Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Illinois R+19.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Illinois, 1956. The state ran 3.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

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Illinois result

4,407,407 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

1,775,682

40.3%

Eisenhower (R)

2,623,327

59.5%

All others

8,398

0.2%

Margin

R+19.2

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1956 presidential election

Illinois, 1956

EisenhowerR+19.2

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	59.5%	2,623,327
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	40.3%	1,775,682
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	8,398

D+60

R+60

102 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1956

102 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−26.3%	11,402	19,569	31,003
Alexander County	R	−3.0%	4,167	4,425	8,613
Bond County	R	−21.0%	2,834	4,342	7,187
Boone County	R	−56.0%	1,890	6,706	8,602
Brown County	R	−7.4%	1,748	2,026	3,775
Bureau County	R	−41.2%	5,781	13,909	19,711
Calhoun County	R	−11.6%	1,498	1,892	3,391
Carroll County	R	−41.4%	2,693	6,503	9,211
Cass County	R	−10.1%	3,368	4,125	7,504
Champaign County	R	−34.2%	13,799	28,190	42,040
Christian County	R	−6.1%	9,093	10,282	19,434
Clark County	R	−21.5%	3,519	5,451	8,974
Clay County	R	−17.6%	3,553	5,079	8,648
Clinton County	R	−27.0%	4,242	7,378	11,627
Coles County	R	−24.3%	7,569	12,436	20,015
Cook County	R	−13.9%	977,821	1,293,223	2,276,844
Crawford County	R	−26.6%	3,906	6,747	10,662
Cumberland County	R	−17.5%	2,272	3,235	5,512
De Witt County	R	−26.3%	3,093	5,307	8,404
DeKalb County	R	−51.4%	4,826	15,078	19,929
Douglas County	R	−33.4%	2,774	5,559	8,339
DuPage County	R	−59.7%	23,103	91,834	115,144
Edgar County	R	−29.1%	4,362	7,942	12,309
Edwards County	R	−46.8%	1,210	3,339	4,550
Effingham County	R	−21.5%	4,455	6,904	11,380
Fayette County	R	−15.7%	4,914	6,739	11,658
Ford County	R	−47.4%	2,152	6,027	8,182
Franklin County	R	−2.0%	11,308	11,761	23,069
Fulton County	R	−17.4%	8,702	12,375	21,125
Gallatin County	D	+1.2%	2,230	2,179	4,415
Greene County	R	−9.4%	3,909	4,718	8,646
Grundy County	R	−48.9%	2,618	7,640	10,261
Hamilton County	R	−15.6%	2,685	3,675	6,364
Hancock County	R	−26.9%	4,854	8,431	13,297
Hardin County	R	−14.1%	1,444	1,919	3,371
Henderson County	R	−30.2%	1,469	2,743	4,215
Henry County	R	−31.1%	8,349	15,896	24,284
Iroquois County	R	−45.9%	4,487	12,104	16,609
Jackson County	R	−17.5%	7,391	10,526	17,927
Jasper County	R	−3.5%	2,895	3,107	6,002
Jefferson County	R	−8.7%	8,090	9,637	17,727
Jersey County	R	−10.5%	3,415	4,220	7,640
Jo Daviess County	R	−39.8%	2,906	6,762	9,686
Johnson County	R	−31.5%	1,549	2,973	4,524
Kane County	R	−45.7%	20,848	56,009	76,916
Kankakee County	R	−32.9%	11,088	21,993	33,128
Kendall County	R	−56.4%	1,407	5,057	6,471
Knox County	R	−32.2%	9,558	18,656	28,251
Lake County	R	−34.8%	32,279	66,781	99,189
LaSalle County	R	−29.2%	18,318	33,461	51,862
Lawrence County	R	−23.9%	3,751	6,104	9,862
Lee County	R	−44.0%	4,531	11,653	16,189
Livingston County	R	−45.7%	5,197	13,939	19,143
Logan County	R	−33.3%	4,793	9,589	14,396
Macon County	R	−9.1%	23,066	27,673	50,771
Macoupin County	D	+0.1%	12,303	12,290	24,627
Madison County	D	+9.7%	47,897	39,413	87,398
Marion County	R	−11.7%	8,551	10,813	19,385
Marshall County	R	−35.9%	2,245	4,764	7,014
Mason County	R	−18.7%	3,199	4,677	7,889
Massac County	R	−28.8%	2,359	4,265	6,629
McDonough County	R	−43.0%	3,872	9,725	13,605
McHenry County	R	−56.9%	6,820	24,912	31,798
McLean County	R	−35.2%	12,332	25,758	38,111
Menard County	R	−27.0%	1,833	3,188	5,025
Mercer County	R	−31.7%	2,969	5,732	8,708
Monroe County	R	−28.1%	2,648	4,715	7,364
Montgomery County	R	−12.8%	7,692	9,945	17,645
Morgan County	R	−23.7%	6,327	10,262	16,600
Moultrie County	R	−15.4%	2,751	3,756	6,515
Ogle County	R	−56.5%	3,660	13,194	16,870
Peoria County	R	−25.6%	30,145	50,888	81,141
Perry County	R	−14.1%	4,901	6,513	11,414
Piatt County	R	−32.5%	2,356	4,622	6,979
Pike County	R	−4.8%	5,382	5,920	11,318
Pope County	R	−33.3%	922	1,842	2,765
Pulaski County	R	−13.8%	2,246	2,966	5,227
Putnam County	R	−30.7%	913	1,724	2,641
Randolph County	R	−10.9%	6,778	8,439	15,221
Richland County	R	−36.2%	2,485	5,304	7,794
Rock Island County	R	−3.6%	29,145	31,342	60,605
Saline County	R	−8.1%	7,215	8,481	15,716
Sangamon County	R	−19.5%	28,949	42,951	71,935
Schuyler County	R	−16.7%	2,189	3,068	5,270
Scott County	R	−21.8%	1,478	2,303	3,781
Shelby County	R	−14.0%	5,337	7,075	12,425
St. Clair County	D	+14.2%	55,295	41,528	97,106
Stark County	R	−48.7%	1,118	3,241	4,361
Stephenson County	R	−38.3%	6,349	14,245	20,614
Tazewell County	R	−18.7%	16,230	23,690	39,970
Union County	D	+1.8%	4,359	4,204	8,569
Vermilion County	R	−19.2%	17,991	26,534	44,585
Wabash County	R	−24.0%	2,713	4,425	7,146
Warren County	R	−43.3%	2,996	7,580	10,582
Washington County	R	−30.5%	2,820	5,299	8,135
Wayne County	R	−22.9%	3,942	6,286	10,242
White County	R	−12.4%	4,778	6,128	10,917
Whiteside County	R	−48.1%	6,158	17,589	23,784
Will County	R	−28.8%	25,188	45,628	70,916
Williamson County	R	−13.0%	10,345	13,438	23,810
Winnebago County	R	−24.9%	29,063	48,332	77,484
Woodford County	R	−44.5%	3,257	8,505	11,783