1956 United States presidential election: Difference between revisions
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| type = presidential
| previous_election = 1952 United States presidential election
| previous_year =
| election_date = November 8, 1956
| next_election = 1960 United States presidential election
| next_year =
| votes_for_election = 531 members of the Electoral College
| needed_votes = 266 electoral
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = [[File:
| nominee1 = '''[[Estes Kefauver]]'''
| party1 = [[Democratic Party|{{color|#2300ff|Democrat}}]]
| home_state1 = [[w:Tennessee|Tennessee]]
| running_mate1 = '''[[w:Howard J. McMurray|Howard McMurray]]'''
| electoral_vote1 = '''294'''
| states_carried1 = '''22'''
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| image2 = [[File:Election_Albert_Chandler_56.png|156px]]
| nominee2 = [[
| party2 = [[Nationalist Party|{{color|#c8c8c8|Nationalist}}]]
| home_state2 = [[w:Kentucky|Kentucky]]
| running_mate2 = [[w:Edwin Walker|Edwin Walker]]
| electoral_vote2 = 114
| states_carried2 = 11
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| image4 = [[File:Election_Everett_M_Dirksen_56.png|156px]]
| nominee4 = [[w:Everett
| party4 = [[Republican Party|{{color|#de1410|Republican}}]]
| home_state4 = [[w:Illinois|Illinois]]
| running_mate4 = [[w:Prescott Bush|Prescott Bush]]
| electoral_vote4 = 105
| states_carried4 = 12
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| image5 = [[File:Election_Claude D Pepper_56.png|156px]]
| nominee5 = [[w:Claude Pepper|Claude D. Pepper]]
| party5 = [[Progressive Party|{{color|#32CD32|Progressive}}]]
| home_state5 = [[w:Florida|Florida]]
| running_mate5 = [[Henry M. Jackson]]
| electoral_vote5 = 18
| states_carried5 = 3
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| map_size = 350px
| map = [[File:ElectoralCollege1956 (TNO).svg|350px]]
| map_caption = Presidential election results map. <span style="color:#2300ff;">Blue</span> denotes states won by Kefauver/McMurray, <span style="color:#c8c8c8;">grey</span> denotes those won by Chandler/Walker, including 3 Texas faithless electors, <span style="color:#de1410;">red</span> denotes those won by Dirksen/Bush, and <span style="color:#32cd32;">green</span> denotes those won by Pepper/Jackson. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state.
| title = President
| before_election = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
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