Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Indiana R+20.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Indiana, 1956. The state ran 4.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Indiana result

1,974,607 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

783,908

39.7%

Eisenhower (R)

1,182,811

59.9%

All others

7,888

0.4%

Margin

R+20.2

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1956 presidential election

Indiana, 1956

EisenhowerR+20.2

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	59.9%	1,182,811
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	39.7%	783,908
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	7,888

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−33.2%	3,520	7,079	10,708
Allen County	R	−39.1%	25,444	58,210	83,844
Bartholomew County	R	−20.0%	8,134	12,227	20,453
Benton County	R	−34.2%	1,961	4,004	5,974
Blackford County	R	−9.9%	3,152	3,855	7,071
Boone County	R	−23.4%	5,318	8,573	13,926
Brown County	R	−2.9%	1,555	1,649	3,219
Carroll County	R	−26.8%	3,312	5,748	9,086
Cass County	R	−24.8%	7,594	12,624	20,299
Clark County	R	−2.5%	11,871	12,483	24,433
Clay County	R	−12.1%	5,720	7,302	13,061
Clinton County	R	−21.3%	6,268	9,690	16,032
Crawford County	R	−5.0%	2,433	2,694	5,185
Daviess County	R	−25.9%	5,057	8,608	13,707
Dearborn County	R	−13.0%	5,535	7,189	12,746
Decatur County	R	−30.1%	3,427	6,390	9,851
DeKalb County	R	−34.1%	4,435	9,061	13,575
Delaware County	R	−8.7%	20,818	24,792	45,827
Dubois County	R	−14.5%	5,177	6,942	12,139
Elkhart County	R	−38.7%	12,363	28,088	40,677
Fayette County	R	−12.8%	5,156	6,673	11,862
Floyd County	R	−10.8%	8,378	10,410	18,865
Fountain County	R	−26.4%	3,751	6,456	10,230
Franklin County	R	−26.4%	2,573	4,429	7,028
Fulton County	R	−35.8%	2,945	6,258	9,259
Gibson County	R	−11.6%	7,318	9,256	16,653
Grant County	R	−29.7%	9,455	17,548	27,206
Greene County	R	−9.6%	7,186	8,722	15,969
Hamilton County	R	−38.4%	4,974	11,220	16,271
Hancock County	R	−20.3%	4,600	6,962	11,617
Harrison County	R	−10.7%	4,266	5,299	9,648
Hendricks County	R	−31.4%	5,521	10,578	16,129
Henry County	R	−23.4%	8,502	13,750	22,418
Howard County	R	−17.2%	12,159	17,234	29,581
Huntington County	R	−29.1%	6,027	11,024	17,184
Jackson County	R	−15.0%	6,185	8,375	14,617
Jasper County	R	−45.5%	2,004	5,374	7,399
Jay County	R	−19.2%	4,571	6,767	11,454
Jefferson County	R	−20.8%	4,344	6,632	11,004
Jennings County	R	−21.9%	2,879	4,502	7,414
Johnson County	R	−24.6%	6,125	10,125	16,291
Knox County	R	−20.0%	8,691	13,047	21,801
Kosciusko County	R	−44.2%	4,904	12,777	17,824
LaGrange County	R	−41.6%	1,562	3,815	5,414
Lake County	R	−4.4%	85,000	92,803	178,460
LaPorte County	R	−26.1%	14,417	24,622	39,142
Lawrence County	R	−28.2%	6,197	11,090	17,346
Madison County	R	−8.8%	25,408	30,329	55,943
Marion County	R	−24.2%	99,102	162,566	262,347
Marshall County	R	−31.9%	5,398	10,504	15,982
Martin County	R	−11.4%	2,343	2,946	5,296
Miami County	R	−25.0%	5,724	9,574	15,372
Monroe County	R	−26.1%	7,732	13,223	21,015
Montgomery County	R	−31.2%	5,443	10,418	15,927
Morgan County	R	−27.3%	4,735	8,318	13,103
Newton County	R	−49.3%	1,316	3,890	5,222
Noble County	R	−33.8%	4,028	8,175	12,267
Ohio County	R	−6.4%	1,087	1,237	2,331
Orange County	R	−25.1%	3,438	5,751	9,221
Owen County	R	−17.5%	2,581	3,685	6,301
Parke County	R	−18.3%	3,502	5,080	8,604
Perry County	R	−10.1%	4,037	4,946	8,993
Pike County	R	−15.5%	3,353	4,596	8,015
Porter County	R	−45.6%	5,574	14,970	20,589
Posey County	R	−19.1%	3,919	5,780	9,724
Pulaski County	R	−25.5%	2,424	4,117	6,633
Putnam County	R	−18.7%	4,572	6,684	11,280
Randolph County	R	−31.1%	4,701	9,020	13,873
Ripley County	R	−24.0%	4,026	6,577	10,633
Rush County	R	−29.8%	3,346	6,202	9,587
Scott County	R	−1.7%	3,011	3,117	6,156
Shelby County	R	−16.5%	6,561	9,170	15,811
Spencer County	R	−20.9%	3,530	5,404	8,960
St. Joseph County	R	−3.3%	54,152	57,827	112,472
Starke County	R	−20.3%	3,349	5,063	8,447
Steuben County	R	−43.5%	2,171	5,538	7,739
Sullivan County	D	+1.8%	6,048	5,829	11,946
Switzerland County	D	+1.0%	2,114	2,074	4,209
Tippecanoe County	R	−40.7%	9,995	23,776	33,843
Tipton County	R	−19.5%	3,320	4,939	8,305
Union County	R	−27.2%	1,157	2,026	3,192
Vanderburgh County	R	−15.8%	30,860	42,462	73,619
Vermillion County	R	−1.9%	5,149	5,352	10,533
Vigo County	R	−1.1%	24,680	25,253	50,068
Wabash County	R	−43.0%	4,085	10,318	14,496
Warren County	R	−35.7%	1,408	2,979	4,406
Warrick County	R	−14.7%	4,668	6,286	10,987
Washington County	R	−11.6%	3,849	4,864	8,739
Wayne County	R	−24.0%	12,337	20,157	32,638
Wells County	R	−17.6%	3,984	5,703	9,778
White County	R	−35.1%	3,219	6,708	9,949
Whitley County	R	−26.9%	3,688	6,422	10,157