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. 

Candidates

 Republican Party 
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Republican candidates:
Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Supreme Allied NATO Commander from New York (1951-1952) (Nominee)
Douglas McArthur, General of the Army from New York (1951-1953)
Robert Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1939-1953)
Harold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania (1948-1953) and former Governor of Minnesota (1939-1943)
Earl Warren, 30th Governor of California (1943-1953)

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Democratic Party
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Democratic candidates:
Adlai Stevenson II, 31st Governor of Illinois (1949-1953) (Nominee)
Estes Kefauver, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1949-1963)
Richard Russell, Jr., U.S. Senator from Georgia (1933-1971)
W. Averell Harriman, former Director of the Mutual Security Agency from New York (1951-1953)
Alben W. Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States from Kentucky (1949-1953)
Robert S. Kerr, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1949-1963)
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States from Missouri (1945-1953)
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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)  Electoralvotes  Statescarried*  Popularvote  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.

Kentucky, 0.07% 
Tennessee, 0.27% 
South Carolina, 1.44% 
Missouri, 1.56% 
Rhode Island, 1.84% 
West Virginia, 3.85% 
Delaware, 3.88% 

References

Other websites
 1952 Presidential General Election Results

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