Republican Party presidential primaries, 1956

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1956

March 11 to June 5, 1956

Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower John W. Bricker Home state Kansas Ohio Contests won 16 1 Popular vote 5,008,132 478,453 Percentage 85.9% 8.2%   Nominee Joe Foss S.C. Arnold Home state South Dakota Montana Contests won 1 1 Popular vote 59,374 32,732 Percentage 1.0% 0.6%

Previous Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower

The 1956 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1956 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1956 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1956, in San Francisco, California.^[1]

Eisenhower sought re-nomination and faced no formidable opposition. He swept the primaries without difficulty. Senator William F. Knowland of California was on the ballot for a number of them, as he had announced he would run if Ike would not and the president announced so late there was no time to withdraw.

Candidates

Nominee

• 
  President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Withdrew during primaries

• 
  Montana Secretary of State S.C. Arnold
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  Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio
• 
  Governor Joe Foss of South Dakota
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  Senator William F. Knowland of California

Statewide contests by winner

Statewide contest won by candidates

Total popular vote results

Primaries total popular vote results

• Dwight Eisenhower - 5,008,132 (85.93%)
• John W. Bricker - 478,453 (8.21%)
• Unpledged - 115,014 (1.97%)
• William F. Knowland - 84,446 (1.45%)
• Joe Foss - 59,374 (1.02%)
• S.C. Arnold - 32,732 (0.56%)
• Others - 50,283 (0.86%)

See also

• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1956

References