United States presidential election, 1952 facts for kids

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United States presidential election, 1952

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Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democrat Home state New York Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman Electoral vote 442 89 States carried 39 9 Popular vote 34,075,529 27,375,090 Percentage 55.2% 44.3%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by Eisenhower/Nixon, Blue denotes states won by Stevenson/Sparkman. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election Harry S. Truman Democrat Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican

This election was between Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dwight D. Eisenhower won the election by 442 electoral votes. Adlai Stevenson got only 89 electoral votes.

Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was eligible to run again because the newly passed amendment did not matter who was president at that time. Truman chose not not run so the Democratic Party elected Adlai Stevenson.

Eisenhower was 62 when he won the election. This was the last time an older candidate was elected since James Buchanan was elected in 1856 at 65 until Ronald Reagan surpassed his age at 69 in the 1980 election.

Notable candidate included General Douglas MacArthur as the Constitution.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Democratic candidates:

• Adlai Stevenson II, Governor of Illinois
• Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee
• Richard Russell, Jr., U.S. Senator from Georgia
• W. Averell Harriman, former Secretary of Commerce from New York
• Alben W. Barkley, Vice President from Kentucky
• Robert S. Kerr, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
• Harry S. Truman, President from Missouri

Candidates gallery

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  Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois

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  Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee

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  Senator Richard Russell, Jr. of Georgia

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  Former Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman of New York

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  Vice President Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky

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  Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma

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  President Harry S. Truman

Barkley was 74 years old and not accepted by labor union leaders because of his age.

Truman's running mate was going to be Senator Estes Kefauver, but he did not choose to run in the election. Truman's presidential disapproval rating was 66% at the end of his presidential term until decades later by Richard Nixon and later surpassed by George W. Bush.

Adlai Stevenson's poster campaign is saying that Stevenson is comparing Herbert Hoover's party as the danger to Franklin D. Roosevelt's party as the safer

Kefauver won all but three primaries, but failed to win nomination      No primary      W. Averell Harriman      Hubert Humphrey      Estes Kefauver      Richard Russell Jr.

Republican Party

Republican candidates:

• Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Supreme Allied NATO Commander from New York
• Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio
• Harold Stassen, former governor of Minnesota
• Earl Warren, governor of California

Candidates gallery

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  General Dwight D. Eisenhower former Supreme Allied NATO Commander of New York

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  Senator Robert Taft of Ohio

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  Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota

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  Governor Earl Warren of California

Results by state

Results by country. Shade of red is for Eisenhower (Republican). Shade of blue is for Stevenson (Democratic)

Close state races

Election results in these states were less than or ten percentage points. Colors represent the winning party, using the present-day convention in which red indicates Republican and blue indicates Democrat.

1. Kentucky, 0.07%
2. Tennessee, 0.27%
3. South Carolina, 1.44%
4. Missouri, 1.56%
5. Rhode Island, 1.84%
6. West Virginia, 3.85%
7. Delaware, 3.88%

Images for kids

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  Eisenhower presidential campaign in Baltimore, Maryland, September 1952

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See also

In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos de 1952 para niños