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Selection of Republican US presidential candidate
1956 Republican Party presidential primaries
From March 11 to June 5, 1956, voters of the
Republican Party chose its nominee for
president in the
1956 United States presidential election . Incumbent President
Dwight D. Eisenhower was again selected as the nominee through a series of
primary elections and
caucuses culminating in the
1956 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1956, in
San Francisco ,
California .
[1]
Eisenhower sought re-nomination and faced no formidable opposition. He swept the primaries without difficulty. Senator
William F. Knowland of
California was on the ballot for a number of them. Knowland had announced he would run if Ike would not, and the president announced so late that there was no time for Knowland to withdraw.
Candidates
Nominee
Withdrew
Favorite sons
Polling
National polling
Poll source
Publication
John Bricker
Dwight Eisenhower
William Knowland
Richard Nixon
Gallup
[2]
Aug. 1954
—
79%
–
—
Gallup
[2]
Dec. 1954
—
74%
–
—
Gallup
[2]
Apr. 1955
2%
62%
2%
4%
Gallup
[2]
Aug. 1955
—
85%
2%
2%
Gallup
[2]
Jan. 1956
–
82%
—
—
Results
Statewide contest won by candidates
a. stand-in candidate for Eisenhower.
Total popular vote results
Primaries total popular vote results
See also
External links
References
Election timelines National opinion polling State opinion polling Fundraising Debates and forums
Straw polls Major events
Caucuses and
primaries
Results breakdown National conventions
Reforms