Republican Party presidential primaries, 1956

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1956

March 11 to June 5, 1956

Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower John W. Bricker William F. Knowland Home state Kansas Ohio California Contests won 16 1 0 Popular vote 5,008,132 478,453 84,446 Percentage 85.9% 8.2% 1.5%   Nominee Joe Foss S.C. Arnold Home state South Dakota Montana Contests won 1 1 Popular vote 59,374 32,732 Percentage 1.0% 0.6%

Previous Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower

The 1956 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1956 U.S. 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.

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, as he had announced he would run if Ike would not and the president announced so late there was no time to withdraw.

Republican candidates

Nominee

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  President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Withdrew during primaries

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  Montana Secretary of State S.C. Arnold

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  Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio

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  Governor Joe Foss of South Dakota

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  Senator William F. Knowland of California

Declined to run

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  White House Chief of Staff Sherman Adams of New Hampshire

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  Governor George N. Craig of Indiana

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  Former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York

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  Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois

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  Secretary of State John Foster Dulles of New York

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  Former President Herbert Hoover of California

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  Under Secretary of State Herbert Hoover, Jr. of California

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  Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey of Ohio

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  Governor Christian Herter of Massachusetts

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  Governor Goodwin Knight of California

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  UN Ambassabor Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Massachusetts

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  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of New York

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  Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin

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  Vice President Richard Nixon of California

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  Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts

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  Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota

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  Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren of California

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  Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson of Michigan

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  Former Governor Luther Youngdahl of Minnesota

Statewide contests by winner

Statewide contest won by candidates

		Dwight Eisenhower	John W. Bricker	William F. Knowland	Joe Foss	S.C. Arnold	Unpledged
March 11	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%

Total popular vote results

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

• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1956