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1956-11-06 U.S. House Election Results for Virginia (All Districts)


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Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



DistrictWinnerRunner-Up Other Total Votes
District 01 Edward Robeson* (D) 31,839 50.8% Horace Henderson (R) 30,799 49.2% 13 0.0% 62,651
District 02 Porter Hardy* (D) 46,958 76.4% William Burns (R) 14,483 23.6% 0 0.0% 61,441
District 03 Vaughn Gary* (D) 46,109 59.1% Roy Cabell (R) 31,947 40.9% 11 0.0% 78,067
District 04 Watkins Abbitt* (D) 51,434 99.8% 78 0.2% 51,512
District 05 William Tuck* (D) 39,771 67.4% Jackson Kiser (R) 19,263 32.6% 1 0.0% 59,035
District 06 Richard Poff* (R) 51,279 62.1% John Whitehead (D) 31,043 37.6% 280 [+] 0.3% 82,602
District 07 Burr Harrison* (D) 40,069 69.0% A.R. Dunning (R) 17,970 31.0% 1 0.0% 58,040
District 08 Howard W. Smith* (D) 38,648 67.3% Horace Clay (R) 18,813 32.7% 8 0.0% 57,469
District 09 Pat Jennings* (D) 49,448 54.1% William Wampler (R) 41,957 45.9% 2 0.0% 91,407
District 10 Joel Broyhill* (R) 53,149 56.2% Warren Quenstedt (D) 40,553 42.9% 859 [+] 0.9% 94,561
Total R vote: 279,660 (40.1%)      Total D vote: 415,872 (59.7%)
Opposed races only       Total R vote: 279,660 (43.3%)      Total D vote: 364,438 (56.5%)