+10.9 |
| Tallapoosa County, AL | Democratic | D+45.3 |
| Tuscaloosa County, AL | Democratic | D+23.1 |
| Walker County, AL | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Washington County, AL | Democratic | D+36.1 |
| Wilcox County, AL | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Winston County, AL | Republican | R+31.2 |
Alabama results by county
67 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autauga County | Adlai Stevenson+304 | 1,16150.8% | 85737.5% | 26911.8% | 2,287 |
| Baldwin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+415 | 3,87846.1% | 4,29351.0% | 2442.9% | 8,415 |
| Barbour County | Adlai Stevenson+1,753 | 2,53073.4% | 77722.5% | 1424.1% | 3,449 |
| Bibb County | Adlai Stevenson+467 | 1,47157.0% | 1,00438.9% | 1074.1% | 2,582 |
| Blount County | Adlai Stevenson+580 | 3,20854.2% | 2,62844.4% | 861.5% | 5,922 |
| Bullock County | Adlai Stevenson+508 | 81264.9% | 30424.3% | 13610.9% | 1,252 |
| Butler County | Adlai Stevenson+634 | 1,95855.4% | 1,32437.5% | 2517.1% | 3,533 |
| Calhoun County | Adlai Stevenson+4,596 | 9,06965.2% | 4,47332.2% | 3582.6% | 13,900 |
| Chambers County | Adlai Stevenson+3,717 | 5,16576.7% | 1,44821.5% | 1241.8% | 6,737 |
| Cherokee County | Adlai Stevenson+1,816 | 2,66175.7% | 84524.1% | 70.2% | 3,513 |
| Chilton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,248 | 1,89136.7% | 3,13961.0% | 1182.3% | 5,148 |
| Choctaw County | Adlai Stevenson+793 | 1,25070.3% | 45725.7% | 724.0% | 1,779 |
| Clarke County | Adlai Stevenson+716 | 1,96261.0% | 1,24638.8% | 70.2% | 3,215 |
| Clay County | Adlai Stevenson+80 | 1,67750.5% | 1,59748.1% | 491.5% | 3,323 |
| Cleburne County | Adlai Stevenson+351 | 1,40757.0% | 1,05642.8% | 70.3% | 2,470 |
| Coffee County | Adlai Stevenson+3,190 | 4,16379.0% | 97318.5% | 1322.5% | 5,268 |
| Colbert County | Adlai Stevenson+5,188 | 7,00778.4% | 1,81920.4% | 1111.2% | 8,937 |
| Conecuh County | Adlai Stevenson+802 | 1,68761.3% | 88532.1% | 1826.6% | 2,754 |
| Coosa County | Adlai Stevenson+341 | 1,41156.0% | 1,07042.5% | 381.5% | 2,519 |
| Covington County | Adlai Stevenson+2,630 | 4,88765.2% | 2,25730.1% | 3464.6% | 7,490 |
| Crenshaw County | Adlai Stevenson+1,685 | 2,25275.7% | 56719.1% | 1565.2% | 2,975 |
| Cullman County | Adlai Stevenson+1,129 | 5,51055.5% | 4,38144.1% | 380.4% | 9,929 |
| Dale County | Adlai Stevenson+1,034 | 2,31862.4% | 1,28434.6% | 1103.0% | 3,712 |
| Dallas County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+203 | 2,12139.6% | 2,32443.4% | 91317.0% | 5,358 |
| DeKalb County | Adlai Stevenson+84 | 5,76850.3% | 5,68449.6% | 160.1% | 11,468 |
| Elmore County | Adlai Stevenson+1,734 | 3,35362.2% | 1,61930.0% | 4227.8% | 5,394 |
| Escambia County | Adlai Stevenson+1,908 | 3,43764.9% | 1,52928.9% | 3336.3% | 5,299 |
| Etowah County | Adlai Stevenson+5,176 | 12,37462.2% | 7,19836.2% | 3141.6% | 19,886 |
| Fayette County | Adlai Stevenson+8 | 1,95649.8% | 1,94849.6% | 240.6% | 3,928 |
| Franklin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+45 | 3,35449.5% | 3,39950.2% | 160.2% | 6,769 |
| Geneva County | Adlai Stevenson+1,662 | 2,84169.0% | 1,17928.6% | 982.4% | 4,118 |
| Greene County | Adlai Stevenson+382 | 69166.2% | 30929.6% | 444.2% | 1,044 |
| Hale County | Adlai Stevenson+810 | 1,31468.5% | 50426.3% | 995.2% | 1,917 |
| Henry County | Adlai Stevenson+1,698 | 2,12778.4% | 42915.8% | 1575.8% | 2,713 |
| Houston County | Adlai Stevenson+998 | 3,63053.1% | 2,63238.5% | 5798.5% | 6,841 |
| Jackson County | Adlai Stevenson+2,890 | 4,75871.6% | 1,86828.1% | 210.3% | 6,647 |
| Jefferson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,091 | 38,60444.1% | 43,69549.9% | 5,2146.0% | 87,513 |
