Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Oregon R+10.5.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Oregon, 1956. The state ran 4.9 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Oregon result

735,597 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

329,204

44.8%

Eisenhower (R)

406,393

55.2%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+10.5

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1956 presidential election

Oregon, 1956

EisenhowerR+10.5

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	55.2%	406,393
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	44.8%	329,204
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−3.9%	3,431	3,706	7,137
Benton County	R	−36.3%	4,214	9,016	13,230
Clackamas County	R	−10.7%	20,416	25,314	45,730
Clatsop County	R	−1.9%	6,372	6,616	12,988
Columbia County	D	+13.3%	5,592	4,275	9,867
Coos County	D	+9.7%	11,183	9,201	20,384
Crook County	R	−2.0%	1,805	1,879	3,684
Curry County	R	−7.2%	1,996	2,306	4,302
Deschutes County	R	−13.7%	4,102	5,399	9,501
Douglas County	R	−7.8%	11,825	13,837	25,662
Gilliam County	R	−19.2%	538	793	1,331
Grant County	R	−18.2%	1,261	1,822	3,083
Harney County	R	−11.0%	1,212	1,512	2,724
Hood River County	R	−12.6%	2,445	3,149	5,594
Jackson County	R	−14.9%	12,733	17,201	29,934
Jefferson County	R	−9.7%	1,117	1,356	2,473
Josephine County	R	−24.2%	4,863	7,967	12,830
Klamath County	R	−7.2%	8,434	9,740	18,174
Lake County	R	−11.5%	1,289	1,623	2,912
Lane County	R	−12.3%	27,534	35,264	62,798
Lincoln County	R	−7.2%	4,624	5,346	9,970
Linn County	R	−10.2%	10,153	12,469	22,622
Malheur County	R	−22.5%	3,151	4,981	8,132
Marion County	R	−28.4%	16,170	28,990	45,160
Morrow County	R	−10.0%	893	1,092	1,985
Multnomah County	R	−5.6%	115,896	129,658	245,554
Polk County	R	−22.6%	4,047	6,404	10,451
Sherman County	R	−23.0%	420	671	1,091
Tillamook County	R	−7.8%	3,684	4,306	7,990
Umatilla County	R	−11.4%	7,678	9,654	17,332
Union County	D	+7.9%	4,389	3,749	8,138
Wallowa County	D	+3.6%	1,723	1,604	3,327
Wasco County	R	−2.0%	4,165	4,332	8,497
Washington County	R	−22.1%	14,027	22,001	36,028
Wheeler County	R	−3.1%	569	605	1,174
Yamhill County	R	−23.9%	5,253	8,555	13,808