Adlai Stevenson carried Missouri D+0.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Missouri, 1956. The state ran 15.6 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Missouri result

1,832,562 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

918,273

50.1%

Eisenhower (R)

914,289

49.9%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+0.2

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1956 presidential election

Missouri, 1956

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic	50.1%	918,273
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican	49.9%	914,289
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−21.8%	3,418	5,322	8,740
Andrew County	R	−20.3%	2,393	3,609	6,002
Atchison County	R	−8.9%	2,321	2,774	5,095
Audrain County	D	+12.1%	5,951	4,664	10,615
Barry County	R	−14.5%	4,523	6,063	10,586
Barton County	R	−10.4%	2,881	3,547	6,428
Bates County	R	−11.9%	4,300	5,467	9,767
Benton County	R	−33.6%	1,563	3,145	4,708
Bollinger County	R	−13.1%	2,185	2,845	5,030
Boone County	D	+11.9%	10,404	8,197	18,601
Buchanan County	R	−5.0%	18,384	20,311	38,695
Butler County	R	−10.3%	5,869	7,216	13,085
Caldwell County	R	−25.0%	1,929	3,216	5,145
Callaway County	D	+18.2%	5,165	3,572	8,737
Camden County	R	−31.7%	1,460	2,817	4,277
Cape Girardeau County	R	−16.4%	7,633	10,638	18,271
Carroll County	R	−16.1%	3,432	4,751	8,183
Carter County	D	+1.6%	1,067	1,033	2,100
Cass County	R	−0.1%	5,575	5,589	11,164
Cedar County	R	−31.1%	1,720	3,276	4,996
Chariton County	D	+3.0%	3,671	3,459	7,130
Christian County	R	−36.7%	1,730	3,732	5,462
Clark County	R	−8.9%	2,193	2,623	4,816
Clay County	D	+0.6%	13,605	13,436	27,041
Clinton County	R	−0.8%	2,976	3,026	6,002
Cole County	R	−11.6%	7,388	9,323	16,711
Cooper County	R	−17.4%	3,511	4,995	8,506
Crawford County	R	−18.8%	2,455	3,594	6,049
Dade County	R	−28.2%	1,479	2,641	4,120
Dallas County	R	−30.2%	1,600	2,987	4,587
Daviess County	R	−12.0%	2,611	3,326	5,937
DeKalb County	R	−15.1%	1,872	2,538	4,410
Dent County	D	+5.4%	2,961	2,658	5,619
Douglas County	R	−44.0%	1,133	2,910	4,043
Dunklin County	D	+27.5%	8,698	4,943	13,641
Franklin County	R	−16.1%	8,391	11,605	19,996
Gasconade County	R	−57.9%	1,353	5,080	6,433
Gentry County	R	−6.3%	2,662	3,020	5,682
Greene County	R	−19.4%	20,206	29,944	50,150
Grundy County	R	−20.1%	2,752	4,139	6,891
Harrison County	R	−24.4%	2,518	4,141	6,659
Henry County	R	−8.3%	4,900	5,789	10,689
Hickory County	R	−41.0%	695	1,661	2,356
Holt County	R	−25.5%	1,713	2,888	4,601
Howard County	D	+23.9%	3,542	2,177	5,719
Howell County	R	−28.2%	3,066	5,473	8,539
Iron County	D	+4.2%	1,970	1,810	3,780
Jackson County	D	+4.4%	133,522	122,182	255,704
Jasper County	R	−20.7%	13,404	20,414	33,818
Jefferson County	D	+12.8%	13,868	10,712	24,580
