The 1952 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]
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All 8 Kansas votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
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Kansas was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 68.77 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 30.50 percent of the popular vote.
Kansas is reliably Republican, with the party's nominee losing the state only three times since 1920. This, combined with the fact that Eisenhower was raised in Abilene (the seat of Dickinson County), made the results from Kansas among the least surprising of the 1952 election.
With 68.77 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Eisenhower's fifth strongest state after Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 616,302 | 68.77% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 273,296 | 30.50% | |
Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 6,038 | 0.67% | |
Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 530 | 0.06% | |
Total votes | 896,166 | 100% |
County[4] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Stuart Hamblen Prohibition |
Darlington Hoopes Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allen | 6,045 | 73.40% | 2,160 | 26.23% | 28 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,885 | 47.17% | 8,236 |
Anderson | 3,672 | 73.18% | 1,333 | 26.56% | 12 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,339 | 46.62% | 5,018 |
Atchison | 6,004 | 64.59% | 3,283 | 35.32% | 6 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,721 | 29.27% | 9,296 |
Barber | 3,071 | 74.09% | 1,028 | 24.80% | 42 | 1.01% | 4 | 0.10% | 2,043 | 49.29% | 4,145 |
Barton | 9,380 | 70.43% | 3,847 | 28.88% | 84 | 0.63% | 8 | 0.06% | 5,533 | 41.55% | 13,319 |
Bourbon | 5,785 | 65.26% | 3,023 | 34.10% | 50 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,762 | 31.16% | 8,864 |
Brown | 6,031 | 80.51% | 1,440 | 19.22% | 19 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,591 | 61.29% | 7,491 |
Butler | 10,179 | 65.04% | 5,359 | 34.24% | 104 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.06% | 4,820 | 30.80% | 15,651 |
Chase | 1,815 | 77.76% | 513 | 21.98% | 6 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,302 | 55.78% | 2,334 |
Chautauqua | 2,542 | 74.76% | 837 | 24.62% | 20 | 0.59% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,705 | 50.14% | 3,400 |
Cherokee | 6,261 | 57.37% | 4,597 | 42.12% | 45 | 0.41% | 11 | 0.10% | 1,664 | 15.25% | 10,914 |
Cheyenne | 1,915 | 75.63% | 597 | 23.58% | 20 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,318 | 52.05% | 2,532 |
Clark | 1,410 | 73.28% | 479 | 24.90% | 34 | 1.77% | 1 | 0.05% | 931 | 48.38% | 1,924 |
Clay | 5,059 | 84.87% | 831 | 13.94% | 64 | 1.07% | 7 | 0.12% | 4,228 | 70.93% | 5,961 |
Cloud | 5,580 | 75.23% | 1,793 | 24.17% | 40 | 0.54% | 4 | 0.05% | 3,787 | 51.06% | 7,417 |
Coffey | 3,731 | 74.78% | 1,239 | 24.83% | 15 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,492 | 49.95% | 4,989 |
Comanche | 1,443 | 78.98% | 374 | 20.47% | 9 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,069 | 58.51% | 1,827 |
Cowley | 11,454 | 68.13% | 5,242 | 31.18% | 106 | 0.63% | 10 | 0.06% | 6,212 | 36.95% | 16,812 |
Crawford | 10,646 | 55.81% | 8,349 | 43.77% | 64 | 0.34% | 15 | 0.08% | 2,297 | 12.04% | 19,074 |
