Oklahoma — 1956 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1956 presidential electionOklahoma · PresidentEisenhowerR+10.3
How it voted
Share of the 1956 vote
| Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican | 55.1% | 473,769 |
|---|---|---|
| Adlai StevensonDemocratic | 44.9% | 385,581 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1956presidential margin
D+60R+60
77 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Oklahoma cast 8 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (77 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, OK | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Alfalfa County, OK | Republican | R+40.7 |
| Atoka County, OK | Democratic | D+16.7 |
| Beaver County, OK | Republican | R+36.8 |
| Beckham County, OK | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Blaine County, OK | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Bryan County, OK | Democratic | D+32.2 |
| Caddo County, OK | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Canadian County, OK | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Carter County, OK | Democratic | D+22.0 |
| Cherokee County, OK | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Choctaw County, OK | Democratic | D+22.3 |
| Cimarron County, OK | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Cleveland County, OK | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Coal County, OK | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Comanche County, OK | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Cotton County, OK | Democratic | D+14.9 |
| Craig County, OK | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Creek County, OK | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Custer County, OK | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Delaware County, OK | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Dewey County, OK | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Ellis County, OK | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Garfield County, OK | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Garvin County, OK | Democratic | D+25.2 |
| Grady County, OK | Democratic | D+13.2 |
| Grant County, OK | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Greer County, OK | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Harmon County, OK | Democratic | D+35.1 |
| Harper County, OK | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Haskell County, OK | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Hughes County, OK | Democratic | D+21.2 |
| Jackson County, OK | Democratic | D+30.9 |
| Jefferson County, OK | Democratic | D+36.3 |
| Johnston County, OK | Democratic | D+31.7 |
| Kay County, OK | Republican | R+29.5 |
| Kingfisher County, OK | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Kiowa County, OK | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Latimer County, OK | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Le Flore County, OK | Democratic | D+10.1 |
| Lincoln County, OK | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Logan County, OK | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Love County, OK | Democratic | D+41.2 |
| Major County, OK | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Marshall County, OK | Democratic | D+29.2 |
| Mayes County, OK | Republican | R+10.9 |
| McClain County, OK | Democratic | D+17.8 |
| McCurtain County, OK | Democratic | D+27.5 |
| McIntosh County, OK | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Murray County, OK | Democratic | D+15.7 |
| Muskogee County, OK | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Noble County, OK | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Nowata County, OK | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Okfuskee County, OK | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Oklahoma County, OK | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Okmulgee County, OK | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Osage County, OK | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Ottawa County, OK | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Pawnee County, OK | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Payne County, OK | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Pittsburg County, OK | Democratic | D+23.1 |
| Pontotoc County, OK | Democratic | D+10.6 |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | Democratic | D+2.3 |
| Pushmataha County, OK | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Roger Mills County, OK | Democratic | D+12.1 |