Johnson County	R	−18.6%	4,530	6,599	11,129
Knox County	R	−2.2%	1,850	1,934	3,784
Laclede County	R	−21.4%	3,287	5,079	8,366
Lafayette County	R	−14.4%	6,081	8,133	14,214
Lawrence County	R	−21.2%	4,789	7,372	12,161
Lewis County	D	+8.5%	2,728	2,301	5,029
Lincoln County	D	+12.3%	3,990	3,114	7,104
Linn County	D	+0.3%	5,055	5,028	10,083
Livingston County	R	−15.4%	3,785	5,165	8,950
Macon County	R	−4.0%	4,337	4,694	9,031
Madison County	R	−9.6%	2,280	2,763	5,043
Maries County	D	+15.0%	1,885	1,392	3,277
Marion County	D	+9.7%	6,874	5,657	12,531
McDonald County	R	−13.9%	2,757	3,646	6,403
Mercer County	R	−29.5%	1,109	2,035	3,144
Miller County	R	−23.4%	2,535	4,085	6,620
Mississippi County	D	+26.8%	3,653	2,111	5,764
Moniteau County	R	−11.9%	2,552	3,239	5,791
Monroe County	D	+53.6%	4,412	1,331	5,743
Montgomery County	R	−9.5%	2,844	3,443	6,287
Morgan County	R	−19.5%	2,131	3,163	5,294
New Madrid County	D	+40.7%	8,419	3,552	11,971
Newton County	R	−17.0%	5,529	7,792	13,321
Nodaway County	R	−8.6%	5,371	6,381	11,752
Oregon County	D	+26.5%	2,472	1,436	3,908
Osage County	R	−11.4%	2,445	3,077	5,522
Ozark County	R	−41.4%	887	2,141	3,028
Pemiscot County	D	+34.0%	8,064	3,969	12,033
Perry County	R	−30.4%	2,346	4,400	6,746
Pettis County	R	−10.6%	7,086	8,766	15,852
Phelps County	R	−0.1%	4,761	4,773	9,534
Pike County	D	+9.8%	4,232	3,474	7,706
Platte County	D	+18.9%	5,271	3,596	8,867
Polk County	R	−19.5%	2,968	4,410	7,378
Pulaski County	D	+7.4%	2,936	2,532	5,468
Putnam County	R	−41.1%	1,115	2,674	3,789
Ralls County	D	+31.4%	2,632	1,373	4,005
Randolph County	D	+29.4%	6,797	3,709	10,506
Ray County	D	+20.8%	4,636	3,041	7,677
Reynolds County	D	+27.0%	1,596	917	2,513
Ripley County	R	−0.9%	2,149	2,189	4,338
Saline County	R	−1.1%	5,841	5,970	11,811
Schuyler County	D	+4.7%	1,648	1,500	3,148
Scotland County	D	+8.2%	2,044	1,735	3,779
Scott County	D	+17.9%	6,683	4,654	11,337
Shannon County	D	+21.8%	1,822	1,171	2,993
Shelby County	D	+20.9%	3,044	1,990	5,034
St. Charles County	R	−10.8%	7,618	9,462	17,080
St. Clair County	R	−15.7%	2,200	3,018	5,218
St. Francois County	R	−13.7%	7,566	9,968	17,534
St. Louis city	D	+21.7%	202,210	130,045	332,255
St. Louis County	R	−6.2%	121,881	138,111	259,992
Ste. Genevieve County	R	−5.4%	2,363	2,633	4,996
Stoddard County	D	+13.7%	6,369	4,832	11,201
Stone County	R	−47.4%	1,049	2,939	3,988
Sullivan County	R	−9.0%	2,805	3,357	6,162
Taney County	R	−37.1%	1,477	3,218	4,695
Texas County	D	+1.7%	4,506	4,352	8,858
Vernon County	R	−6.5%	4,547	5,184	9,731
Warren County	R	−40.4%	1,211	2,852	4,063
Washington County	R	−17.4%	2,380	3,383	5,763
Wayne County	R	−1.2%	2,451	2,513	4,964
Webster County	R	−11.4%	3,132	3,940	7,072
Worth County	D	+0.6%	1,354	1,338	2,692
Wright County	R	−31.4%	2,278	4,360	6,638