1956 Presidential Election Results for South Dakota

Click on a county in the table or the map to see demographic data for that county.

County	Turnout	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)		Adlai Stevenson (D)		Other		TOTAL
Aurora	84%	1,055	43.4%	1,374	56.6%	0	0.0%	2,429
Beadle	73%	5,216	53.1%	4,614	46.9%	0	0.0%	9,830
Bennett	82%	746	52.1%	685	47.9%	0	0.0%	1,431
Bon Homme	81%	2,696	55.7%	2,144	44.3%	0	0.0%	4,840
Brookings	62%	5,293	66.9%	2,620	33.1%	0	0.0%	7,913
Brown	74%	8,193	53.3%	7,184	46.7%	0	0.0%	15,377
Brule	87%	1,317	41.0%	1,894	59.0%	0	0.0%	3,211
Buffalo	85%	314	49.7%	318	50.3%	0	0.0%	632
Butte	64%	2,231	68.5%	1,028	31.5%	0	0.0%	3,259
Campbell	66%	1,268	81.4%	289	18.6%	0	0.0%	1,557
Charles Mix	70%	2,202	41.4%	3,117	58.6%	0	0.0%	5,319
Clark	77%	2,173	58.8%	1,521	41.2%	0	0.0%	3,694
Clay	61%	2,632	57.7%	1,928	42.3%	0	0.0%	4,560
Codington	74%	5,150	57.7%	3,772	42.3%	0	0.0%	8,922
Corson	81%	1,394	55.6%	1,112	44.4%	0	0.0%	2,506
Custer	76%	1,514	64.0%	853	36.0%	0	0.0%	2,367
Davison	76%	4,056	51.6%	3,809	48.4%	0	0.0%	7,865
Day	81%	2,652	47.2%	2,971	52.8%	0	0.0%	5,623
Deuel	70%	1,698	55.5%	1,363	44.5%	0	0.0%	3,061
Dewey	80%	1,197	56.8%	912	43.2%	0	0.0%	2,109
Douglas	80%	1,713	67.8%	813	32.2%	0	0.0%	2,526
Edmunds	83%	1,685	51.6%	1,580	48.4%	0	0.0%	3,265
Fall River	53%	2,377	67.4%	1,150	32.6%	0	0.0%	3,527
Faulk	87%	1,260	52.2%	1,155	47.8%	0	0.0%	2,415
Grant	79%	2,621	55.9%	2,070	44.1%	0	0.0%	4,691
Gregory	77%	1,945	52.0%	1,795	48.0%	0	0.0%	3,740
Haakon	83%	936	61.2%	594	38.8%	0	0.0%	1,530
Hamlin	84%	2,083	61.7%	1,294	38.3%	0	0.0%	3,377
Hand	77%	1,804	55.4%	1,453	44.6%	0	0.0%	3,257
Hanson	83%	1,050	46.9%	1,187	53.1%	0	0.0%	2,237
Harding	73%	650	63.4%	376	36.6%	0	0.0%	1,026
Hughes	72%	2,923	63.4%	1,687	36.6%	0	0.0%	4,610
Hutchinson	75%	3,870	73.2%	1,420	26.8%	0	0.0%	5,290
Hyde	84%	755	55.8%	597	44.2%	0	0.0%	1,352
Jackson	45%	490	54.6%	408	45.4%	0	0.0%	898
Jerauld	84%	1,175	53.9%	1,005	46.1%	0	0.0%	2,180
Jones	82%	601	56.1%	471	43.9%	0	0.0%	1,072
Kingsbury	74%	2,933	64.9%	1,585	35.1%	0	0.0%	4,518
Lake	72%	3,404	62.3%	2,058	37.7%	0	0.0%	5,462
Lawrence	61%	4,654	71.3%	1,871	28.7%	0	0.0%	6,525
Lincoln	76%	3,529	62.2%	2,141	37.8%	0	0.0%	5,670
Lyman	80%	1,151	56.9%	873	43.1%	0	0.0%	2,024
Marshall	75%	1,639	50.1%	1,635	49.9%	0	0.0%	3,274
McCook	80%	2,382	57.5%	1,758	42.5%	0	0.0%	4,140
McPherson	71%	2,225	77.9%	633	22.1%	0	0.0%	2,858
Meade	60%	2,467	59.8%	1,658	40.2%	0	0.0%	4,125
Mellette	75%	643	55.3%	520	44.7%	0	0.0%	1,163
Miner	82%	1,456	49.0%	1,517	51.0%	0	0.0%	2,973
Minnehaha	71%	22,285	63.0%	13,093	37.0%	0	0.0%	35,378
Moody	74%	2,133	53.7%	1,840	46.3%	0	0.0%	3,973
Pennington	55%	10,955	67.3%	5,332	32.7%	0	0.0%	16,287
Perkins	74%	1,743	59.4%	1,191	40.6%	0	0.0%	2,934
Potter	79%	1,445	63.2%	843	36.8%	0	0.0%	2,288
Roberts	76%	2,854	46.8%	3,246	53.2%	0	0.0%	6,100
Sanborn	87%	1,327	50.5%	1,302	49.5%	0	0.0%	2,629
Shannon	65%	782	45.2%	949	54.8%	0	0.0%	1,731
Spink	74%	2,683	48.3%	2,873	51.7%	0	0.0%	5,556
Stanley	62%	587	50.9%	567	49.1%	0	0.0%	1,154
Sully	79%	726	59.5%	494	40.5%	0	0.0%	1,220
Todd	70%	748	47.3%	833	52.7%	0	0.0%	1,581
Tripp	74%	2,064	52.9%	1,835	47.1%	0	0.0%	3,899
Turner	78%	4,096	70.9%	1,682	29.1%	0	0.0%	5,778
Union	80%	2,636	52.9%	2,343	47.1%	0	0.0%	4,979
Walworth	73%	2,132	60.2%	1,409	39.8%	0	0.0%	3,541
Washabuagh	n/a	265	58.9%	185	41.1%	0	0.0%	450
Yankton	65%	4,063	57.6%	2,987	42.4%	0	0.0%	7,050
Ziebach	89%	627	57.1%	472	42.9%	0	0.0%	1,099
TOTAL	72%	171,569	58.4%	122,288	41.6%	0	0.0%	293,857

