Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Ohio R+22.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Ohio, 1956. The state ran 6.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Ohio result

3,702,265 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

1,439,655

38.9%

Eisenhower (R)

2,262,610

61.1%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+22.2

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1956 presidential election

Ohio, 1956

EisenhowerR+22.2

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	61.1%	2,262,610
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	38.9%	1,439,655
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−18.3%	3,894	5,637	9,531
Allen County	R	−40.4%	12,042	28,388	40,430
Ashland County	R	−46.8%	4,634	12,792	17,426
Ashtabula County	R	−29.4%	13,195	24,165	37,360
Athens County	R	−28.9%	5,959	10,794	16,753
Auglaize County	R	−44.1%	4,438	11,453	15,891
Belmont County	R	−0.6%	18,991	19,230	38,221
Brown County	R	−13.4%	4,346	5,690	10,036
Butler County	R	−26.4%	24,331	41,785	66,116
Carroll County	R	−39.1%	2,590	5,916	8,506
Champaign County	R	−39.0%	3,851	8,767	12,618
Clark County	R	−23.9%	17,680	28,767	46,447
Clermont County	R	−24.6%	9,026	14,914	23,940
Clinton County	R	−40.1%	3,382	7,919	11,301
Columbiana County	R	−32.9%	14,516	28,783	43,299
Coshocton County	R	−33.2%	4,789	9,549	14,338
Crawford County	R	−40.9%	5,769	13,763	19,532
Cuyahoga County	R	−7.4%	304,558	353,474	658,032
Darke County	R	−30.6%	7,138	13,447	20,585
Defiance County	R	−38.1%	3,941	8,786	12,727
Delaware County	R	−45.8%	3,997	10,739	14,736
Erie County	R	−40.4%	6,276	14,771	21,047
Fairfield County	R	−30.5%	8,337	15,647	23,984
Fayette County	R	−32.0%	3,449	6,696	10,145
Franklin County	R	−31.6%	78,852	151,544	230,396
Fulton County	R	−55.0%	2,622	9,030	11,652
Gallia County	R	−42.0%	2,877	7,040	9,917
Geauga County	R	−39.0%	4,818	10,971	15,789
Greene County	R	−22.1%	9,861	15,471	25,332
Guernsey County	R	−33.0%	5,149	10,224	15,373
Hamilton County	R	−32.2%	113,797	222,009	335,806
Hancock County	R	−49.6%	5,289	15,713	21,002
Hardin County	R	−33.0%	4,556	9,049	13,605
Harrison County	R	−31.6%	2,831	5,444	8,275
Henry County	R	−49.3%	2,775	8,164	10,939
Highland County	R	−27.0%	4,826	8,397	13,223
Hocking County	R	−19.3%	3,334	4,925	8,259
Holmes County	R	−37.6%	1,795	3,955	5,750
Huron County	R	−46.9%	4,418	12,208	16,626
Jackson County	R	−29.3%	4,432	8,106	12,538
Jefferson County	R	−1.0%	21,703	22,162	43,865
Knox County	R	−42.7%	4,958	12,347	17,305
Lake County	R	−22.3%	19,718	31,017	50,735
Lawrence County	R	−25.4%	7,492	12,607	20,099
Licking County	R	−34.9%	10,581	21,912	32,493
Logan County	R	−45.3%	4,226	11,229	15,455
Lorain County	R	−20.2%	26,774	40,340	67,114
Lucas County	R	−6.3%	88,598	100,501	189,099
Madison County	R	−38.6%	2,875	6,483	9,358
Mahoning County	R	−4.0%	59,126	63,992	123,118
Marion County	R	−34.1%	7,425	15,125	22,550
Medina County	R	−40.8%	6,365	15,155	21,520
Meigs County	R	−40.6%	2,783	6,593	9,376
Mercer County	R	−37.8%	4,272	9,456	13,728
Miami County	R	−37.1%	9,229	20,135	29,364
Monroe County	R	−18.4%	2,578	3,738	6,316
Montgomery County	R	−16.9%	76,270	107,278	183,548
Morgan County	R	−47.6%	1,466	4,134	5,600
Morrow County	R	−43.1%	2,339	5,885	8,224
Muskingum County	R	−38.5%	10,110	22,788	32,898
Noble County	R	−33.0%	1,943	3,861	5,804
Ottawa County	R	−26.0%	5,176	8,806	13,982
Paulding County	R	−38.5%	2,170	4,885	7,055
Perry County	R	−29.1%	4,123	7,511	11,634
Pickaway County	R	−21.3%	4,509	6,956	11,465
Pike County	D	+5.7%	3,863	3,447	7,310
Portage County	R	−18.1%	13,128	18,943	32,071
Preble County	R	−27.8%	4,574	8,099	12,673
Putnam County	R	−40.8%	3,538	8,408	11,946
Richland County	R	−31.6%	13,578	26,098	39,676
Ross County	R	−27.5%	7,418	13,036	20,454
Sandusky County	R	−45.0%	5,687	15,009	20,696
Scioto County	R	−19.2%	14,985	22,110	37,095
Seneca County	R	−47.8%	6,260	17,728	23,988
Shelby County	R	−35.3%	4,515	9,452	13,967
Stark County	R	−25.7%	49,445	83,667	133,112
Summit County	R	−4.8%	93,378	102,872	196,250
Trumbull County	R	−14.3%	32,913	43,936	76,849
Tuscarawas County	R	−21.3%	12,908	19,876	32,784
Union County	R	−48.1%	2,653	7,575	10,228
Van Wert County	R	−40.1%	4,208	9,834	14,042
Vinton County	R	−22.0%	1,916	2,998	4,914
Warren County	R	−31.1%	7,193	13,673	20,866
Washington County	R	−39.3%	6,068	13,927	19,995
Wayne County	R	−47.2%	6,984	19,469	26,453
Williams County	R	−50.4%	3,225	9,784	13,009
Wood County	R	−32.6%	8,553	16,844	25,397
Wyandot County	R	−46.4%	2,495	6,807	9,302