1952 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1952 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1952 United States presidential election in Georgia

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All 12 Georgia votes to the Electoral College
 
NomineeAdlai StevensonDwight D. Eisenhower
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Home stateIllinoisNew York[2]
Running mateJohn SparkmanRichard Nixon
Electoral vote120
Popular vote456,823198,979
Percentage69.66%30.34%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Georgia was won by Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 69.66% of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 30.34% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Results

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1952 United States presidential election in Georgia[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticAdlai Stevenson 456,823 69.66%
RepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower198,97930.34%
Liberty Party10.00%
Total votes655,803 100%

Results by county

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CountyAdlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast[7]
#%#%#%
Appling2,17975.35%71324.65%1,46650.69%2,892
Atkinson1,56088.94%19411.06%1,36677.88%1,754
Bacon1,51273.58%54326.42%96947.15%2,055
Baker1,00586.64%15513.36%85073.28%1,160
Baldwin2,31869.38%1,02330.62%1,29538.76%3,341
Banks1,25586.02%20413.98%1,05172.04%1,459
Barrow2,36790.93%2369.07%2,13181.87%2,603
Bartow3,97377.06%1,18322.94%2,79054.11%5,156
Ben Hill2,04874.61%69725.39%1,35149.22%2,745
Berrien2,18785.73%36414.27%1,82371.46%2,551
Bibb14,68770.58%6,12129.42%8,56641.17%20,808
Bleckley1,51789.03%18710.97%1,33078.05%1,704
Brantley1,08279.68%27620.32%80659.35%1,358
Brooks1,86669.99%80030.01%1,06639.98%2,666
Bryan97174.58%33125.42%64049.16%1,302
Bulloch3,61979.92%90920.08%2,71059.85%4,528
Burke1,16055.45%93244.55%22810.90%2,092
Butts1,91091.00%1899.00%1,72181.99%2,099
Calhoun81084.64%14715.36%66369.28%957
Camden1,28567.49%61932.51%66634.98%1,904
Candler1,44877.43%42222.57%1,02654.87%1,870
Carroll5,20781.35%1,19418.65%4,01362.69%6,401
Catoosa2,22761.90%1,37138.10%85623.79%3,598
Charlton81573.89%28826.11%52747.78%1,103
Chatham14,37048.06%15,53251.94%-1,162-3.89%29,902
Chattahoochee11661.38%7338.62%4322.75%189
Chattooga3,61682.43%77117.57%2,84564.85%4,387
Cherokee2,45260.25%1,61839.75%83420.49%4,070
Clarke4,90475.54%1,58824.46%3,31651.08%6,492
Clay48173.21%17626.79%30546.42%657
Clayton4,05876.74%1,23023.26%2,82853.48%5,288
Clinch1,16876.94%35023.06%81853.89%1,518
Cobb10,18270.98%4,16329.02%6,01941.96%14,345
Coffee3,29275.33%1,07824.67%2,21450.66%4,370
Colquitt4,51776.20%1,41123.80%3,10652.40%5,928
Columbia84961.57%53038.43%31923.13%1,379
Cook2,34785.59%39514.41%1,95271.19%2,742
Coweta3,83785.48%65214.52%3,18570.95%4,489
Crawford94886.73%14513.27%80373.47%1,093
Crisp2,11669.04%94930.96%1,16738.08%3,065
Dade1,29665.39%68634.61%61030.78%1,982
Dawson77062.10%47037.90%30024.19%1,240
Decatur2,58172.05%1,00127.95%1,58044.11%3,582
De Kalb20,86557.24%15,58842.76%5,27714.48%36,453
Dodge3,44588.36%45411.64%2,99176.71%3,899
Dooly1,76489.95%19710.05%1,56779.91%1,961
