Indiana — 1956 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1956 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentEisenhowerR+20.2
How it voted
Share of the 1956 vote
| Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican | 59.9% | 1,182,811 |
|---|---|---|
| Adlai StevensonDemocratic | 39.7% | 783,908 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.4% | 7,888 |
1956presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+39.1 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Blackford County, IN | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Brown County, IN | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Clark County, IN | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+30.1 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Delaware County, IN | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Dubois County, IN | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+38.7 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Floyd County, IN | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+26.4 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+35.8 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+38.4 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+31.4 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+29.1 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+15.0 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+45.5 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Knox County, IN | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+44.2 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Lake County, IN | Republican | R+4.4 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Madison County, IN | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+31.9 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+49.3 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Perry County, IN | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+45.6 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Scott County, IN | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+20.9 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+43.5 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+40.7 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Vigo County, IN | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+17.6 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+26.9 |
Indiana results by county
92 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,559 | 7,07966.1% | 3,52032.9% | 1091.0% | 10,708 |
| Allen County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+32,766 | 58,21069.4% | 25,44430.3% | 1900.2% | 83,844 |
| Bartholomew County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,093 | 12,22759.8% | 8,13439.8% | 920.4% | 20,453 |
| Benton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,043 | 4,00467.0% | 1,96132.8% | 90.2% | 5,974 |
| Blackford County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+703 | 3,85554.5% | 3,15244.6% | 640.9% | 7,071 |
| Boone County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,255 | 8,57361.6% | 5,31838.2% | 350.3% | 13,926 |
| Brown County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+94 | 1,64951.2% | 1,55548.3% | 150.5% | 3,219 |
| Carroll County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,436 | 5,74863.3% | 3,31236.5% | 260.3% | 9,086 |
| Cass County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,030 | 12,62462.2% | 7,59437.4% | 810.4% | 20,299 |
| Clark County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+612 | 12,48351.1% | 11,87148.6% | 790.3% | 24,433 |
| Clay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,582 | 7,30255.9% | 5,72043.8% | 390.3% | 13,061 |
| Clinton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,422 | 9,69060.4% | 6,26839.1% | 740.5% | 16,032 |
| Crawford County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+261 | 2,69452.0% | 2,43346.9% | 581.1% | 5,185 |
| Daviess County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,551 | 8,60862.8% | 5,05736.9% | 420.3% | 13,707 |
| Dearborn County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,654 | 7,18956.4% | 5,53543.4% | 220.2% | 12,746 |
| Decatur County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,963 | 6,39064.9% | 3,42734.8% | 340.3% | 9,851 |
| DeKalb County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,626 | 9,06166.7% | 4,43532.7% | 790.6% | 13,575 |
| Delaware County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,974 | 24,79254.1% | 20,81845.4% | 2170.5% | 45,827 |
| Dubois County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,765 | 6,94257.2% | 5,17742.6% | 200.2% | 12,139 |
| Elkhart County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+15,725 | 28,08869.1% | 12,36330.4% | 2260.6% | 40,677 |
| Fayette County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,517 | 6,67356.3% | 5,15643.5% | 330.3% | 11,862 |
| Floyd County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,032 | 10,41055.2% | 8,37844.4% | 770.4% | 18,865 |
| Fountain County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,705 | 6,45663.1% | 3,75136.7% | 230.2% | 10,230 |
| Franklin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,856 | 4,42963.0% | 2,57336.6% | 260.4% | 7,028 |
| Fulton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,313 | 6,25867.6% | 2,94531.8% | 560.6% | 9,259 |
| Gibson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,938 | 9,25655.6% | 7,31843.9% | 790.5% | 16,653 |
| Grant County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+8,093 | 17,54864.5% | 9,45534.8% | 2030.7% | 27,206 |
| Greene County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,536 | 8,72254.6% | 7,18645.0% | 610.4% | 15,969 |
| Hamilton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,246 | 11,22069.0% | 4,97430.6% | 770.5% | 16,271 |
| Hancock County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,362 | 6,96259.9% | 4,60039.6% | 550.5% | 11,617 |
| Harrison County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,033 | 5,29954.9% | 4,26644.2% | 830.9% | 9,648 |
| Hendricks County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,057 | 10,57865.6% | 5,52134.2% | 300.2% | 16,129 |
| Henry County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,248 | 13,75061.3% | 8,50237.9% | 1660.7% | 22,418 |
| Howard County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,075 | 17,23458.3% | 12,15941.1% | 1880.6% | 29,581 |
| Huntington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,997 | 11,02464.2% | 6,02735.1% | 1330.8% | 17,184 |
| Jackson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,190 | 8,37557.3% | 6,18542.3% | 570.4% | 14,617 |
