Elections / 1956 · President · GA
Georgia — 1956 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1956 presidential electionGeorgia · PresidentStevensonD+34.1
How it voted
Share of the 1956 vote
| Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic | 67.1% | 441,094 |
|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican | 32.9% | 216,662 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1956presidential margin
D+60R+60
159 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Georgia cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (159 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Appling County, GA | Democratic | D+54.5 |
| Atkinson County, GA | Democratic | D+86.7 |
| Bacon County, GA | Democratic | D+72.2 |
| Baker County, GA | Democratic | D+92.1 |
| Baldwin County, GA | Democratic | D+35.6 |
| Banks County, GA | Democratic | D+68.2 |
| Barrow County, GA | Democratic | D+67.4 |
| Bartow County, GA | Democratic | D+40.6 |
| Ben Hill County, GA | Democratic | D+59.0 |
| Berrien County, GA | Democratic | D+87.1 |
| Bibb County, GA | Democratic | D+34.8 |
| Bleckley County, GA | Democratic | D+83.7 |
| Brantley County, GA | Democratic | D+68.2 |
| Brooks County, GA | Democratic | D+56.8 |
| Bryan County, GA | Democratic | D+57.9 |
| Bulloch County, GA | Democratic | D+58.2 |
| Burke County, GA | Democratic | D+28.6 |
| Butts County, GA | Democratic | D+70.7 |
| Calhoun County, GA | Democratic | D+82.2 |
| Camden County, GA | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Candler County, GA | Democratic | D+52.8 |
| Carroll County, GA | Democratic | D+47.9 |
| Catoosa County, GA | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Charlton County, GA | Democratic | D+57.2 |
| Chatham County, GA | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Chattahoochee County, GA | Democratic | D+42.7 |
| Chattooga County, GA | Democratic | D+38.9 |
| Cherokee County, GA | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Clarke County, GA | Democratic | D+33.8 |
| Clay County, GA | Democratic | D+58.2 |
| Clayton County, GA | Democratic | D+55.2 |
| Clinch County, GA | Democratic | D+50.5 |
| Cobb County, GA | Democratic | D+26.5 |
| Coffee County, GA | Democratic | D+69.6 |
| Colquitt County, GA | Democratic | D+53.5 |
| Columbia County, GA | Democratic | D+30.3 |
| Cook County, GA | Democratic | D+79.1 |
| Coweta County, GA | Democratic | D+55.9 |
| Crawford County, GA | Democratic | D+75.5 |
| Crisp County, GA | Democratic | D+50.3 |
| Dade County, GA | Democratic | D+8.8 |
| Dawson County, GA | Democratic | D+8.1 |
| Decatur County, GA | Democratic | D+55.4 |
| DeKalb County, GA | Democratic | D+31.1 |
| Dodge County, GA | Democratic | D+65.0 |
| Dooly County, GA | Democratic | D+82.8 |
| Dougherty County, GA | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Douglas County, GA | Democratic | D+35.7 |
| Early County, GA | Democratic | D+80.8 |
| Echols County, GA | Democratic | D+59.5 |
| Effingham County, GA | Republican | R+2.1 |
| Elbert County, GA | Democratic | D+78.1 |
| Emanuel County, GA | Democratic | D+55.6 |
| Evans County, GA | Democratic | D+52.8 |
| Fannin County, GA | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Fayette County, GA | Democratic | D+80.9 |
