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


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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



DistrictWinnerRunner-Up Other Total Votes
District 01 Lawrence Smith* (R) 94,882 57.1% Gerald Flynn (D) 71,379 42.9% 16 0.0% 166,277
District 02 Donald Tewes (R) 101,444 55.3% Robert Kastenmeier (D) 81,922 44.7% 28 0.0% 183,394
District 03 Gardner Withrow* (R) 74,000 61.2% Norman Clapp (D) 46,911 38.8% 3 0.0% 120,914
District 04 Clement Zablocki* (D) 128,213 65.6% William Burke (R) 67,063 34.3% 28 0.0% 195,304
District 05 Henry Reuss* (D) 118,603 57.7% Russell Wirth (R) 86,764 42.2% 38 0.0% 205,405
District 06 William Van Pelt* (R) 96,783 67.2% Rudolph Ploetz (D) 47,277 32.8% 2 0.0% 144,062
District 07 Melvin Laird* (R) 80,143 61.8% Margaret Anderson (D) 49,442 38.2% 1 0.0% 129,586
District 08 John Byrnes* (R) 97,952 64.6% Milo Singler (D) 53,567 35.4% 1 0.0% 151,520
District 09 Lester Johnson* (D) 62,476 51.4% Arthur Peterson (R) 59,024 48.6% 0 0.0% 121,500
District 10 Alvin O'Konski* (R) 67,250 64.5% Carl Lauri (D) 36,941 35.5% 1 0.0% 104,192
Total R vote: 825,305 (54.2%)      Total D vote: 696,731 (45.8%)

OfficeWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
Lt. Governor Warren Knowles* (R) 822,780 54.6% William Schmidt (D) 684,844 45.4% 0 0.0% 1,507,624