Decatur | 2,451 | 74.54% | 821 | 24.97% | 15 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,630 | 49.57% | 3,288 |
Dickinson | 8,969 | 81.78% | 1,967 | 17.94% | 28 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.03% | 7,002 | 63.84% | 10,967 |
Doniphan | 3,711 | 75.70% | 1,175 | 23.97% | 7 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.18% | 2,536 | 51.73% | 4,902 |
Douglas | 11,095 | 74.34% | 3,765 | 25.23% | 54 | 0.36% | 10 | 0.07% | 7,330 | 49.11% | 14,924 |
Edwards | 2,192 | 76.40% | 647 | 22.55% | 25 | 0.87% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,545 | 53.85% | 2,869 |
Elk | 2,380 | 76.38% | 717 | 23.01% | 16 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,663 | 53.37% | 3,116 |
Ellis | 4,882 | 65.86% | 2,528 | 34.10% | 3 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,354 | 31.76% | 7,413 |
Ellsworth | 3,219 | 74.67% | 1,068 | 24.77% | 24 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,151 | 49.90% | 4,311 |
Finney | 4,290 | 72.32% | 1,597 | 26.92% | 45 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,693 | 45.40% | 5,932 |
Ford | 6,359 | 68.96% | 2,748 | 29.80% | 108 | 1.17% | 6 | 0.07% | 3,611 | 39.16% | 9,221 |
Franklin | 6,983 | 72.86% | 2,532 | 26.42% | 62 | 0.65% | 7 | 0.07% | 4,451 | 46.44% | 9,584 |
Geary | 4,314 | 70.54% | 1,750 | 28.61% | 47 | 0.77% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,564 | 41.93% | 6,116 |
Gove | 1,453 | 75.84% | 453 | 23.64% | 8 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,000 | 52.20% | 1,916 |
Graham | 1,859 | 72.62% | 686 | 26.80% | 15 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,173 | 45.82% | 2,560 |
Grant | 1,277 | 71.02% | 502 | 27.92% | 18 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.06% | 775 | 43.10% | 1,798 |
Gray | 1,515 | 73.51% | 537 | 26.06% | 8 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.05% | 978 | 47.45% | 2,061 |
Greeley | 725 | 79.06% | 181 | 19.74% | 11 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 544 | 59.32% | 917 |
Greenwood | 4,974 | 73.70% | 1,743 | 25.83% | 30 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,231 | 47.87% | 6,749 |
Hamilton | 1,209 | 72.70% | 437 | 26.28% | 17 | 1.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 772 | 46.42% | 1,663 |
Harper | 3,575 | 78.62% | 927 | 20.39% | 42 | 0.92% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,648 | 58.23% | 4,547 |
Harvey | 7,154 | 70.87% | 2,726 | 27.00% | 201 | 1.99% | 14 | 0.14% | 4,428 | 43.87% | 10,095 |
Haskell | 870 | 74.30% | 283 | 24.17% | 17 | 1.45% | 1 | 0.09% | 587 | 50.13% | 1,171 |
Hodgeman | 1,330 | 76.44% | 392 | 22.53% | 17 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.06% | 938 | 53.91% | 1,740 |
Jackson | 4,161 | 75.28% | 1,358 | 24.57% | 6 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,803 | 50.71% | 5,527 |
Jefferson | 3,980 | 73.47% | 1,411 | 26.05% | 25 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,569 | 47.42% | 5,417 |
Jewell | 4,162 | 80.86% | 885 | 17.19% | 93 | 1.81% | 7 | 0.14% | 3,277 | 63.67% | 5,147 |
Johnson | 29,103 | 72.46% | 10,990 | 27.36% | 62 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.02% | 18,113 | 45.10% | 40,163 |
Kearny | 1,012 | 72.81% | 362 | 26.04% | 16 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 650 | 46.77% | 1,390 |
Kingman | 3,820 | 76.52% | 1,096 | 21.96% | 73 | 1.46% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,724 | 54.56% | 4,992 |
