1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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All 8 Arkansas votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois New York[2]
Running mate John Sparkman Richard Nixon
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 226,300 177,155
Percentage 55.9% 43.8%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arkansas was won by Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 55.90% of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 43.76% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Results[edit]

1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 226,300 55.90%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 177,155 43.76%
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 886 0.22%
Christian Nationalist Douglas MacArthur 458 0.11%
Write-in Eric Hass 1 0.00%
Total votes 404,800 100%

Results by county[edit]

1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county[6]
County Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Arkansas 2,648 49.42% 2,697 50.34% 13 0.24% -49 -0.92% 5,358
Ashley 3,471 73.40% 1,249 26.41% 9 0.19% 2,222 46.99% 4,729
Baxter 1,388 49.70% 1,387 49.66% 18 0.64% 1 0.04% 2,793
Benton 3,558 30.94% 7,916 68.83% 26 0.23% -4,358 -37.89% 11,500
Boone 2,786 45.26% 3,361 54.61% 8 0.13% -575 -9.35% 6,155
Bradley 2,417 73.31% 869 26.36% 11 0.33% 1,548 46.95% 3,297
Calhoun 1,332 82.89% 272 16.93% 3 0.19% 1,060 65.96% 1,607
Carroll 1,493 35.06% 2,752 64.63% 13 0.31% -1,259 -29.57% 4,258
Chicot 2,458 67.10% 1,191 32.51% 14 0.38% 1,267 34.59% 3,663
Clark 2,963 63.76% 1,679 36.13% 5 0.11% 1,284 27.63% 4,647
Clay 2,277 51.66% 2,105 47.75% 26 0.59% 172 3.91% 4,408
Cleburne 1,045 53.02% 918 46.58% 8 0.41% 127 6.44% 1,971
Cleveland 1,248 72.22% 477 27.60% 3 0.17% 771 44.62% 1,728
Columbia 3,359 63.39% 1,931 36.44% 9 0.17% 1,428 26.95% 5,299
Conway 3,174 59.70% 2,133 40.12% 10 0.19% 1,041 19.58% 5,317
Craighead 5,975 58.57% 4,199 41.16% 28 0.27% 1,776 17.41% 10,202
Crawford 2,477 47.01% 2,782 52.80% 10 0.19% -305 -5.79% 5,269
Crittenden 2,982 61.31% 1,865 38.34% 17 0.35% 1,117 22.97% 4,864
Cross 2,344 61.41% 1,461 38.28% 12 0.31% 883 23.13% 3,817
Dallas 2,202 74.80% 737 25.03% 5 0.17% 1,465 49.77% 2,944
Desha 3,150 75.14% 1,037 24.74% 5 0.12% 2,113 50.40% 4,192
Drew 2,261 68.39% 1,040 31.46% 5 0.15% 1,221 36.93% 3,306
Faulkner 3,461 63.27% 1,995 36.47% 14 0.26% 1,466 26.80% 5,470
Franklin 1,762 59.09% 1,215 40.74% 5 0.17% 547 18.35% 2,982
Fulton 1,048 54.08% 890 45.92% 0 0.00% 158 8.16% 1,938
Garland 5,165 39.53% 7,848 60.07% 52 0.40% -2,683 -20.54% 13,065
Grant 1,487 69.65% 637 29.84% 11 0.52% 850 39.81% 2,135
Greene 3,571 65.43% 1,875 34.35% 12 0.22% 1,696 31.08% 5,458
Hempstead 2,771 56.70% 2,115 43.28% 1 0.02% 656 13.42% 4,887
Hot Spring 3,474 65.17% 1,842 34.55% 15 0.28% 1,632 30.62% 5,331
