Elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower won reelection in a landslide, while the Democrats retained control of Congress.

In the presidential election, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic former Governor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois in a re-match of the 1952 election. Eisenhower won the popular vote by fifteen points and once again won every state outside the South. At the Democratic convention, Stevenson easily defeated New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, taking the nomination on the first ballot.

In the Senate, the party balance of the chamber remained unchanged as Republican and Democratic gains cancelled each other out. In the House, the Democrats picked up two seats, increasing their majority.[2][3][4]

This was the first of two consecutive election cycles in which the winning presidential candidate did not have coattails in either house of Congress.

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References

  1. ^ Democrats picked up two seats in the regularly-scheduled elections, but Republicans picked up two seats in special elections.
  2. ^ "1956 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956". U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Revision)" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
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