1952 United States presidential election

The 1952 United States presidential election happened on November 4, 1952. This election was between Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower won the election by 442 electoral votes. Adlai Stevenson got only 89 electoral votes.

1952 United States presidential election

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  Dwight David Eisenhower, photo portrait by Bachrach, 1952.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 442 89
States carried 39 9
Popular vote 34,075,529 27,375,090
Percentage 55.2% 44.3%

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Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by Eisenhower/Nixon, Blue denotes states won by Stevenson/Sparkman. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was eligible to run again because the newly passed 22nd amendment did not apply to the incumbent president at that time. Truman chose not to run, so the Democratic Party nominated Adlai Stevenson.

Eisenhower was 62 when he won the election. This was the first time an older candidate was elected since James Buchanan was elected in 1856 at 65,[1] something that wouldn't happen again until 69-year old Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election.


Candidates

Democratic Party

Democratic candidates:

Candidates gallery

Republican Party

Republican candidates:

Results by state

 
Results by county. Shade of red is for Eisenhower (Republican). Shade of blue is for Stevenson (Democratic)
Candidate (Party) Electoral
votes
States
carried*
Popular
vote
Pct.
Eisenhower (Republican) 442 39 34,075,529 55.2%
Stevenson (Democratic) 89 9 27,375,090 44.3%
Hallinan (Progressive) 0 0 140,746 0.2%
Hamblen (Prohibition) 0 0 73,412 0.1%
Hass (Socialist Labor) 0 0 30,406 0.1%
Hoopes (Socialist) 0 0 20,203 0.0%
MacArthur (Constitution) 0 0 17,205 0.0%
Others 0 0 19,351 0.0%
Total   531 48 61,751,942 100%

Close state races

Election results in these states were less than or ten percentage points. Colors represent the winning party, using the present-day convention in which red indicates Republican and blue indicates Democrat.

  1. Kentucky, 0.07%
  2. Tennessee, 0.27%
  3. South Carolina, 1.44%
  4. Missouri, 1.56%
  5. Rhode Island, 1.84%
  6. West Virginia, 3.85%
  7. Delaware, 3.88%

1952 United States Presidential Election Media

References

  1. Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here: The '70s. New York, New York: Basic Books. p. 7. ISBN 0-465-04195-7.
  2. "The Presidents". uselectionatlas.org. David Leip. Retrieved 2013-03-02.

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