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The 1956 United States presidential election was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, were re-elected, defeating for a second time Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, former Illinois ...
United States presidential election of 1956, American presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1956, in which incumbent Republican Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson. It was the second consecutive election in which Stevenson lost to Eisenhower. Eisenhower’s health and the vice presidency
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The United States presidential election of 1956 saw a popular Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully run for re-election. The 1956 election was a rematch of 1952, as Eisenhower's opponent in 1956 was Democrat Adlai Stevenson, whom Eisenhower had defeated four years earlier.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II. Eisenhower was the third of seven sons of David Jacob and Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower. In the spring of 1891 the Eisenhowers. United States presidential election of 1956 ...
Republican gain Republican hold. The 1956 United States 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 ...
United States presidential election of 1956 - Eisenhower, Stevenson, Cold War: In the ensuing campaign, television was relied on by both parties. All four candidates campaigned in people’s living rooms as never before, striving for a new “homey” touch. Both Democratic candidates as well as Nixon stumped around the country. Stevenson led the attack on the administration and called for ...
The Democratic Party in 1956. Once again Eisenhower faced off against Adali Stevenson as the Democratic nominee for president. Stevenson's message was a simple one, that Eisenhower was an ineffectual leader. The president either by his ill health or his golfing habit was rarely at work and this had left the country without strong leadership.
