Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Tennessee R+0.6.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Tennessee, 1956. The state ran 14.8 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Tennessee result

939,404 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

456,507

48.6%

Eisenhower (R)

462,288

49.2%

All others

20,609

2.2%

Margin

R+0.6

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1956 presidential election

Tennessee, 1956

EisenhowerR+0.6

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	49.2%	462,288
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	48.6%	456,507
OtherAll other candidates	2.2%	20,609

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−8.1%	9,368	11,071	21,121
Bedford County	D	+33.1%	4,517	2,258	6,825
Benton County	D	+27.0%	2,231	1,279	3,531
Bledsoe County	R	−13.9%	1,079	1,429	2,526
Blount County	R	−42.5%	5,076	12,667	17,867
Bradley County	R	−31.4%	3,225	6,247	9,611
Campbell County	R	−31.2%	2,628	5,065	7,819
Cannon County	D	+25.4%	1,547	919	2,475
Carroll County	R	−13.2%	3,232	4,235	7,590
Carter County	R	−58.2%	2,933	11,218	14,236
Cheatham County	D	+64.0%	2,297	498	2,811
Chester County	D	+1.2%	1,495	1,460	2,989
Claiborne County	R	−25.9%	1,973	3,377	5,428
Clay County	D	+2.5%	948	902	1,867
Cocke County	R	−65.6%	1,121	5,526	6,715
Coffee County	D	+34.5%	4,930	2,389	7,369
Crockett County	D	+30.2%	1,964	1,026	3,107
Cumberland County	R	−24.7%	1,925	3,200	5,161
Davidson County	D	+20.8%	56,822	37,077	94,874
Decatur County	D	+1.4%	1,554	1,512	3,101
DeKalb County	D	+7.9%	1,982	1,690	3,693
Dickson County	D	+49.9%	3,799	1,247	5,114
Dyer County	D	+24.9%	4,524	2,682	7,407
Fayette County	O	+14.3%	639	358	1,968
Fentress County	R	−40.4%	934	2,233	3,212
Franklin County	D	+46.5%	4,791	1,727	6,595
Gibson County	D	+37.6%	7,884	3,481	11,713
Giles County	D	+54.1%	4,750	1,401	6,186
Grainger County	R	−45.9%	913	2,497	3,449
Greene County	R	−30.2%	3,949	7,396	11,402
Grundy County	D	+38.3%	2,076	918	3,024
Hamblen County	R	−36.4%	2,592	5,608	8,275
Hamilton County	R	−9.5%	28,287	34,429	64,830
Hancock County	R	−68.3%	350	1,939	2,328
Hardeman County	D	+27.9%	1,754	818	3,353
Hardin County	R	−24.9%	1,734	2,898	4,680
Hawkins County	R	−36.8%	3,180	6,916	10,164
Haywood County	D	+56.2%	2,217	516	3,028
Henderson County	R	−34.1%	1,613	3,294	4,923
Henry County	D	+40.8%	5,625	2,337	8,068
Hickman County	D	+40.0%	2,439	1,040	3,496
Houston County	D	+50.0%	1,033	340	1,385
Humphreys County	D	+59.7%	2,841	713	3,566
Jackson County	D	+32.4%	1,743	881	2,659
Jefferson County	R	−56.3%	1,338	4,870	6,273
Johnson County	R	−75.5%	503	3,690	4,220
Knox County	R	−21.3%	29,768	46,167	76,831
Lake County	D	+51.7%	1,673	512	2,246
Lauderdale County	D	+60.2%	4,383	1,049	5,540
Lawrence County	R	−4.1%	4,227	4,588	8,880
Lewis County	D	+43.1%	1,321	522	1,854
Lincoln County	D	+56.7%	4,434	1,207	5,692
Loudon County	R	−23.1%	2,844	4,583	7,524
Macon County	R	−34.5%	1,069	2,207	3,296
Madison County	D	+11.8%	8,540	6,642	16,037
Marion County	R	−2.5%	2,781	2,925	5,798
Marshall County	D	+44.8%	4,100	1,527	5,745
Maury County	D	+39.2%	6,662	2,853	9,706
McMinn County	R	−20.9%	3,950	6,075	10,153
McNairy County	R	−16.2%	2,403	3,349	5,838
Meigs County	R	−5.4%	759	847	1,631
Monroe County	R	−17.3%	3,511	4,998	8,576
Montgomery County	D	+48.1%	8,034	2,778	10,934
Moore County	D	+53.4%	893	270	1,167
Morgan County	R	−26.8%	1,379	2,402	3,823
Obion County	D	+37.1%	5,185	2,349	7,637
Overton County	D	+22.4%	2,385	1,508	3,923
Perry County	D	+20.3%	1,052	694	1,760
Pickett County	R	−27.3%	560	985	1,556
Polk County	R	−16.4%	1,533	2,136	3,669
Putnam County	D	+12.4%	4,481	3,492	8,004
Rhea County	R	−13.0%	1,930	2,516	4,517
Roane County	R	−14.9%	4,531	6,147	10,818
Robertson County	D	+52.8%	4,961	1,517	6,526
Rutherford County	D	+40.6%	6,494	2,713	9,306
Scott County	R	−58.8%	842	3,282	4,149
Sequatchie County	D	+11.3%	859	683	1,556
Sevier County	R	−73.5%	1,043	6,950	8,038
Shelby County	R	−2.7%	62,051	65,690	135,025
Smith County	D	+39.8%	2,949	1,267	4,229
Stewart County	D	+57.9%	2,120	560	2,696
Sullivan County	R	−14.3%	14,106	18,903	33,506
Sumner County	D	+55.1%	7,368	2,123	9,527
Tipton County	D	+63.6%	4,828	983	6,045
Trousdale County	D	+66.0%	1,032	209	1,247
Unicoi County	R	−56.0%	1,111	3,978	5,119
Union County	R	−59.9%	535	2,154	2,703
Van Buren County	D	+22.3%	602	381	991
Warren County	D	+34.3%	4,014	1,954	5,998
Washington County	R	−43.1%	5,314	13,471	18,912
Wayne County	R	−41.8%	1,045	2,557	3,618
Weakley County	D	+26.6%	4,717	2,720	7,510
White County	D	+27.5%	2,378	1,346	3,759
Williamson County	D	+35.3%	4,174	1,979	6,211
Wilson County	D	+39.2%	5,221	2,266	7,544