| Rogers County, OK | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Seminole County, OK | Democratic | D+6.0 |
| Sequoyah County, OK | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| Stephens County, OK | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Texas County, OK | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Tillman County, OK | Democratic | D+30.1 |
| Tulsa County, OK | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Wagoner County, OK | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Washington County, OK | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Washita County, OK | Democratic | D+11.1 |
| Woods County, OK | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Woodward County, OK | Republican | R+35.6 |
Oklahoma results by county
77 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+734 | 3,15256.6% | 2,41843.4% | 00.0% | 5,570 |
| Alfalfa County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,880 | 3,25170.3% | 1,37129.7% | 00.0% | 4,622 |
| Atoka County | Adlai Stevenson+693 | 1,73141.7% | 2,42458.3% | 00.0% | 4,155 |
| Beaver County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,100 | 2,04668.4% | 94631.6% | 00.0% | 2,992 |
| Beckham County | Adlai Stevenson+367 | 3,19447.3% | 3,56152.7% | 00.0% | 6,755 |
| Blaine County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,011 | 3,85567.6% | 1,84432.4% | 00.0% | 5,699 |
| Bryan County | Adlai Stevenson+2,790 | 2,93933.9% | 5,72966.1% | 00.0% | 8,668 |
| Caddo County | Adlai Stevenson+553 | 5,33147.5% | 5,88452.5% | 00.0% | 11,215 |
| Canadian County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,806 | 5,70259.4% | 3,89640.6% | 00.0% | 9,598 |
| Carter County | Adlai Stevenson+3,367 | 5,97439.0% | 9,34161.0% | 00.0% | 15,315 |
| Cherokee County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+286 | 3,27752.3% | 2,99147.7% | 00.0% | 6,268 |
| Choctaw County | Adlai Stevenson+1,263 | 2,20638.9% | 3,46961.1% | 00.0% | 5,675 |
| Cimarron County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+241 | 1,05356.5% | 81243.5% | 00.0% | 1,865 |
| Cleveland County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,779 | 7,76656.5% | 5,98743.5% | 00.0% | 13,753 |
| Coal County | Adlai Stevenson+676 | 92036.6% | 1,59663.4% | 00.0% | 2,516 |
| Comanche County | Adlai Stevenson+1,224 | 7,53246.2% | 8,75653.8% | 00.0% | 16,288 |
| Cotton County | Adlai Stevenson+491 | 1,39842.5% | 1,88957.5% | 00.0% | 3,287 |
| Craig County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+437 | 3,54353.3% | 3,10646.7% | 00.0% | 6,649 |
| Creek County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,193 | 8,29553.9% | 7,10246.1% | 00.0% | 15,397 |
| Custer County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,156 | 4,18258.0% | 3,02642.0% | 00.0% | 7,208 |
| Delaware County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+399 | 3,07853.5% | 2,67946.5% | 00.0% | 5,757 |
| Dewey County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+448 | 1,89656.7% | 1,44843.3% | 00.0% | 3,344 |
| Ellis County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+996 | 1,91667.6% | 92032.4% | 00.0% | 2,836 |
| Garfield County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+8,579 | 15,34869.4% | 6,76930.6% | 00.0% | 22,117 |
| Garvin County | Adlai Stevenson+2,601 | 3,85037.4% | 6,45162.6% | 00.0% | 10,301 |
| Grady County | Adlai Stevenson+1,582 | 5,19143.4% | 6,77356.6% | 00.0% | 11,964 |
| Grant County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+835 | 2,78858.8% | 1,95341.2% | 00.0% | 4,741 |
| Greer County | Adlai Stevenson+408 | 1,49944.0% | 1,90756.0% | 00.0% | 3,406 |
| Harmon County | Adlai Stevenson+906 | 83732.4% | 1,74367.6% | 00.0% | 2,580 |
| Harper County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+860 | 1,59668.4% | 73631.6% | 00.0% | 2,332 |
| Haskell County | Adlai Stevenson+623 | 1,75842.5% | 2,38157.5% | 00.0% | 4,139 |
| Hughes County | Adlai Stevenson+1,495 | 2,78339.4% | 4,27860.6% | 00.0% | 7,061 |
| Jackson County | Adlai Stevenson+2,092 | 2,34334.6% | 4,43565.4% | 00.0% | 6,778 |
| Jefferson County | Adlai Stevenson+1,353 | 1,18631.8% | 2,53968.2% | 00.0% | 3,725 |
| Johnston County | Adlai Stevenson+1,075 | 1,15734.1% | 2,23265.9% | 00.0% | 3,389 |
| Kay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,766 | 14,83764.8% | 8,07135.2% | 00.0% | 22,908 |
| Kingfisher County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,267 | 3,93570.2% | 1,66829.8% | 00.0% | 5,603 |
| Kiowa County | Adlai Stevenson+658 | 2,71344.6% | 3,37155.4% | 00.0% | 6,084 |
| Latimer County | Adlai Stevenson+607 | 1,38741.0% | 1,99459.0% | 00.0% | 3,381 |
