March 11 to June 5, 1956 1960 → 5,008,132 478,453 59,374 32,732 Start date 1956 | 16 1 85.9% 8.2% 1.0% 0.6% | |
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The 1956 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1956 U.S. 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.
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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, as he had announced he would run if Ike would not and the president announced so late there was no time to withdraw.
Statewide contests by winner
Statewide contest won by candidates
Total popular vote results
Primaries total popular vote results