1952 United States presidential election

1952 United States presidential election
	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

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.

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

Republican Party

Dwight D. Eisenhower	Richard Nixon
1952 Republican Party ticket
for President	for Vice President

Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) (1951–1952)	U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953)
Campaign

Republican candidates:

Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Supreme Allied NATO Commander from New York (1951-1952) (Nominee)
Douglas McArthur, General of the Army from New York (1951-1953)
Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1939-1953)
Harold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania (1948-1953) and former Governor of Minnesota (1939-1943)
Earl Warren, 30th Governor of California (1943-1953)

Candidates gallery

Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
from New York
(1951–1952)
General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur
from New York
(1944-1964)
Senator
Robert A. Taft
from Ohio
(1939-1952)
Former Governor
Harold Stassen
from Minnesota
(1939-1943)
Governor
Earl Warren
from California
(1943-1953)

Democratic Party

Adlai Stevenson II	John Sparkman
1952 Democratic Party Ticket
for President	for Vice President

31st Governor of Illinois (1949-1953)	U.S. Senator from Alabama (1946–1979)
Campaign

Democratic candidates:

Adlai Stevenson II, 31st Governor of Illinois (1949-1953) (Nominee)
Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1949-1963)
Richard Russell, Jr., U.S. Senator from Georgia (1933-1971)
W. Averell Harriman, former Director of the Mutual Security Agency from New York (1951-1953)
Alben W. Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States from Kentucky (1949-1953)
Robert S. Kerr, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1949-1963)
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States from Missouri (1945-1953)

Candidates gallery

Governor
Adlai Stevenson II
of Illinois
(1949–1953)
Senator
Estes Kefauver
from Tennessee
(1949–1963)
Senator
Richard Russell Jr.
from Georgia
(1933–1971)
Director of the Mutual Security Agency
W. Averell Harriman
from New York
(1949–1953)
Vice President
Alben W. Barkley
from Kentucky
(1949–1953)
Senator
Robert S. Kerr
from Oklahoma
(1947-1963)
President
Harry S. Truman
from Missouri
(1945–1953)

Barkley was 74 years old and not accepted by labor union leaders because of his age.

Truman's running mate was going to be Senator Estes Kefauver, but he did not choose to run in the election. Truman's presidential disapproval rating was 66% at the end of his presidential term.^[2]

Adlai Stevenson's poster campaign is saying that Stevenson is comparing Herbert Hoover's party as the danger to Franklin D. Roosevelt's party as the safer

Kefauver won all but three primaries, but failed to win nominatio No primary W. Averell Harriman Hubert Humphrey Estes Kefauver Richard Russell Jr.

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.

Kentucky, 0.07%
Tennessee, 0.27%
South Carolina, 1.44%
Missouri, 1.56%
Rhode Island, 1.84%
West Virginia, 3.85%
Delaware, 3.88%

1952 United States Presidential Election Media

The incumbent in 1952, Harry Truman. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 1953.
Eisenhower/Nixon campaign poster
Republican Party (United States)
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, President-elect of the United States.
Formal portrait of Richard M. Nixon, 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953-1961.
Democratic Party (United States)
CBS News' coverage of the 1952 United States presidential election