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1952 United States presidential election in Missouri

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The 1952 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]

1952 United States presidential election in Missouri
← 1948 November 4, 1952[1] 1956 →
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 959,429 929,830
Percentage 50.71% 49.14%
County Results
President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Missouri was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 50.71 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.14 percent of the popular vote.

Missouri weighed in for this election as slightly over 9 points more Democratic than the nation-at-large. It would become the only state which Eisenhower won in 1952 but would flip to Stevenson four years later.

Results

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1952 United States presidential election in Missouri[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 959,429 50.71%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 929,830 49.14%
Progressive Vincent Hallinan 987 0.05%
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 885 0.05%
Constitution Douglas MacArthur 535 0.03%
Socialist Darlington Hoopes 227 0.01%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 169 0.01%
Total votes 1,892,062 100%

Results by county

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County Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 5,748 63.03% 3,339 36.61% 33 0.36% 2,409 26.42% 9,120
Andrew 4,452 67.85% 2,104 32.06% 6 0.09% 2,348 35.79% 6,562
Atchison 3,259 61.53% 2,028 38.29% 10 0.19% 1,231 23.24% 5,297
Audrain 4,767 41.26% 6,775 58.64% 12 0.10% -2,008 -17.38% 11,554
Barry 6,664 61.77% 4,124 38.23% 0 0.00% 2,540 23.54% 10,788
Barton 4,056 60.17% 2,661 39.47% 24 0.36% 1,395 20.70% 6,741
Bates 6,002 60.03% 3,995 39.95% 2 0.02% 2,007 20.08% 9,999
Benton 3,470 72.31% 1,303 27.15% 26 0.54% 2,167 45.16% 4,799
Bollinger 3,060 58.35% 2,182 41.61% 2 0.04% 878 16.74% 5,244
Boone 7,545 42.42% 10,206 57.39% 34 0.19% -2,661 -14.97% 17,785
Buchanan 22,087 52.61% 19,854 47.29% 44 0.10% 2,233 5.32% 41,985
Butler 7,843 54.90% 6,426 44.98% 16 0.11% 1,417 9.92% 14,285
Caldwell 3,755 66.83% 1,860 33.10% 4 0.07% 1,895 33.73% 5,619
Callaway 3,818 40.96% 5,484 58.83% 19 0.20% -1,666 -17.87% 9,321
Camden 2,789 69.29% 1,226 30.46% 10 0.25% 1,563 38.83% 4,025
Cape Girardeau 10,729 57.42% 7,933 42.46% 22 0.12% 2,796 14.96% 18,684
Carroll 5,410 63.14% 3,146 36.72% 12 0.14% 2,264 26.42% 8,568
Carter 1,100 49.48% 1,123 50.52% 0 0.00% -23 -1.04% 2,223
Cass 6,000 54.04% 5,089 45.84% 13 0.12% 911 8.20% 11,102
Cedar 3,814 71.71% 1,483 27.88% 22 0.41% 2,331 43.83% 5,319
Chariton 3,883 50.91% 3,730 48.91% 14 0.18% 153 2.00% 7,627
Christian 4,440 76.24% 1,374 23.59% 10 0.17% 3,066 52.65% 5,824
Clark 2,850 57.95% 2,045 41.58% 23 0.47% 805 16.37% 4,918