| Floyd County, GA | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Forsyth County, GA | Democratic | D+27.7 |
| Franklin County, GA | Democratic | D+84.3 |
| Fulton County, GA | Democratic | D+15.6 |
| Gilmer County, GA | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Glascock County, GA | Democratic | D+48.1 |
| Glynn County, GA | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Gordon County, GA | Democratic | D+31.6 |
| Grady County, GA | Democratic | D+68.9 |
| Greene County, GA | Democratic | D+57.6 |
| Gwinnett County, GA | Democratic | D+59.5 |
| Habersham County, GA | Democratic | D+45.4 |
| Hall County, GA | Democratic | D+37.0 |
| Hancock County, GA | Democratic | D+41.7 |
| Haralson County, GA | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Harris County, GA | Democratic | D+40.4 |
| Hart County, GA | Democratic | D+82.8 |
| Heard County, GA | Democratic | D+70.2 |
| Henry County, GA | Democratic | D+51.3 |
| Houston County, GA | Democratic | D+61.8 |
| Irwin County, GA | Democratic | D+66.6 |
| Jackson County, GA | Democratic | D+75.2 |
| Jasper County, GA | Democratic | D+53.9 |
| Jeff Davis County, GA | Democratic | D+74.0 |
| Jefferson County, GA | Democratic | D+45.0 |
| Jenkins County, GA | Democratic | D+58.6 |
| Johnson County, GA | Democratic | D+80.0 |
| Jones County, GA | Democratic | D+51.9 |
| Lamar County, GA | Democratic | D+46.8 |
| Lanier County, GA | Democratic | D+70.8 |
| Laurens County, GA | Democratic | D+62.1 |
| Lee County, GA | Democratic | D+74.1 |
| Liberty County, GA | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Lincoln County, GA | Democratic | D+63.6 |
| Long County, GA | Democratic | D+61.9 |
| Lowndes County, GA | Democratic | D+29.7 |
| Lumpkin County, GA | Democratic | D+17.6 |
| Macon County, GA | Democratic | D+69.1 |
| Madison County, GA | Democratic | D+86.5 |
| Marion County, GA | Democratic | D+59.3 |
| McDuffie County, GA | Democratic | D+23.1 |
| McIntosh County, GA | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Meriwether County, GA | Democratic | D+68.2 |
| Miller County, GA | Democratic | D+56.0 |
| Mitchell County, GA | Democratic | D+75.5 |
| Monroe County, GA | Democratic | D+50.7 |
| Montgomery County, GA | Democratic | D+59.0 |
| Morgan County, GA | Democratic | D+71.7 |
| Murray County, GA | Democratic | D+22.8 |
| Muscogee County, GA | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Newton County, GA | Democratic | D+71.7 |
| Oconee County, GA | Democratic | D+57.3 |
| Oglethorpe County, GA | Democratic | D+78.7 |
| Paulding County, GA | Democratic | D+26.0 |
| Peach County, GA | Democratic | D+53.9 |
| Pickens County, GA | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Pierce County, GA | Democratic | D+71.1 |
| Pike County, GA | Democratic | D+67.1 |
| Polk County, GA | Democratic | D+36.4 |
| Pulaski County, GA | Democratic | D+78.5 |
| Putnam County, GA | Democratic | D+60.6 |
| Quitman County, GA | Democratic | D+83.9 |
| Rabun County, GA | Democratic | D+54.2 |
| Randolph County, GA | Democratic | D+48.6 |
| Richmond County, GA | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Rockdale County, GA | Democratic | D+57.2 |
| Schley County, GA | Democratic | D+58.1 |
| Screven County, GA | Democratic | D+43.8 |
| Seminole County, GA | Democratic | D+82.5 |
| Spalding County, GA | Democratic | D+53.8 |
