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U.S. presidential election, 1956

Presidential Candidate	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Party	Running Mate (Electoral Votes)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (W)	457	35,581,003	Republican	Richard M. Nixon (457)
Adlai Stevenson	73	25,738,765	Democrat	Estes Kefauver[?] (73)
Walter B. Jones[?]	1			Herman Talmadge[?] (1)
Other elections: 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968
Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register (http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/scores#1956)

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Notes:

An Alabama elector voted for Jones and Talmadge.

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