1956 Presidential Election Results by Congressional District in SD

Data for 3rd party candidates is often unavailable explicitly.

Click on a district in the table below to see 1956 U.S. House election results for that district.

District	Turnout	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)		Adlai Stevenson (D)		Other		TOTAL
District 01 (McGovern-D)	79%	130,802	57.5%	96,618	42.5%	0	0.0%	227,420
District 02 (Berry-R)	69%	40,767	61.4%	25,670	38.6%	0	0.0%	66,437

1956 President, Aurora County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,055	43.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,374	56.6%
TOTAL	2,429
Turnout: 84% Diff (St): -15 Diff (US): -14

1956 President, Beadle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	5,216	53.1%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	4,614	46.9%
TOTAL	9,830
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -4

1956 President, Bennett County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	746	52.1%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	685	47.9%
TOTAL	1,431
Turnout: 82% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -5

1956 President, Bon Homme County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,696	55.7%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,144	44.3%
TOTAL	4,840
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Brookings County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	5,293	66.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,620	33.1%
TOTAL	7,913
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 9

1956 President, Brown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	8,193	53.3%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	7,184	46.7%
TOTAL	15,377
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -4

1956 President, Brule County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,317	41.0%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,894	59.0%
TOTAL	3,211
Turnout: 87% Diff (St): -17 Diff (US): -16

1956 President, Buffalo County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	314	49.7%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	318	50.3%
TOTAL	632
Turnout: 85% Diff (St): -9 Diff (US): -8

1956 President, Butte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,231	68.5%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,028	31.5%
TOTAL	3,259
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 10 Diff (US): 11

1956 President, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,268	81.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	289	18.6%
TOTAL	1,557
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): 23 Diff (US): 24

1956 President, Charles Mix County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,202	41.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	3,117	58.6%
TOTAL	5,319
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): -17 Diff (US): -16

1956 President, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,173	58.8%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,521	41.2%
TOTAL	3,694
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 1

1956 President, Clay County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,632	57.7%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,928	42.3%
TOTAL	4,560
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 0

1956 President, Codington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	5,150	57.7%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	3,772	42.3%
TOTAL	8,922
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 0

1956 President, Corson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,394	55.6%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,112	44.4%
TOTAL	2,506
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Custer County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,514	64.0%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	853	36.0%
TOTAL	2,367
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 7

1956 President, Davison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	4,056	51.6%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	3,809	48.4%
TOTAL	7,865
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -7 Diff (US): -6

1956 President, Day County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,652	47.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,971	52.8%
TOTAL	5,623
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): -11 Diff (US): -10

1956 President, Deuel County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,698	55.5%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,363	44.5%
TOTAL	3,061
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Dewey County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,197	56.8%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	912	43.2%
TOTAL	2,109
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -1

1956 President, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,713	67.8%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	813	32.2%
TOTAL	2,526
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 10

1956 President, Edmunds County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,685	51.6%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,580	48.4%
TOTAL	3,265
Turnout: 83% Diff (St): -7 Diff (US): -6

1956 President, Fall River County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,377	67.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,150	32.6%
TOTAL	3,527
Turnout: 53% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 10

1956 President, Faulk County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,260	52.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,155	47.8%
TOTAL	2,415
Turnout: 87% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -5