| Stephens County, GA | Democratic | D+58.3 |
| Stewart County, GA | Democratic | D+49.3 |
| Sumter County, GA | Democratic | D+49.3 |
| Talbot County, GA | Democratic | D+67.8 |
| Taliaferro County, GA | Democratic | D+57.8 |
| Tattnall County, GA | Democratic | D+62.1 |
| Taylor County, GA | Democratic | D+66.2 |
| Telfair County, GA | Democratic | D+75.9 |
| Terrell County, GA | Democratic | D+73.0 |
| Thomas County, GA | Democratic | D+22.2 |
| Tift County, GA | Democratic | D+53.0 |
| Toombs County, GA | Democratic | D+61.9 |
| Towns County, GA | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Treutlen County, GA | Democratic | D+78.3 |
| Troup County, GA | Democratic | D+47.1 |
| Turner County, GA | Democratic | D+59.6 |
| Twiggs County, GA | Democratic | D+71.3 |
| Union County, GA | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Upson County, GA | Democratic | D+65.6 |
| Walker County, GA | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Walton County, GA | Democratic | D+74.9 |
| Ware County, GA | Democratic | D+44.2 |
| Warren County, GA | Democratic | D+63.2 |
| Washington County, GA | Democratic | D+61.6 |
| Wayne County, GA | Democratic | D+37.4 |
| Webster County, GA | Democratic | D+70.5 |
| Wheeler County, GA | Democratic | D+73.9 |
| White County, GA | Democratic | D+40.2 |
| Whitfield County, GA | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Wilcox County, GA | Democratic | D+75.8 |
| Wilkes County, GA | Democratic | D+69.9 |
| Wilkinson County, GA | Democratic | D+53.5 |
| Worth County, GA | Democratic | D+75.3 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Georgia's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +36.3% |
| 1896 | +21.0% |
| 1900 | +38.7% |
| 1904 | +45.9% |
| 1908 | +23.4% |
| 1912 | +72.4% |
| 1916 | +72.9% |
| 1920 | +42.3% |
| 1924 | +55.9% |
| 1928 | +12.0% |
| 1932 | +83.8% |
| 1936 | +74.5% |
| 1940 | +69.9% |
| 1944 | +63.5% |
| 1948 | +42.5% |
| 1952 | +39.3% |
| 1956 | +34.1% |
| 1960 | +25.1% |
| 1964 | −8.3% |
| 1968 | −3.7% |
| 1972 | −50.6% |
| 1976 | +33.9% |
| 1980 | +14.8% |
| 1984 | −20.4% |
| 1988 | −20.3% |
| 1992 | +0.6% |
| 1996 | −1.2% |
| 2000 | −11.7% |
| 2004 | −16.6% |
| 2008 | −5.2% |
| 2012 | −7.8% |
| 2016 | −5.1% |
| 2020 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | −2.2% |
County-by-county results — 159 counties
| County | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | D | 1,719 | 506 | 2,225 | |
| Atkinson County | D | 1,719 | 122 | 1,841 | |
| Bacon County | D | 2,445 | 394 | 2,839 | |
| Baker County | D | 783 | 32 | 815 | |
| Baldwin County | D | 2,275 | 1,080 | 3,355 | |
| Banks County | D | 989 | 187 | 1,176 | |
| Barrow County | D | 2,266 | 442 | 2,708 | |
| Bartow County | D | 3,640 | 1,536 | 5,176 | |
| Ben Hill County | D | 2,150 | 554 | 2,704 | |
| Berrien County | D | 2,398 | 165 | 2,563 | |
| Bibb County | D | 14,966 | 7,242 | 22,208 | |
| Bleckley County | D | 1,537 | 136 | 1,673 | |
| Brantley County | D | 1,208 | 228 | 1,436 | |
| Brooks County | D | 1,936 | 534 | 2,470 | |
| Bryan County | D | 1,242 | 331 | 1,573 | |
| Bulloch County | D | 3,414 | 901 | 4,315 | |
| Burke County | D | 1,300 | 721 | 2,021 | |
| Butts County | D | 1,885 | 323 | 2,208 | |
| Calhoun County | D | 1,094 | 107 | 1,201 | |