Howard 1,492 61.07% 944 38.64% 7 0.29% 548 22.43% 2,443
Independence 2,485 49.67% 2,499 49.95% 19 0.38% -14 -0.28% 5,003
Izard 1,085 63.27% 629 36.68% 1 0.06% 456 26.59% 1,715
Jackson 4,401 74.38% 1,516 25.62% 0 0.00% 2,885 48.76% 5,917
Jefferson 8,300 58.24% 5,925 41.57% 27 0.19% 2,375 16.67% 14,252
Johnson 2,021 53.68% 1,728 45.90% 16 0.42% 293 7.78% 3,765
Lafayette 1,637 68.61% 733 30.72% 16 0.67% 904 37.89% 2,386
Lawrence 2,206 57.39% 1,570 40.84% 68 1.77% 636 16.55% 3,844
Lee 1,923 64.36% 1,054 35.27% 11 0.37% 869 29.09% 2,988
Lincoln 1,871 75.69% 595 24.07% 6 0.24% 1,276 51.62% 2,472
Little River 1,522 65.94% 783 33.93% 3 0.13% 739 32.01% 2,308
Logan 2,567 54.75% 2,103 44.85% 19 0.41% 464 9.90% 4,689
Lonoke 3,517 69.04% 1,570 30.82% 7 0.14% 1,947 38.22% 5,094
Madison 2,110 42.31% 2,868 57.51% 9 0.18% -758 -15.20% 4,987
Marion 1,099 56.07% 844 43.06% 17 0.87% 255 13.01% 1,960
Miller 5,337 62.72% 3,137 36.87% 35 0.41% 2,200 25.85% 8,509
Mississippi 6,968 60.24% 4,586 39.65% 13 0.11% 2,382 20.59% 11,567
Monroe 1,834 65.95% 947 34.05% 0 0.00% 887 31.90% 2,781
Montgomery 807 49.75% 815 50.25% 0 0.00% -8 -0.50% 1,622
Nevada 1,972 65.43% 1,037 34.41% 5 0.17% 935 31.02% 3,014
Newton 1,107 39.01% 1,728 60.89% 3 0.11% -621 -21.88% 2,838
Ouachita 5,936 72.96% 2,171 26.68% 29 0.36% 3,765 46.28% 8,136
Perry 802 61.22% 502 38.32% 6 0.46% 300 22.90% 1,310
Phillips 3,741 59.01% 2,592 40.88% 7 0.11% 1,149 18.13% 6,340
Pike 1,163 60.01% 742 38.29% 33 1.70% 421 21.72% 1,938
Poinsett 4,303 68.07% 2,010 31.80% 8 0.13% 2,293 36.27% 6,321
Polk 1,379 43.90% 1,756 55.91% 6 0.19% -377 -12.01% 3,141
Pope 3,036 57.65% 2,226 42.27% 4 0.08% 810 15.38% 5,266
Prairie 1,664 65.49% 871 34.28% 6 0.24% 793 31.21% 2,541
Pulaski 24,448 50.63% 23,460 48.59% 378 0.78% 988 2.04% 48,286
Randolph 1,941 59.65% 1,302 40.01% 11 0.34% 639 19.64% 3,254
St. Francis 2,466 57.90% 1,792 42.08% 1 0.02% 674 15.82% 4,259
Saline 4,045 68.99% 1,766 30.12% 52 0.89% 2,279 38.87% 5,863
Scott 1,197 56.97% 893 42.50% 11 0.52% 304 14.47% 2,101
Searcy 1,007 33.52% 1,996 66.44% 1 0.03% -989 -32.92% 3,004
Sebastian 7,802 43.48% 10,114 56.36% 28 0.16% -2,312 -12.88% 17,944
Sevier 1,673 59.64% 1,130 40.29% 2 0.07% 543 19.35% 2,805
Sharp 1,039 61.23% 655 38.60% 3 0.18% 384 22.63% 1,697
Stone 573 44.98% 700 54.95% 1 0.08% -127 -9.97% 1,274
Union 7,515 58.67% 5,266 41.11% 29 0.23% 2,249 17.56% 12,810
Van Buren 1,559 50.26% 1,530 49.32% 13 0.42% 29 0.94% 3,102
Washington 4,923 36.17% 8,650 63.55% 38 0.28% -3,727 -27.38% 13,611
White 4,179 59.11% 2,884 40.79% 7 0.10% 1,295 18.32% 7,070
Woodruff 2,017 71.05% 818 28.81% 4 0.14% 1,199 42.24% 2,839
Yell 1,884 59.92% 1,243 39.54% 17 0.54% 641 20.38% 3,144
Totals 226,300 55.90% 177,155 43.76% 1,345 0.33% 49,145 12.14% 404,800

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
  3. ^ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 52-53 ISBN 0405077114