| Le Flore County | Adlai Stevenson+966 | 4,31045.0% | 5,27655.0% | 00.0% | 9,586 |
| Lincoln County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,084 | 4,99356.1% | 3,90943.9% | 00.0% | 8,902 |
| Logan County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,451 | 5,32664.9% | 2,87535.1% | 00.0% | 8,201 |
| Love County | Adlai Stevenson+1,025 | 73129.4% | 1,75670.6% | 00.0% | 2,487 |
| Major County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,875 | 2,82674.8% | 95125.2% | 00.0% | 3,777 |
| Marshall County | Adlai Stevenson+949 | 1,15135.4% | 2,10064.6% | 00.0% | 3,251 |
| Mayes County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+917 | 4,67755.4% | 3,76044.6% | 00.0% | 8,437 |
| McClain County | Adlai Stevenson+900 | 2,08141.1% | 2,98158.9% | 00.0% | 5,062 |
| McCurtain County | Adlai Stevenson+2,054 | 2,70736.2% | 4,76163.8% | 00.0% | 7,468 |
| McIntosh County | Adlai Stevenson+579 | 2,14944.1% | 2,72855.9% | 00.0% | 4,877 |
| Murray County | Adlai Stevenson+673 | 1,80942.2% | 2,48257.8% | 00.0% | 4,291 |
| Muskogee County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+644 | 11,05751.5% | 10,41348.5% | 00.0% | 21,470 |
| Noble County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,519 | 3,53663.7% | 2,01736.3% | 00.0% | 5,553 |
| Nowata County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+900 | 3,16858.3% | 2,26841.7% | 00.0% | 5,436 |
| Okfuskee County | Adlai Stevenson+32 | 2,29949.7% | 2,33150.3% | 00.0% | 4,630 |
| Oklahoma County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+27,883 | 85,39559.8% | 57,51240.2% | 00.0% | 142,907 |
| Okmulgee County | Adlai Stevenson+923 | 6,70346.8% | 7,62653.2% | 00.0% | 14,329 |
| Osage County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,357 | 7,29655.1% | 5,93944.9% | 00.0% | 13,235 |
| Ottawa County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,009 | 6,73054.1% | 5,72145.9% | 00.0% | 12,451 |
| Pawnee County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,126 | 3,39060.0% | 2,26440.0% | 00.0% | 5,654 |
| Payne County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,061 | 9,38159.7% | 6,32040.3% | 00.0% | 15,701 |
| Pittsburg County | Adlai Stevenson+3,143 | 5,23938.5% | 8,38261.5% | 00.0% | 13,621 |
| Pontotoc County | Adlai Stevenson+1,136 | 4,81444.7% | 5,95055.3% | 00.0% | 10,764 |
| Pottawatomie County | Adlai Stevenson+399 | 8,49648.9% | 8,89551.1% | 00.0% | 17,391 |
| Pushmataha County | Adlai Stevenson+774 | 1,49939.7% | 2,27360.3% | 00.0% | 3,772 |
| Roger Mills County | Adlai Stevenson+295 | 1,07244.0% | 1,36756.0% | 00.0% | 2,439 |
| Rogers County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,302 | 4,48758.5% | 3,18541.5% | 00.0% | 7,672 |
| Seminole County | Adlai Stevenson+667 | 5,23047.0% | 5,89753.0% | 00.0% | 11,127 |
| Sequoyah County | Adlai Stevenson+230 | 3,33048.3% | 3,56051.7% | 00.0% | 6,890 |
| Stephens County | Adlai Stevenson+1,200 | 6,32445.7% | 7,52454.3% | 00.0% | 13,848 |
| Texas County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,434 | 3,32063.8% | 1,88636.2% | 00.0% | 5,206 |
| Tillman County | Adlai Stevenson+1,556 | 1,81035.0% | 3,36665.0% | 00.0% | 5,176 |
| Tulsa County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+39,414 | 83,21965.5% | 43,80534.5% | 00.0% | 127,024 |
| Wagoner County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+993 | 3,53758.2% | 2,54441.8% | 00.0% | 6,081 |
| Washington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,959 | 12,48869.3% | 5,52930.7% | 00.0% | 18,017 |
| Washita County | Adlai Stevenson+639 | 2,55244.4% | 3,19155.6% | 00.0% | 5,743 |
| Woods County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,664 | 3,78764.1% | 2,12335.9% | 00.0% | 5,910 |
| Woodward County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,787 | 3,40567.8% | 1,61832.2% | 00.0% | 5,023 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Oklahoma's presidential margins
1908–2024, the 1956 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1908 | +4.7% |
| 1912 | +11.2% |
| 1916 | +17.4% |
| 1920 | −5.7% |
| 1924 | +5.7% |
| 1928 | −28.3% |
| 1932 | +46.6% |
| 1936 | +34.1% |
| 1940 | +15.2% |
| 1944 | +11.4% |
| 1948 | +25.5% |
| 1952 | −9.2% |
| 1956 | −10.3% |
| 1960 | −18.0% |
| 1964 | +11.5% |
| 1968 | −15.7% |
| 1972 | −49.7% |
| 1976 | −1.2% |
| 1980 | −25.5% |
| 1984 | −37.9% |
| 1988 | −16.6% |
| 1992 | −8.6% |
| 1996 | −7.8% |
| 2000 | −21.9% |
| 2004 | −31.1% |
| 2008 | −31.3% |
| 2012 | −33.5% |
| 2016 | −36.4% |
| 2020 | −33.1% |
| 2024 | −34.3% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1956 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.