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Parents > United States > Massachusetts > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1956 - 12:00pm
Polls Open April 24, 1956 - 12:00am
Polls Close April 24, 1956 - 12:00pm
Term Start January 20, 1957 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1961 - 12:00pm
Turnout 8.62% Registered 1.16% Total Population
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedMr. Matt May 05, 2012 05:16pm
Data Sources1956 Massachusetts Election Statistics, p. 95
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/1952
NameDwight D. Eisenhower Votes1,292,325 (54.22%)
Term01/20/1953 - 01/20/1957 Margin208,800 (+8.76%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/1956
NameDwight D. Eisenhower Votes1,393,197 (59.32%)
Term01/20/1957 - 01/20/1961 Margin445,007 (+18.95%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceMA US President 11/06/1956
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Name (W) Rep. John W. McCormack (W) Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson II (W) Sen. Estes Kefauver (I) (W) President Dwight D. Eisenhower (W) Others (W) Sen. John F. Kennedy (W) Gov. W. Averell Harriman
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Certified Votes26,128 (47.92%) 19,024 (34.89%) 4,547 (8.34%) 1,850 (3.39%) 1,011 (1.85%) 949 (1.74%) 394 (0.72%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -7,104 (-13.03%) -21,581 (-39.58%) -24,278 (-44.53%) -25,117 (-46.07%) -25,179 (-46.18%) -25,734 (-47.20%)
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Name (W) Gov. Frank J. Lausche (W) President Harry S. Truman (W) Sen. W. Stuart Symington  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic  
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Certified Votes253 (0.46%) 204 (0.37%) 164 (0.30%)  
Margin-25,875 (-47.46%) -25,924 (-47.55%) -25,964 (-47.62%)  
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