Republican Party presidential primaries, 1956

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March 11 to June 5, 1956

1960 →


Nominee	Dwight D. Eisenhower	John W. Bricker
Home state	Kansas	Ohio
Contests won	16	1
Popular vote	5,008,132	478,453
Percentage	85.9%	8.2%


Nominee	Joe Foss	S.C. Arnold
Home state	South Dakota	Montana
Contests won	1	1
Popular vote	59,374	32,732
Percentage	1.0%	0.6%

Previous Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republican nominee

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.

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.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Montana Secretary of State S.C. Arnold

Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio

Governor Joe Foss of South Dakota

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