President / Vice President, 1956 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date: March 20, 1956
Cycle: 1956
Office: President / Vice President
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Estes Kefauver Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 245,885 56.83 +13.67
Adlai E. Stevenson Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 186,723 43.16
Scattering Write-In 48 0.01

The 1956 cycle was the last state run presidential primary until 1992 as DFL and Republican lawmakers agreed to repeal the primary law in 1957.

Related Reports

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1957-1958 (p. 515).