| Camden County | D | 1,178 | 1,014 | 2,192 | |
| Candler County | D | 996 | 308 | 1,304 | |
| Carroll County | D | 4,855 | 1,712 | 6,567 | |
| Catoosa County | D | 2,163 | 1,336 | 3,499 | |
| Charlton County | D | 750 | 204 | 954 | |
| Chatham County | R | 8,698 | 14,520 | 23,218 | |
| Chattahoochee County | D | 107 | 43 | 150 | |
| Chattooga County | D | 3,823 | 1,682 | 5,505 | |
| Cherokee County | D | 2,110 | 1,829 | 3,939 | |
| Clarke County | D | 4,257 | 2,107 | 6,364 | |
| Clay County | D | 390 | 103 | 493 | |
| Clayton County | D | 5,522 | 1,593 | 7,115 | |
| Clinch County | D | 1,577 | 518 | 2,095 | |
| Cobb County | D | 11,696 | 6,798 | 18,494 | |
| Coffee County | D | 3,199 | 574 | 3,773 | |
| Colquitt County | D | 4,412 | 1,336 | 5,748 | |
| Columbia County | D | 866 | 463 | 1,329 | |
| Cook County | D | 2,100 | 245 | 2,345 | |
| Coweta County | D | 3,003 | 850 | 3,853 | |
| Crawford County | D | 779 | 109 | 888 | |
| Crisp County | D | 2,526 | 835 | 3,361 | |
| Dade County | D | 863 | 723 | 1,586 | |
| Dawson County | D | 721 | 613 | 1,334 | |
| Decatur County | D | 3,699 | 1,062 | 4,761 | |
| DeKalb County | D | 29,915 | 15,718 | 45,633 | |
| Dodge County | D | 3,479 | 738 | 4,217 | |
| Dooly County | D | 1,851 | 174 | 2,025 | |
| Dougherty County | D | 4,126 | 3,248 | 7,374 | |
| Douglas County | D | 2,111 | 1,001 | 3,112 | |
| Early County | D | 1,818 | 193 | 2,011 | |
| Echols County | D | 528 | 134 | 662 | |
| Effingham County | R | 611 | 637 | 1,248 | |
| Elbert County | D | 3,635 | 447 | 4,082 | |
| Emanuel County | D | 2,373 | 678 | 3,051 | |
| Evans County | D | 1,152 | 356 | 1,508 | |
| Fannin County | R | 1,945 | 3,521 | 5,466 | |
| Fayette County | D | 1,308 | 138 | 1,446 | |
| Floyd County | D | 6,633 | 5,955 | 12,588 | |
| Forsyth County | D | 1,998 | 1,131 | 3,129 | |
| Franklin County | D | 2,968 | 253 | 3,221 | |
| Fulton County | D | 51,098 | 37,326 | 88,424 | |
| Gilmer County | R | 1,275 | 1,857 | 3,132 | |
| Glascock County | D | 314 | 110 | 424 | |
| Glynn County | R | 3,071 | 3,098 | 6,169 | |
| Gordon County | D | 1,970 | 1,024 | 2,994 | |
| Grady County | D | 2,697 | 496 | 3,193 | |
| Greene County | D | 2,012 | 541 | 2,553 | |
| Gwinnett County | D | 5,687 | 1,443 | 7,130 | |
| Habersham County | D | 2,276 | 855 | 3,131 | |
| Hall County | D | 5,989 | 2,752 | 8,741 | |
| Hancock County | D | 860 | 354 | 1,214 | |
| Haralson County | D | 2,472 | 2,218 | 4,690 | |
| Harris County | D | 1,327 | 563 | 1,890 | |
| Hart County | D | 1,139 | 107 | 1,246 | |
| Heard County | D | 1,106 | 194 | 1,300 | |
| Henry County | D | 2,636 | 848 | 3,484 | |
| Houston County | D | 4,483 | 1,060 | 5,543 | |
| Irwin County | D | 1,554 | 312 | 1,866 | |
| Jackson County | D | 3,100 | 438 | 3,538 | |
| Jasper County | D | 962 | 288 | 1,250 | |
| Jeff Davis County | D | 1,656 | 247 | 1,903 | |
| Jefferson County | D | 1,351 | 512 | 1,863 | |
| Jenkins County | D | 1,000 | 261 | 1,261 | |
| Johnson County | D | 1,607 | 179 | 1,786 | |
| Jones County | D | 1,208 | 382 | 1,590 | |
| Lamar County | D | 1,531 | 555 | 2,086 | |
| Lanier County | D | 890 | 152 | 1,042 | |
| Laurens County | D | 5,085 | 1,189 | 6,274 | |
| Lee County | D | 532 | 79 | 611 | |
| Liberty County | R | 892 | 967 | 1,859 | |
| Lincoln County | D | 696 | 155 | 851 | |