| Lamar County | Adlai Stevenson+1,634 | 2,50173.6% | 86725.5% | 310.9% | 3,399 |
| Lauderdale County | Adlai Stevenson+6,692 | 9,15078.3% | 2,45821.0% | 840.7% | 11,692 |
| Lawrence County | Adlai Stevenson+1,764 | 2,96170.8% | 1,19728.6% | 270.6% | 4,185 |
| Lee County | Adlai Stevenson+1,716 | 3,30265.4% | 1,58631.4% | 1633.2% | 5,051 |
| Limestone County | Adlai Stevenson+3,556 | 4,14587.3% | 58912.4% | 160.3% | 4,750 |
| Lowndes County | Adlai Stevenson+297 | 62352.3% | 32627.3% | 24320.4% | 1,192 |
| Macon County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+43 | 1,02446.7% | 1,06748.7% | 1024.7% | 2,193 |
| Madison County | Adlai Stevenson+6,061 | 9,05474.5% | 2,99324.6% | 1030.8% | 12,150 |
| Marengo County | Adlai Stevenson+849 | 1,85860.9% | 1,00933.1% | 1856.1% | 3,052 |
| Marion County | Adlai Stevenson+313 | 2,84952.7% | 2,53646.9% | 240.4% | 5,409 |
| Marshall County | Adlai Stevenson+3,258 | 6,32966.7% | 3,07132.3% | 951.0% | 9,495 |
| Mobile County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,476 | 17,16343.4% | 20,63952.2% | 1,7324.4% | 39,534 |
| Monroe County | Adlai Stevenson+1,310 | 2,06969.9% | 75925.7% | 1304.4% | 2,958 |
| Montgomery County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,837 | 6,89036.6% | 8,72746.3% | 3,22417.1% | 18,841 |
| Morgan County | Adlai Stevenson+4,697 | 7,67170.6% | 2,97427.4% | 2272.1% | 10,872 |
| Perry County | Adlai Stevenson+361 | 97453.8% | 61333.8% | 22512.4% | 1,812 |
| Pickens County | Adlai Stevenson+667 | 1,66058.8% | 99335.2% | 1716.1% | 2,824 |
| Pike County | Adlai Stevenson+1,634 | 2,63168.5% | 99726.0% | 2115.5% | 3,839 |
| Randolph County | Adlai Stevenson+1,567 | 3,15166.2% | 1,58433.3% | 260.5% | 4,761 |
| Russell County | Adlai Stevenson+1,795 | 3,06068.3% | 1,26528.2% | 1543.4% | 4,479 |
| Shelby County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+399 | 2,50244.8% | 2,90152.0% | 1783.2% | 5,581 |
| St. Clair County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+21 | 2,42048.6% | 2,44149.1% | 1142.3% | 4,975 |
| Sumter County | Adlai Stevenson+403 | 98158.7% | 57834.6% | 1126.7% | 1,671 |
| Talladega County | Adlai Stevenson+1,046 | 5,24354.6% | 4,19743.7% | 1571.6% | 9,597 |
| Tallapoosa County | Adlai Stevenson+3,191 | 5,07072.0% | 1,87926.7% | 931.3% | 7,042 |
| Tuscaloosa County | Adlai Stevenson+3,192 | 8,18659.3% | 4,99436.2% | 6184.5% | 13,798 |
| Walker County | Adlai Stevenson+2,482 | 7,66159.3% | 5,17940.1% | 790.6% | 12,919 |
| Washington County | Adlai Stevenson+928 | 1,70566.4% | 77730.2% | 873.4% | 2,569 |
| Wilcox County | Adlai Stevenson+279 | 77852.8% | 49933.9% | 19713.4% | 1,474 |
| Winston County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,428 | 1,57034.4% | 2,99865.6% | 20.0% | 4,570 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Alabama's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +55.5% |
| 1896 | +38.4% |
| 1900 | +26.0% |
| 1904 | +52.7% |
| 1908 | +46.4% |
| 1912 | +61.7% |
| 1916 | +54.1% |
| 1920 | +34.8% |
| 1924 | +42.7% |
| 1928 | +3.0% |
| 1932 | +70.6% |
| 1936 | +73.6% |
| 1940 | +70.9% |
| 1944 | +63.1% |
| 1948 | −19.0% |
| 1952 | +29.5% |
| 1956 | +17.1% |
| 1960 | +14.3% |
| 1964 | −69.5% |
| 1968 | +4.7% |
| 1972 | −46.9% |
| 1976 | +13.1% |
| 1980 | −1.3% |
| 1984 | −22.4% |
| 1988 | −19.3% |
| 1992 | −6.8% |
| 1996 | −7.0% |
| 2000 | −14.9% |
| 2004 | −25.6% |
| 2008 | −21.6% |
| 2012 | −22.2% |
| 2016 | −28.1% |
| 2020 | −25.5% |
| 2024 | −30.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1956 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.