1952 United States presidential election

The **1952 United States presidential election** happened on November 4, 1952. This election was between Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. 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 22nd amendment did not apply to the incumbent president at that time. Truman chose not to run, so the Democratic Party nominated Adlai Stevenson.

Eisenhower was 62 when he won the election. This was the first time an older candidate was elected since James Buchanan was elected in 1856 at 65, something that wouldn't happen again until 69-year old Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election.

### Republican Party

|style=" font-size:135%; background-color:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Dwight D. Eisenhower|style=" font-size:135%; background-color:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Richard Nixon|
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|colspan="30" style="background-color:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1952 Republican Party ticket**</big>|||
|style=" width:200px;"|***for President***|style=" width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) (1951–1952)|U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953)|||
|colspan="2"|**Campaign**|||
Republican candidates:
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Supreme Allied NATO Commander from New York <small>(1951-1952) _(Nominee)_</small>
- Douglas McArthur, General of the Army from New York <small>(1951-1953)</small>
- Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio <small>(1939-1953)</small>
- Harold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania <small>(1948-1953)</small> and former Governor of Minnesota <small>(1939-1943)</small>
- Earl Warren, 30th Governor of California <small>(1943-1953)</small>

**Candidates gallery**

### Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Adlai Stevenson II|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|John Sparkman|
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|colspan="29" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**195**</big><big>**2 Democratic Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|31st Governor of Illinois <small>(1949-1953)</small>|U.S. Senator from Alabama <small>(1946–1979)</small>|||
|colspan="2"|**Campaign**|||
Democratic candidates:
- Adlai Stevenson II, 31st Governor of Illinois <small>(1949-1953) _(Nominee)_</small>
- Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee <small>(1949-1963)</small>
- Richard Russell, Jr., U.S. Senator from Georgia <small>(1933-1971)</small>
- W. Averell Harriman, former Director of the Mutual Security Agency from New York <small>(1951-1953)</small>
- Alben W. Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States from Kentucky <small>(1949-1953)</small>
- Robert S. Kerr, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma <small>(1949-1963)</small>
- Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States from Missouri <small>(1945-1953)</small>

#### Candidates gallery

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.

## Results by state

|Candidate (Party)|Electoral votes !! States carried* !! Popular vote !! Pct.|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Eisenhower** (Republican)|442|39|34,075,529|55.2%|
||**Stevenson** (Democratic)|89|9|27,375,090|44.3%|
||**Hallinan** (Progressive)|0|0|140,746|0.2%|
||**Hamblen** (Prohibition)|0|0|73,412|0.1%|
||**Hass** (Socialist Labor)|0|0|30,406|0.1%|
||**Hoopes** (Socialist)|0|0|20,203|0.0%|
||**MacArthur** (Constitution)|0|0|17,205|0.0%|
||**Others**|0|0|19,351|0.0%|
|**Total**|531|48|61,751,942|100%||

### 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. <span style="color:darkblue;">**Kentucky**, 0.07% </span>
1. <span style="color:red;">**Tennessee**, 0.27% </span>
1. <span style="color:darkblue;">**South Carolina**, 1.44% </span>
1. <span style="color:red;">**Missouri**, 1.56% </span>
1. <span style="color:red;">**Rhode Island**, 1.84% </span>
1. <span style="color:darkblue;">**West Virginia**, 3.85% </span>
1. <span style="color:red;">**Delaware**, 3.88% </span>

## Other websites

- 1952 Presidential General Election Results

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1952 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1948 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1948
- **next election**: 1956 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1956
- **flag year**: 1912
- **election date**: November 4, 1952
- **image1**: Dwight David Eisenhower, photo portrait by Bachrach, 1952.jpg
- **nominee1**: **Dwight D. Eisenhower**
- **party1**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state1**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate1**: **Richard Nixon**
- **electoral vote1**: **442**
- **states carried1**: **39**
- **popular vote1**: **34,075,529**
- **percentage1**: **55.2%**
- **image2**: Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
- **nominee2**: Adlai Stevenson II, Adlai Stevenson
- **party2**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state2**: Illinois
- **running mate2**: John Sparkman
- **electoral vote2**: 89
- **states carried2**: 9
- **popular vote2**: 27,375,090
- **percentage2**: 44.3%
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1952.svg
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:#CC2200;">Red</span> denotes those won by Eisenhower/Nixon, <span style="color:darkblue;">Blue</span> denotes states won by Stevenson/Sparkman. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Harry S. Truman
- **before party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **after election**: Dwight D. Eisenhower
- **after party**: Republican Party (United States)