Kiowa | 1,838 | 78.61% | 432 | 18.48% | 68 | 2.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,406 | 60.13% | 2,338 |
Labette | 8,624 | 61.99% | 5,219 | 37.51% | 64 | 0.46% | 6 | 0.04% | 3,405 | 24.48% | 13,913 |
Lane | 1,142 | 77.85% | 311 | 21.20% | 13 | 0.89% | 1 | 0.07% | 831 | 56.65% | 1,467 |
Leavenworth | 9,046 | 61.19% | 5,698 | 38.54% | 28 | 0.19% | 11 | 0.07% | 3,348 | 22.65% | 14,783 |
Lincoln | 2,841 | 84.63% | 507 | 15.10% | 8 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,334 | 69.53% | 3,357 |
Linn | 3,527 | 73.99% | 1,220 | 25.59% | 19 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,307 | 48.40% | 4,767 |
Logan | 1,544 | 79.96% | 369 | 19.11% | 17 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,175 | 60.85% | 1,931 |
Lyon | 8,544 | 67.98% | 3,944 | 31.38% | 77 | 0.61% | 3 | 0.02% | 4,600 | 36.60% | 12,568 |
Marion | 6,228 | 80.19% | 1,361 | 17.52% | 167 | 2.15% | 11 | 0.14% | 4,867 | 62.67% | 7,767 |
Marshall | 6,851 | 75.35% | 2,215 | 24.36% | 22 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.04% | 4,636 | 50.99% | 9,092 |
McPherson | 8,053 | 74.58% | 2,371 | 21.96% | 362 | 3.35% | 12 | 0.11% | 5,682 | 52.62% | 10,798 |
Meade | 2,061 | 76.90% | 568 | 21.19% | 48 | 1.79% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,493 | 55.71% | 2,680 |
Miami | 5,623 | 62.33% | 3,374 | 37.40% | 23 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,249 | 24.93% | 9,022 |
Mitchell | 4,167 | 80.98% | 961 | 18.67% | 16 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,206 | 62.31% | 5,146 |
Montgomery | 14,261 | 64.62% | 7,679 | 34.79% | 121 | 0.55% | 9 | 0.04% | 6,582 | 29.83% | 22,070 |
Morris | 3,263 | 74.11% | 1,124 | 25.53% | 13 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,139 | 48.58% | 4,403 |
Morton | 893 | 69.93% | 362 | 28.35% | 22 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 531 | 41.58% | 1,277 |
Nemaha | 5,175 | 75.97% | 1,618 | 23.75% | 18 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,557 | 52.22% | 6,812 |
Neosho | 6,595 | 68.60% | 2,987 | 31.07% | 26 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.06% | 3,608 | 37.53% | 9,614 |
Ness | 2,288 | 76.27% | 664 | 22.13% | 43 | 1.43% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,624 | 54.14% | 3,000 |
Norton | 3,530 | 76.23% | 1,047 | 22.61% | 47 | 1.01% | 7 | 0.15% | 2,483 | 53.62% | 4,631 |
Osage | 4,589 | 68.84% | 2,036 | 30.54% | 33 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,553 | 38.30% | 6,666 |
Osborne | 3,577 | 81.24% | 754 | 17.12% | 64 | 1.45% | 8 | 0.18% | 2,823 | 64.12% | 4,403 |
Ottawa | 2,916 | 77.66% | 801 | 21.33% | 35 | 0.93% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,115 | 56.33% | 3,755 |
Pawnee | 3,431 | 71.12% | 1,340 | 27.78% | 52 | 1.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,091 | 43.34% | 4,824 |
Phillips | 3,713 | 80.18% | 884 | 19.09% | 33 | 0.71% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,829 | 61.09% | 4,631 |
Pottawatomie | 4,944 | 77.94% | 1,387 | 21.87% | 11 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,557 | 56.07% | 6,343 |
Pratt | 3,998 | 68.87% | 1,743 | 30.03% | 62 | 1.07% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,255 | 38.84% | 5,805 |
Rawlins | 2,120 | 75.82% | 670 | 23.96% | 4 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,450 | 51.86% | 2,796 |
