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A Presidential election was held in the United States on November 4, 1952. Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II in a landslide victory, becoming the first Republican president in 20 years.
From March 11 to June 3, 1952, delegates were elected to the 1952 Republican National Convention.. The fight for the 1952 Republican nomination was largely between popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower (who succeeded Thomas E. Dewey as the candidate of the party's liberal eastern establishment) and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, the longtime leader of the conservative wing.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, were reelected, defeating for a second time Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, former Illinois governor.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following his landslide victory over Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election.
Election day: November 4: Incumbent president: Harry S. Truman (Democratic) Next Congress: 83rd: Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican gain: Popular vote margin: Republican +10.9%: Electoral vote: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 442: Adlai Stevenson (D) 89: 1952 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Eisenhower, blue ...
In the United States presidential election of 1956, Eisenhower, the popular incumbent, was re-elected. The election was a re-match of 1952, as his opponent in 1956 was Stevenson, a former Illinois governor, whom Eisenhower had defeated four years earlier.
Voters chose 16 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Massachusetts voted for the Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.
The 1952 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the United States presidential election of 1952.The Democratic Party candidate, Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, won the state of Mississippi over Dwight D. Eisenhower, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and General of the Army by a margin of 59,600 votes, or 20.88 percentage points.