The 1956 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on March 13, 1956, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1956 United States presidential election.
Results
Estes Kefauver, a senator from Tennessee and the previous winner of the 1952 New Hampshire primary against incumbent President Truman,[1] defeated eventual 1956 Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson by nearly 70 percentage points.[2] Kefauver would go on to be Stevenson's running mate in the 1956 election, but the Stevenson-Kefauver ticket lost in a landslide to incumbent Republican President Eisenhower.[3]
| Elections in New Hampshire |
|---|
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Estes Kefauver | 21,701 | 84.6% |
| Adlai Stevenson II | 3,806 | 14.8% |
| Other write-ins | 139 | 0.6% |
References
- ^ Glass, Andrew (2019-03-29). "Truman declines to seek another term, March 29, 1952". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ "New Hampshire Manual for the General Court, 1957". Internet Archive. 1957. p. 410.
- ^ "Kefauver Nominated for Vice President; Beats Kennedy, 755 1/2 -- 589, on Second Ballot; Stevenson Vows Drive for a 'New America'". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.