1956 President, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,621	55.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,070	44.1%
TOTAL	4,691
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Gregory County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,945	52.0%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,795	48.0%
TOTAL	3,740
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -5

1956 President, Haakon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	936	61.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	594	38.8%
TOTAL	1,530
Turnout: 83% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 4

1956 President, Hamlin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,083	61.7%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,294	38.3%
TOTAL	3,377
Turnout: 84% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 4

1956 President, Hand County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,804	55.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,453	44.6%
TOTAL	3,257
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Hanson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,050	46.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,187	53.1%
TOTAL	2,237
Turnout: 83% Diff (St): -11 Diff (US): -10

1956 President, Harding County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	650	63.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	376	36.6%
TOTAL	1,026
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 6

1956 President, Hughes County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,923	63.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,687	36.6%
TOTAL	4,610
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 6

1956 President, Hutchinson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	3,870	73.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,420	26.8%
TOTAL	5,290
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 15 Diff (US): 16

1956 President, Hyde County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	755	55.8%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	597	44.2%
TOTAL	1,352
Turnout: 84% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Jackson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	490	54.6%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	408	45.4%
TOTAL	898
Turnout: 45% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -3

1956 President, Jerauld County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,175	53.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,005	46.1%
TOTAL	2,180
Turnout: 84% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -4

1956 President, Jones County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	601	56.1%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	471	43.9%
TOTAL	1,072
Turnout: 82% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -1

1956 President, Kingsbury County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,933	64.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,585	35.1%
TOTAL	4,518
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 8

1956 President, Lake County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	3,404	62.3%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,058	37.7%
TOTAL	5,462
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 5

1956 President, Lawrence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	4,654	71.3%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,871	28.7%
TOTAL	6,525
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 14

1956 President, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	3,529	62.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,141	37.8%
TOTAL	5,670
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 5

1956 President, Lyman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,151	56.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	873	43.1%
TOTAL	2,024
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -1

1956 President, McCook County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,382	57.5%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,758	42.5%
TOTAL	4,140
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 0

1956 President, McPherson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,225	77.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	633	22.1%
TOTAL	2,858
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 19 Diff (US): 20

1956 President, Marshall County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,639	50.1%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,635	49.9%
TOTAL	3,274
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): -7

1956 President, Meade County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,467	59.8%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,658	40.2%
TOTAL	4,125
Turnout: 60% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 2

1956 President, Mellette County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	643	55.3%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	520	44.7%
TOTAL	1,163
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Miner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,456	49.0%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,517	51.0%
TOTAL	2,973
Turnout: 82% Diff (St): -9 Diff (US): -8

1956 President, Minnehaha County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	22,285	63.0%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	13,093	37.0%
TOTAL	35,378
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 6

1956 President, Moody County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,133	53.7%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,840	46.3%
TOTAL	3,973
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -4

1956 President, Pennington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	10,955	67.3%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	5,332	32.7%
TOTAL	16,287
Turnout: 55% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 10

1956 President, Perkins County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,743	59.4%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,191	40.6%
TOTAL	2,934
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 2

1956 President, Potter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,445	63.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	843	36.8%
TOTAL	2,288
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): 5 Diff (US): 6

1956 President, Roberts County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,854	46.8%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	3,246	53.2%
TOTAL	6,100
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -12 Diff (US): -11

1956 President, Sanborn County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,327	50.5%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,302	49.5%
TOTAL	2,629
Turnout: 87% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): -7

1956 President, Oglala Lakota County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	782	45.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	949	54.8%
TOTAL	1,731
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -13 Diff (US): -12

1956 President, Spink County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,683	48.3%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,873	51.7%
TOTAL	5,556
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -10 Diff (US): -9

1956 President, Stanley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	587	50.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	567	49.1%
TOTAL	1,154
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): -8 Diff (US): -7

1956 President, Sully County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	726	59.5%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	494	40.5%
TOTAL	1,220
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 2

1956 President, Todd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	748	47.3%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	833	52.7%
TOTAL	1,581
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): -11 Diff (US): -10

1956 President, Tripp County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,064	52.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,835	47.1%
TOTAL	3,899
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -4

1956 President, Turner County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	4,096	70.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,682	29.1%
TOTAL	5,778
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 13

1956 President, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,636	52.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,343	47.1%
TOTAL	4,979
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -4

1956 President, Walworth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	2,132	60.2%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,409	39.8%
TOTAL	3,541
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 3

1956 President, null
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	265	58.9%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	185	41.1%
TOTAL	450
Turnout: n/a Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 1

1956 President, Yankton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	4,063	57.6%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	2,987	42.4%
TOTAL	7,050
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 0

1956 President, Ziebach County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	627	57.1%
Adlai Stevenson (D)	472	42.9%
TOTAL	1,099
Turnout: 89% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 0

* incumbent