| Long County | D | 1,195 | 281 | 1,476 | |
| Lowndes County | D | 3,936 | 2,135 | 6,071 | |
| Lumpkin County | D | 693 | 486 | 1,179 | |
| Macon County | D | 1,984 | 363 | 2,347 | |
| Madison County | D | 2,222 | 161 | 2,383 | |
| Marion County | D | 618 | 158 | 776 | |
| McDuffie County | D | 1,039 | 649 | 1,688 | |
| McIntosh County | R | 624 | 886 | 1,510 | |
| Meriwether County | D | 3,137 | 592 | 3,729 | |
| Miller County | D | 1,563 | 441 | 2,004 | |
| Mitchell County | D | 2,735 | 382 | 3,117 | |
| Monroe County | D | 1,545 | 506 | 2,051 | |
| Montgomery County | D | 1,052 | 271 | 1,323 | |
| Morgan County | D | 1,492 | 246 | 1,738 | |
| Murray County | D | 1,819 | 1,144 | 2,963 | |
| Muscogee County | R | 8,160 | 8,176 | 16,336 | |
| Newton County | D | 3,232 | 532 | 3,764 | |
| Oconee County | D | 1,156 | 314 | 1,470 | |
| Oglethorpe County | D | 1,404 | 167 | 1,571 | |
| Paulding County | D | 1,599 | 940 | 2,539 | |
| Peach County | D | 1,541 | 461 | 2,002 | |
| Pickens County | R | 1,236 | 2,341 | 3,577 | |
| Pierce County | D | 1,766 | 298 | 2,064 | |
| Pike County | D | 1,067 | 210 | 1,277 | |
| Polk County | D | 4,502 | 2,098 | 6,600 | |
| Pulaski County | D | 1,422 | 171 | 1,593 | |
| Putnam County | D | 1,093 | 268 | 1,361 | |
| Quitman County | D | 355 | 31 | 386 | |
| Rabun County | D | 1,391 | 413 | 1,804 | |
| Randolph County | D | 1,582 | 547 | 2,129 | |
| Richmond County | R | 6,819 | 10,251 | 17,070 | |
| Rockdale County | D | 1,779 | 484 | 2,263 | |
| Schley County | D | 441 | 117 | 558 | |
| Screven County | D | 1,332 | 521 | 1,853 | |
| Seminole County | D | 1,343 | 129 | 1,472 | |
| Spalding County | D | 4,853 | 1,458 | 6,311 | |
| Stephens County | D | 2,595 | 684 | 3,279 | |
| Stewart County | D | 692 | 235 | 927 | |
| Sumter County | D | 2,149 | 730 | 2,879 | |
| Talbot County | D | 710 | 136 | 846 | |
| Taliaferro County | D | 599 | 160 | 759 | |
| Tattnall County | D | 1,881 | 440 | 2,321 | |
| Taylor County | D | 1,359 | 276 | 1,635 | |
| Telfair County | D | 2,075 | 284 | 2,359 | |
| Terrell County | D | 1,300 | 203 | 1,503 | |
| Thomas County | D | 3,522 | 2,240 | 5,762 | |
| Tift County | D | 3,123 | 960 | 4,083 | |
| Toombs County | D | 2,397 | 565 | 2,962 | |
| Towns County | R | 885 | 1,096 | 1,981 | |
| Treutlen County | D | 960 | 117 | 1,077 | |
| Troup County | D | 6,162 | 2,214 | 8,376 | |
| Turner County | D | 1,398 | 354 | 1,752 | |
| Twiggs County | D | 1,002 | 168 | 1,170 | |
| Union County | D | 1,386 | 1,360 | 2,746 | |
| Upson County | D | 3,422 | 712 | 4,134 | |
| Walker County | D | 3,693 | 3,552 | 7,245 | |
| Walton County | D | 3,271 | 470 | 3,741 | |
| Ware County | D | 5,888 | 2,276 | 8,164 | |
| Warren County | D | 674 | 152 | 826 | |
| Washington County | D | 2,530 | 602 | 3,132 | |
| Wayne County | D | 2,084 | 950 | 3,034 | |
| Webster County | D | 295 | 51 | 346 | |
| Wheeler County | D | 992 | 149 | 1,141 | |
| White County | D | 1,099 | 469 | 1,568 | |
| Whitfield County | D | 4,264 | 4,205 | 8,469 | |
| Wilcox County | D | 1,686 | 232 | 1,918 | |
| Wilkes County | D | 1,714 | 304 | 2,018 | |
| Wilkinson County | D | 1,299 | 393 | 1,692 | |
| Worth County | D | 2,078 | 293 | 2,371 |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1956 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.