Eisenhower Stevenson

Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican The 1956 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election.

Voters chose six[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Oregon was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 55.25% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 44.75% of the popular vote.

[4][5] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Clatsop County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.