The 1956 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.04% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.96% of the popular vote.

By winning all 24 county-equivalents, Eisenhower became and remains the solitary presidential candidate to sweep all Maryland's counties and Baltimore City in a contested election.Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 433 As of the 2024 election, this is the last election in which the City of Baltimore voted for a Republican presidential candidate, and by extension, the last election in which a presidential candidate won all of the state's counties.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Eisenhower is also the last Republican to carry the state twice.

George Washington in 1792 is the only other candidate who swept all of Maryland's existing counties, though at the time several did not yet exist. In 1789 and 1820, the other two elections in which a candidate ran virtually unopposed, unpledged slates of electors ran as opposition in both elections: Anti-Federalist electors in 1789, and Federalist electors in 1820. These electors supported Washington and James Monroe, but supported different vice presidential candidates. Thus, it is a debatable topic whether these count as total sweeps or not (In 1789, the Anti-Federalist electors won Baltimore and Anne Arundel county, and in 1820 St. Mary's and Charles counties). Nevertheless, Eisenhower remains the only candidate in the modern party system to win all of Maryland's counties, and the only to win all of the presently existing ones.

In this election, Maryland voted 4.67% to the right of the nation at-large.

This was the last time Maryland voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon, won the state in his re-election bid in 1972.

Results

Results by county County Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic Margin Total votes castOur Campaigns; MD US President Race, November 06, 1956 # % # % # %Allegany20,23965.26%10,77534.74%9,46430.52%31,014Anne Arundel28,62264.30%15,88835.70%12,73428.60%44,510Baltimore104,02168.30%48,27031.70%55,75136.60%152,291Baltimore City178,24455.90%140,60344.10%37,64111.80%318,847Calvert2,76458.44%1,96641.56%79816.88%4,730Caroline4,20860.90%2,70239.10%1,50621.80%6,910Carroll11,74972.65%4,42327.35%7,32645.30%16,172Cecil7,21759.38%4,93640.62%2,28118.76%12,153Charles5,08856.41%3,93143.59%1,15712.82%9,019Dorchester5,80960.88%3,73339.12%2,07621.76%9,542Frederick14,38765.38%7,61934.62%6,76830.76%22,006Garrett5,55573.09%2,04526.91%3,51046.18%7,600Harford12,65765.77%6,58834.23%6,06931.54%19,245Howard6,53464.48%3,59935.52%2,93528.96%10,133Kent3,74761.18%2,37838.82%1,36922.36%6,125Montgomery56,50157.01%42,60642.99%13,89514.02%99,107Prince George's40,65450.86%39,28049.14%1,3741.72%79,934Queen Anne's3,32155.70%2,64144.30%68011.40%5,962Somerset4,77061.15%3,03138.85%1,73922.30%7,801St. Mary's4,33655.74%3,44344.26%89311.48%7,779Talbot6,01868.75%2,73531.25%3,28337.50%8,753Washington19,45562.72%11,56237.28%7,89325.44%31,017Wicomico9,37763.94%5,28936.06%4,08827.88%14,666Worcester4,46563.47%2,57036.53%1,89526.94%7,035Totals559,73860.04%372,61339.96%187,12520.08%932,351

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Baltimore (City)

See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1956 United States presidential election 1956 United States elections

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