Reno | 15,762 | 68.58% | 6,555 | 28.52% | 652 | 2.84% | 14 | 0.06% | 9,207 | 40.06% | 22,983 |
Republic | 4,573 | 76.72% | 1,358 | 22.78% | 29 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,215 | 53.94% | 5,961 |
Rice | 5,572 | 74.51% | 1,832 | 24.50% | 69 | 0.92% | 5 | 0.07% | 3,740 | 50.01% | 7,478 |
Riley | 9,799 | 80.31% | 2,352 | 19.28% | 43 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.06% | 7,447 | 61.03% | 12,201 |
Rooks | 3,331 | 74.32% | 1,105 | 24.65% | 40 | 0.89% | 6 | 0.13% | 2,226 | 49.67% | 4,482 |
Rush | 2,650 | 75.50% | 843 | 24.02% | 16 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,807 | 51.48% | 3,510 |
Russell | 4,813 | 76.00% | 1,499 | 23.67% | 19 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,314 | 52.33% | 6,333 |
Saline | 12,326 | 75.12% | 4,003 | 24.40% | 68 | 0.41% | 12 | 0.07% | 8,323 | 50.72% | 16,409 |
Scott | 1,681 | 78.33% | 443 | 20.64% | 21 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,238 | 57.69% | 2,146 |
Sedgwick | 70,983 | 66.47% | 34,926 | 32.71% | 820 | 0.77% | 59 | 0.06% | 36,057 | 33.76% | 106,788 |
Seward | 3,136 | 72.79% | 1,146 | 26.60% | 24 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,990 | 46.19% | 4,308 |
Shawnee | 33,201 | 65.01% | 17,651 | 34.56% | 187 | 0.37% | 28 | 0.05% | 15,550 | 30.45% | 51,067 |
Sheridan | 1,581 | 73.88% | 555 | 25.93% | 3 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,026 | 47.95% | 2,140 |
Sherman | 2,403 | 70.41% | 941 | 27.57% | 65 | 1.90% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,462 | 42.84% | 3,413 |
Smith | 3,623 | 77.75% | 986 | 21.16% | 51 | 1.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,637 | 56.59% | 4,660 |
Stafford | 3,162 | 71.28% | 1,174 | 26.47% | 97 | 2.19% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,988 | 44.81% | 4,436 |
Stanton | 664 | 74.61% | 215 | 24.16% | 11 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 449 | 50.45% | 890 |
Stevens | 1,480 | 77.16% | 423 | 22.05% | 14 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,057 | 55.11% | 1,918 |
Sumner | 8,134 | 68.95% | 3,567 | 30.24% | 86 | 0.73% | 10 | 0.08% | 4,567 | 38.71% | 11,797 |
Thomas | 2,490 | 69.46% | 1,069 | 29.82% | 20 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,421 | 39.64% | 3,585 |
Trego | 1,915 | 75.60% | 608 | 24.00% | 10 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,307 | 51.60% | 2,533 |
Wabaunsee | 3,182 | 81.03% | 736 | 18.74% | 7 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,446 | 62.29% | 3,927 |
Wallace | 945 | 78.82% | 249 | 20.77% | 5 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 696 | 58.05% | 1,199 |
Washington | 5,135 | 81.39% | 1,148 | 18.20% | 21 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.08% | 3,987 | 63.19% | 6,309 |
Wichita | 910 | 75.90% | 276 | 23.02% | 12 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 634 | 52.88% | 1,199 |
Wilson | 5,180 | 73.18% | 1,845 | 26.07% | 48 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.07% | 3,335 | 47.11% | 7,078 |
Woodson | 2,594 | 76.29% | 786 | 23.12% | 13 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,808 | 53.17% | 3,400 |
Wyandotte | 34,648 | 47.04% | 38,751 | 52.61% | 210 | 0.29% | 48 | 0.07% | -4,103 | -5.57% | 73,657 |
Totals | 616,302 | 68.77% | 273,296 | 30.50% | 6,038 | 0.67% | 530 | 0.06% | 343,006 | 38.27% | 896,166 |