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. Knowland had announced he would run if Ike would not, and the president announced so late that there was no time for Knowland to withdraw.
1956, republican, party, presidential, primaries, from, march, june, 1956, voters, republican, party, chose, nominee, president, 1956, united, states, presidential, election, incumbent, president, dwight, eisenhower, again, selected, nominee, through, series, . From March 11 to June 5 1956 voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1956 United States 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 1956 Republican Party presidential primaries 1952 March 11 to June 5 1956 1960 Candidate Dwight D Eisenhower John W BrickerHome state Kansas OhioContests won 16 0Popular vote 5 008 132 478 453Percentage 85 9 8 21 Previous Republican nomineeDwight D Eisenhower Republican nominee Dwight D EisenhowerEisenhower 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 Knowland had announced he would run if Ike would not and the president announced so late that there was no time for Knowland to withdraw Contents 1 Candidates 1 1 Nominee 1 2 Withdrew 1 3 Favorite sons 2 Polling 2 1 National polling 3 Results 3 1 Total popular vote results 4 See also 5 External links 6 ReferencesCandidates editNominee edit nbsp President Dwight D EisenhowerWithdrew edit John W Bricker U S Senator from Ohio William F Knowland U S Senator from CaliforniaFavorite sons edit S C Arnold Montana Secretary of State Joe Foss Governor of South DakotaPolling editNational polling edit Poll source Publication John Bricker Dwight Eisenhower William Knowland Richard NixonGallup 2 Aug 1954 79 Gallup 2 Dec 1954 74 Gallup 2 Apr 1955 2 62 2 4 Gallup 2 Aug 1955 85 2 2 Gallup 2 Jan 1956 82 Results editStatewide contest won by candidates Dwight Eisenhower John W Bricker William F Knowland Joe Foss a S C Arnold a UnpledgedMarch 13 New Hampshire 99 0 0 0 0 0 March 20 Minnesota 98 0 2 0 0 0 April 3 Wisconsin 96 0 0 0 0 0 April 10 Illinois 95 0 4 0 0 0 April 17 New Jersey 100 0 0 0 0 0 April 24 Alaska 94 0 6 0 0 0 April 24 Massachusetts 95 0 0 0 0 0 April 24 Pennsylvania 96 0 4 0 0 0 May 1 Washington D C 100 0 0 0 0 0 May 7 Maryland 96 0 0 0 0 4 May 8 Indiana 96 0 0 0 0 0 May 8 Ohio 0 100 0 0 0 0 May 8 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 100 May 15 Nebraska 100 0 0 0 0 0 May 18 Oregon 100 0 0 0 0 0 May 29 Florida 92 0 8 0 0 0 June 6 California 100 0 0 0 0 0 June 5 Montana 0 0 0 0 86 0 June 5 South Dakota 0 0 0 100 0 0 a stand in candidate for Eisenhower Total popular vote results edit 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 edit1956 Democratic Party presidential primariesExternal links editRepublican Party Platform of 1956 The American Presidency ProjectReferences edit Kalb Deborah 2016 02 19 Guide to U S Elections Google Books ISBN 9781483380353 Retrieved 2016 02 19 a b c d e US President R Primaries OurCampaigns com 16 Nov 2004 Retrieved 29 Oct 2020 nbsp nbsp This American elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 Republican Party presidential primaries amp oldid 1212220080, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