Clay 13,043 50.95% 12,502 48.84% 53 0.21% 541 2.11% 25,598
Clinton 3,685 54.66% 3,048 45.21% 9 0.13% 637 9.45% 6,742
Cole 9,700 56.36% 7,507 43.62% 3 0.02% 2,193 12.74% 17,210
Cooper 5,208 59.90% 3,475 39.97% 12 0.14% 1,733 19.93% 8,695
Crawford 3,753 60.34% 2,453 39.44% 14 0.23% 1,300 20.90% 6,220
Dade 3,395 71.52% 1,340 28.23% 12 0.25% 2,055 43.29% 4,747
Dallas 3,459 73.19% 1,258 26.62% 9 0.19% 2,201 46.57% 4,726
Daviess 3,845 61.21% 2,424 38.59% 13 0.21% 1,421 22.62% 6,282
DeKalb 3,073 63.28% 1,773 36.51% 10 0.21% 1,300 26.77% 4,856
Dent 2,755 50.12% 2,738 49.81% 4 0.07% 17 0.31% 5,497
Douglas 4,051 81.49% 909 18.29% 11 0.22% 3,142 63.20% 4,971
Dunklin 5,400 36.18% 9,515 63.76% 9 0.06% -4,115 -27.58% 14,924
Franklin 11,367 56.82% 8,610 43.04% 27 0.13% 2,757 13.78% 20,004
Gasconade 5,339 80.49% 1,285 19.37% 9 0.14% 4,054 61.12% 6,633
Gentry 3,429 57.76% 2,508 42.24% 0 0.00% 921 15.52% 5,937
Greene 29,673 60.57% 19,234 39.26% 81 0.17% 10,439 21.31% 48,988
Grundy 4,790 63.40% 2,747 36.36% 18 0.24% 2,043 27.04% 7,555
Harrison 5,191 69.54% 2,261 30.29% 13 0.17% 2,930 39.25% 7,465
Henry 6,628 59.07% 4,576 40.78% 16 0.14% 2,052 18.29% 11,220
Hickory 2,054 76.47% 622 23.16% 10 0.37% 1,432 53.31% 2,686
Holt 3,476 69.73% 1,487 29.83% 22 0.44% 1,989 39.90% 4,985
Howard 2,340 39.12% 3,635 60.77% 7 0.12% -1,295 -21.65% 5,982
Howell 6,608 66.19% 3,349 33.55% 26 0.26% 3,259 32.64% 9,983
Iron 1,831 44.40% 2,286 55.43% 7 0.17% -455 -11.03% 4,124
Jackson 133,093 48.88% 138,792 50.97% 412 0.15% -5,699 -2.09% 272,297
Jasper 23,065 61.00% 14,665 38.78% 82 0.22% 8,400 22.22% 37,812
Jefferson 9,607 42.82% 12,808 57.08% 22 0.10% -3,201 -14.26% 22,437
Johnson 6,990 61.82% 4,294 37.98% 23 0.20% 2,696 23.84% 11,307
Knox 2,229 52.77% 1,988 47.06% 7 0.17% 241 5.71% 4,224
Laclede 5,312 65.14% 2,839 34.81% 4 0.05% 2,473 30.33% 8,155
Lafayette 8,805 59.26% 6,020 40.52% 32 0.22% 2,785 18.74% 14,857
Lawrence 8,029 65.30% 4,232 34.42% 34 0.28% 3,797 30.88% 12,295
Lewis 2,416 45.41% 2,896 54.44% 8 0.15% -480 -9.03% 5,320
Lincoln 3,458 46.19% 4,020 53.69% 9 0.12% -562 -7.50% 7,487
Linn 5,551 51.63% 5,189 48.27% 11 0.10% 362 3.36% 10,751
Livingston 5,594 59.77% 3,757 40.14% 8 0.09% 1,837 19.63% 9,359
Macon 5,537 54.66% 4,577 45.19% 15 0.15% 960 9.47% 10,129
Madison 2,676 52.98% 2,375 47.02% 0 0.00% 301 5.96% 5,051
Maries 1,501 45.62% 1,783 54.19% 6 0.18% -282 -8.57% 3,290
Marion 6,162 42.10% 8,457 57.78% 18 0.12% -2,295 -15.68% 14,637
McDonald 4,121 61.90% 2,525 37.93% 11 0.17% 1,596 23.97% 6,657
Mercer 2,482 72.40% 936 27.30% 10 0.29% 1,546 45.10% 3,428
Miller 4,237 63.42% 2,426 36.31% 18 0.27% 1,811 27.11% 6,681
Mississippi 2,380 35.36% 4,331 64.35% 19 0.28% -1,951 -28.99% 6,730
Moniteau 3,658 60.15% 2,416 39.73% 7 0.12% 1,242 20.42% 6,081
Monroe 1,488 23.77% 4,760 76.05% 11 0.18% -3,272 -52.28% 6,259
Montgomery 3,670 56.37% 2,835 43.55% 5 0.08% 835 12.82% 6,510
Morgan 3,390 65.86% 1,750 34.00% 7 0.14% 1,640 31.86% 5,147