| Jasper County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,370 | 5,37472.6% | 2,00427.1% | 210.3% | 7,399 |
| Jay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,196 | 6,76759.1% | 4,57139.9% | 1161.0% | 11,454 |
| Jefferson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,288 | 6,63260.3% | 4,34439.5% | 280.3% | 11,004 |
| Jennings County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,623 | 4,50260.7% | 2,87938.8% | 330.4% | 7,414 |
| Johnson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,000 | 10,12562.2% | 6,12537.6% | 410.3% | 16,291 |
| Knox County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,356 | 13,04759.8% | 8,69139.9% | 630.3% | 21,801 |
| Kosciusko County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+7,873 | 12,77771.7% | 4,90427.5% | 1430.8% | 17,824 |
| LaGrange County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,253 | 3,81570.5% | 1,56228.9% | 370.7% | 5,414 |
| Lake County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+7,803 | 92,80352.0% | 85,00047.6% | 6570.4% | 178,460 |
| LaPorte County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+10,205 | 24,62262.9% | 14,41736.8% | 1030.3% | 39,142 |
| Lawrence County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,893 | 11,09063.9% | 6,19735.7% | 590.3% | 17,346 |
| Madison County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,921 | 30,32954.2% | 25,40845.4% | 2060.4% | 55,943 |
| Marion County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+63,464 | 162,56662.0% | 99,10237.8% | 6790.3% | 262,347 |
| Marshall County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,106 | 10,50465.7% | 5,39833.8% | 800.5% | 15,982 |
| Martin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+603 | 2,94655.6% | 2,34344.2% | 70.1% | 5,296 |
| Miami County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,850 | 9,57462.3% | 5,72437.2% | 740.5% | 15,372 |
| Monroe County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,491 | 13,22362.9% | 7,73236.8% | 600.3% | 21,015 |
| Montgomery County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,975 | 10,41865.4% | 5,44334.2% | 660.4% | 15,927 |
| Morgan County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,583 | 8,31863.5% | 4,73536.1% | 500.4% | 13,103 |
| Newton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,574 | 3,89074.5% | 1,31625.2% | 160.3% | 5,222 |
| Noble County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,147 | 8,17566.6% | 4,02832.8% | 640.5% | 12,267 |
| Ohio County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+150 | 1,23753.1% | 1,08746.6% | 70.3% | 2,331 |
| Orange County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,313 | 5,75162.4% | 3,43837.3% | 320.3% | 9,221 |
| Owen County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,104 | 3,68558.5% | 2,58141.0% | 350.6% | 6,301 |
| Parke County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,578 | 5,08059.0% | 3,50240.7% | 220.3% | 8,604 |
| Perry County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+909 | 4,94655.0% | 4,03744.9% | 100.1% | 8,993 |
| Pike County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,243 | 4,59657.3% | 3,35341.8% | 660.8% | 8,015 |
| Porter County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+9,396 | 14,97072.7% | 5,57427.1% | 450.2% | 20,589 |
| Posey County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,861 | 5,78059.4% | 3,91940.3% | 250.3% | 9,724 |
| Pulaski County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,693 | 4,11762.1% | 2,42436.5% | 921.4% | 6,633 |
| Putnam County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,112 | 6,68459.3% | 4,57240.5% | 240.2% | 11,280 |
| Randolph County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,319 | 9,02065.0% | 4,70133.9% | 1521.1% | 13,873 |
| Ripley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,551 | 6,57761.9% | 4,02637.9% | 300.3% | 10,633 |
| Rush County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,856 | 6,20264.7% | 3,34634.9% | 390.4% | 9,587 |
| Scott County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+106 | 3,11750.6% | 3,01148.9% | 280.5% | 6,156 |
| Shelby County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,609 | 9,17058.0% | 6,56141.5% | 800.5% | 15,811 |
| Spencer County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,874 | 5,40460.3% | 3,53039.4% | 260.3% | 8,960 |
| St. Joseph County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,675 | 57,82751.4% | 54,15248.1% | 4930.4% | 112,472 |
| Starke County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,714 | 5,06359.9% | 3,34939.6% | 350.4% | 8,447 |
| Steuben County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,367 | 5,53871.6% | 2,17128.1% | 300.4% | 7,739 |
| Sullivan County | Adlai Stevenson+219 | 5,82948.8% | 6,04850.6% | 690.6% | 11,946 |
| Switzerland County | Adlai Stevenson+40 | 2,07449.3% | 2,11450.2% | 210.5% | 4,209 |
| Tippecanoe County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+13,781 | 23,77670.3% | 9,99529.5% | 720.2% | 33,843 |
| Tipton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,619 | 4,93959.5% | 3,32040.0% | 460.6% | 8,305 |
| Union County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+869 | 2,02663.5% | 1,15736.2% | 90.3% | 3,192 |
| Vanderburgh County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+11,602 | 42,46257.7% | 30,86041.9% | 2970.4% | 73,619 |
| Vermillion County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+203 | 5,35250.8% | 5,14948.9% | 320.3% | 10,533 |
| Vigo County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+573 | 25,25350.4% | 24,68049.3% | 1350.3% | 50,068 |
| Wabash County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,233 | 10,31871.2% | 4,08528.2% | 930.6% | 14,496 |
| Warren County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,571 | 2,97967.6% | 1,40832.0% | 190.4% | 4,406 |
| Warrick County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,618 | 6,28657.2% | 4,66842.5% | 330.3% | 10,987 |
| Washington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,015 | 4,86455.7% | 3,84944.0% | 260.3% | 8,739 |
| Wayne County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+7,820 | 20,15761.8% | 12,33737.8% | 1440.4% | 32,638 |
| Wells County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,719 | 5,70358.3% | 3,98440.7% | 910.9% | 9,778 |
| White County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,489 | 6,70867.4% | 3,21932.4% | 220.2% | 9,949 |
| Whitley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,734 | 6,42263.2% | 3,68836.3% | 470.5% | 10,157 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1956 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.