Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Oklahoma R+10.3.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Oklahoma, 1956. The state ran 5.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Oklahoma result

859,350 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

385,581

44.9%

Eisenhower (R)

473,769

55.1%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+10.3

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1956 presidential election

Oklahoma, 1956

EisenhowerR+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

D+60

R+60

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

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Oklahoma's presidential margins

1908–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Oklahoma's presidential margins

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%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−13.2%	2,418	3,152	5,570
Alfalfa County	R	−40.7%	1,371	3,251	4,622
Atoka County	D	+16.7%	2,424	1,731	4,155
Beaver County	R	−36.8%	946	2,046	2,992
Beckham County	D	+5.4%	3,561	3,194	6,755
Blaine County	R	−35.3%	1,844	3,855	5,699
Bryan County	D	+32.2%	5,729	2,939	8,668
Caddo County	D	+4.9%	5,884	5,331	11,215
Canadian County	R	−18.8%	3,896	5,702	9,598
Carter County	D	+22.0%	9,341	5,974	15,315
Cherokee County	R	−4.6%	2,991	3,277	6,268
Choctaw County	D	+22.3%	3,469	2,206	5,675
Cimarron County	R	−12.9%	812	1,053	1,865
Cleveland County	R	−12.9%	5,987	7,766	13,753
Coal County	D	+26.9%	1,596	920	2,516
Comanche County	D	+7.5%	8,756	7,532	16,288
Cotton County	D	+14.9%	1,889	1,398	3,287
Craig County	R	−6.6%	3,106	3,543	6,649
Creek County	R	−7.7%	7,102	8,295	15,397
Custer County	R	−16.0%	3,026	4,182	7,208
Delaware County	R	−6.9%	2,679	3,078	5,757
Dewey County	R	−13.4%	1,448	1,896	3,344
Ellis County	R	−35.1%	920	1,916	2,836
Garfield County	R	−38.8%	6,769	15,348	22,117
Garvin County	D	+25.2%	6,451	3,850	10,301
Grady County	D	+13.2%	6,773	5,191	11,964
Grant County	R	−17.6%	1,953	2,788	4,741
Greer County	D	+12.0%	1,907	1,499	3,406
Harmon County	D	+35.1%	1,743	837	2,580
Harper County	R	−36.9%	736	1,596	2,332
Haskell County	D	+15.1%	2,381	1,758	4,139
Hughes County	D	+21.2%	4,278	2,783	7,061
Jackson County	D	+30.9%	4,435	2,343	6,778
Jefferson County	D	+36.3%	2,539	1,186	3,725
Johnston County	D	+31.7%	2,232	1,157	3,389
Kay County	R	−29.5%	8,071	14,837	22,908
Kingfisher County	R	−40.5%	1,668	3,935	5,603
Kiowa County	D	+10.8%	3,371	2,713	6,084
Latimer County	D	+18.0%	1,994	1,387	3,381
Le Flore County	D	+10.1%	5,276	4,310	9,586
Lincoln County	R	−12.2%	3,909	4,993	8,902
Logan County	R	−29.9%	2,875	5,326	8,201
Love County	D	+41.2%	1,756	731	2,487
Major County	R	−49.6%	951	2,826	3,777
Marshall County	D	+29.2%	2,100	1,151	3,251
Mayes County	R	−10.9%	3,760	4,677	8,437
McClain County	D	+17.8%	2,981	2,081	5,062
McCurtain County	D	+27.5%	4,761	2,707	7,468
McIntosh County	D	+11.9%	2,728	2,149	4,877
Murray County	D	+15.7%	2,482	1,809	4,291
Muskogee County	R	−3.0%	10,413	11,057	21,470
Noble County	R	−27.4%	2,017	3,536	5,553
Nowata County	R	−16.6%	2,268	3,168	5,436
Okfuskee County	D	+0.7%	2,331	2,299	4,630
Oklahoma County	R	−19.5%	57,512	85,395	142,907
Okmulgee County	D	+6.4%	7,626	6,703	14,329
Osage County	R	−10.3%	5,939	7,296	13,235
Ottawa County	R	−8.1%	5,721	6,730	12,451
Pawnee County	R	−19.9%	2,264	3,390	5,654
Payne County	R	−19.5%	6,320	9,381	15,701
Pittsburg County	D	+23.1%	8,382	5,239	13,621
Pontotoc County	D	+10.6%	5,950	4,814	10,764
Pottawatomie County	D	+2.3%	8,895	8,496	17,391
Pushmataha County	D	+20.5%	2,273	1,499	3,772
Roger Mills County	D	+12.1%	1,367	1,072	2,439
Rogers County	R	−17.0%	3,185	4,487	7,672
Seminole County	D	+6.0%	5,897	5,230	11,127
Sequoyah County	D	+3.3%	3,560	3,330	6,890
Stephens County	D	+8.7%	7,524	6,324	13,848
Texas County	R	−27.5%	1,886	3,320	5,206
Tillman County	D	+30.1%	3,366	1,810	5,176
Tulsa County	R	−31.0%	43,805	83,219	127,024
Wagoner County	R	−16.3%	2,544	3,537	6,081
Washington County	R	−38.6%	5,529	12,488	18,017
Washita County	D	+11.1%	3,191	2,552	5,743
Woods County	R	−28.2%	2,123	3,787	5,910
Woodward County	R	−35.6%	1,618	3,405	5,023