New Madrid 3,809 30.89% 8,504 68.98% 16 0.13% -4,695 -38.09% 12,329
Newton 8,577 62.71% 5,070 37.07% 30 0.22% 3,507 25.64% 13,677
Nodaway 7,614 61.20% 4,805 38.62% 22 0.18% 2,809 22.58% 12,441
Oregon 1,804 38.03% 2,926 61.68% 14 0.30% -1,122 -23.65% 4,744
Osage 3,404 60.73% 2,191 39.09% 10 0.18% 1,213 21.64% 5,605
Ozark 2,572 77.73% 734 22.18% 3 0.09% 1,838 55.55% 3,309
Pemiscot 4,118 31.57% 8,913 68.34% 12 0.09% -4,795 -36.77% 13,043
Perry 4,633 66.57% 2,324 33.39% 3 0.04% 2,309 33.18% 6,960
Pettis 9,261 55.67% 7,363 44.26% 12 0.07% 1,898 11.41% 16,636
Phelps 4,694 49.13% 4,846 50.72% 14 0.15% -152 -1.59% 9,554
Pike 3,836 45.47% 4,582 54.31% 18 0.21% -746 -8.84% 8,436
Platte 3,390 42.36% 4,604 57.53% 9 0.11% -1,214 -15.17% 8,003
Polk 5,263 67.81% 2,474 31.88% 24 0.31% 2,789 35.93% 7,761
Pulaski 2,678 46.88% 3,026 52.98% 8 0.14% -348 -6.10% 5,712
Putnam 3,202 73.31% 1,149 26.30% 17 0.39% 2,053 47.01% 4,368
Ralls 1,437 32.18% 3,020 67.64% 8 0.18% -1,583 -35.46% 4,465
Randolph 3,968 34.52% 7,501 65.25% 27 0.23% -3,533 -30.73% 11,496
Ray 3,349 40.64% 4,869 59.09% 22 0.27% -1,520 -18.45% 8,240
Reynolds 949 30.82% 2,124 68.98% 6 0.19% -1,175 -38.16% 3,079
Ripley 2,444 52.56% 2,194 47.18% 12 0.26% 250 5.38% 4,650
St. Charles 8,451 56.48% 6,493 43.39% 20 0.13% 1,958 13.09% 14,964
St. Clair 3,465 64.17% 1,914 35.44% 21 0.39% 1,551 28.73% 5,400
St. Francois 9,672 54.55% 8,040 45.35% 17 0.10% 1,632 9.20% 17,729
St. Louis 116,821 54.98% 95,457 44.93% 202 0.10% 21,364 10.05% 212,480
St. Louis City 144,828 38.00% 235,893 61.89% 427 0.11% -91,065 -23.89% 381,148
Ste. Genevieve 2,682 52.91% 2,385 47.05% 2 0.04% 297 5.86% 5,069
Saline 6,926 52.19% 6,318 47.61% 27 0.20% 608 4.58% 13,271
Schuyler 1,636 49.23% 1,680 50.56% 7 0.21% -44 -1.33% 3,323
Scotland 2,123 50.24% 2,093 49.53% 10 0.24% 30 0.71% 4,226
Scott 4,661 39.45% 7,127 60.33% 26 0.22% -2,466 -20.88% 11,814
Shannon 1,291 38.80% 2,028 60.96% 8 0.24% -737 -22.16% 3,327
Shelby 2,163 39.88% 3,237 59.68% 24 0.44% -1,074 -19.80% 5,424
Stoddard 5,514 47.33% 6,110 52.45% 25 0.21% -596 -5.12% 11,649
Stone 3,172 80.69% 748 19.03% 11 0.28% 2,424 61.66% 3,931
Sullivan 3,746 55.15% 3,041 44.77% 5 0.07% 705 10.38% 6,792
Taney 3,037 73.22% 1,099 26.49% 12 0.29% 1,938 46.73% 4,148
Texas 4,824 52.29% 4,372 47.39% 29 0.31% 452 4.90% 9,225
Vernon 5,924 56.92% 4,450 42.76% 34 0.33% 1,474 14.16% 10,408
Warren 2,977 72.66% 1,112 27.14% 8 0.20% 1,865 45.52% 4,097
Washington 3,338 55.33% 2,684 44.49% 11 0.18% 654 10.84% 6,033
Wayne 2,423 49.08% 2,500 50.64% 14 0.28% -77 -1.56% 4,937
Webster 4,701 61.73% 2,894 38.00% 20 0.26% 1,807 23.73% 7,615
Worth 1,682 57.72% 1,227 42.11% 5 0.17% 455 15.61% 2,914
Wright 5,285 72.31% 2,006 27.45% 18 0.25% 3,279 44.86% 7,309
Totals 959,429 50.71% 929,830 49.14% 2,803 0.15% 29,599 1.57% 1,892,062

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "1952 Presidential Election Results — Missouri".
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