Dougherty4,43563.63%2,53536.37%1,90027.26%6,970
Douglas2,10276.52%64523.48%1,45753.04%2,747
Early1,80385.45%30714.55%1,49670.90%2,110
Echols53284.98%9415.02%43869.97%626
Effingham80049.11%82950.89%-29-1.78%1,629
Elbert3,27985.59%55214.41%2,72771.18%3,831
Emanuel2,64279.99%66120.01%1,98159.98%3,303
Evans1,22473.87%43326.13%79147.74%1,657
Fannin1,91339.71%2,90460.29%-991-20.57%4,817
Fayette1,21486.16%19513.84%1,01972.32%1,409
Floyd8,47765.16%4,53234.84%3,94530.33%13,009
Forsyth1,39172.18%53627.82%85544.37%1,927
Franklin2,90288.61%37311.39%2,52977.22%3,275
Fulton52,45959.85%35,19740.15%17,26219.69%87,656
Gilmer1,35950.65%1,32449.35%351.30%2,683
Glascock38162.05%23337.95%14824.10%614
Glynn3,34856.53%2,57543.47%77313.05%5,923
Gordon2,20371.46%88028.54%1,32342.91%3,083
Grady2,78281.23%64318.77%2,13962.45%3,425
Greene2,32385.40%39714.60%1,92670.81%2,720
Gwinnett6,02685.58%1,01514.42%5,01171.17%7,041
Habersham2,64774.19%92125.81%1,72648.37%3,568
Hall6,12176.84%1,84523.16%4,27653.68%7,966
Hancock1,24582.34%26717.66%97864.68%1,512
Haralson2,28364.36%1,26435.64%1,01928.73%3,547
Harris1,37471.64%54428.36%83043.27%1,918
Hart3,24494.08%2045.92%3,04088.17%3,448
Heard1,18986.60%18413.40%1,00573.20%1,373
Henry2,58982.40%55317.60%2,03664.80%3,142
Houston2,78984.52%51115.48%2,27869.03%3,300
Irwin1,47574.08%51625.92%95948.17%1,991
Jackson3,34189.09%40910.91%2,93278.19%3,750
Jasper1,10582.90%22817.10%87765.79%1,333
Jeff Davis1,32378.28%36721.72%95656.57%1,690
Jefferson1,47666.49%74433.51%73232.97%2,220
Jenkins1,16676.01%36823.99%79852.02%1,534
Johnson1,80884.01%34415.99%1,46468.03%2,152
Jones1,42783.70%27816.30%1,14967.39%1,705
Lamar1,55278.34%42921.66%1,12356.69%1,981
Lanier84583.25%17016.75%67566.50%1,015
Laurens5,00182.70%1,04617.30%3,95565.40%6,047
Lee39065.55%20534.45%18531.09%595
Liberty1,44873.69%51726.31%93147.38%1,965
Lincoln64466.32%32733.68%31732.65%971
Long69162.20%42037.80%27124.39%1,111
Lowndes3,24560.95%2,07939.05%1,16621.90%5,324
Lumpkin99772.93%37027.07%62745.87%1,367
McDuffie1,17255.68%93344.32%23911.35%2,105
McIntosh72459.01%50340.99%22118.01%1,227
Macon1,47282.19%31917.81%1,15364.38%1,791
Madison1,89989.41%22510.59%1,67478.81%2,124
Marion65178.15%18221.85%46956.30%833
Meriwether3,55186.99%53113.01%3,02073.98%4,082
Miller1,61787.88%22312.12%1,39475.76%1,840
Mitchell3,05483.56%60116.44%2,45367.11%3,655
Monroe2,40682.77%50117.23%1,90565.53%2,907
Montgomery1,75885.84%29014.16%1,46871.68%2,048
Morgan1,64986.97%24713.03%1,40273.95%1,896
Murray1,84070.88%75629.12%1,08441.76%2,596
Muscogee11,22058.95%7,81441.05%3,40617.89%19,034
Newton3,52989.12%43110.88%3,09878.23%3,960
Oconee1,18277.81%33722.19%84555.63%1,519
Oglethorpe1,46187.54%20812.46%1,25375.07%1,669
Paulding2,15273.20%78826.80%1,36446.39%2,940
Peach1,52380.24%37419.70%1,14960.54%1,898[a]
Pickens1,31249.70%1,32850.30%-16-0.61%2,640
Pierce1,90376.27%59223.73%1,31152.55%2,495
Pike1,24881.36%28618.64%96262.71%1,534
Polk4,44777.39%1,29922.61%3,14854.79%5,746
Pulaski1,57290.50%1659.50%1,40781.00%1,737
Putnam1,25183.34%25016.66%1,00166.69%1,501
Quitman33278.12%9321.88%23956.24%425
Rabun1,32074.62%44925.38%87149.24%1,769
Randolph1,41973.68%50726.32%91247.35%1,926
Richmond8,58447.87%9,34752.13%-763-4.26%17,931
Rockdale1,66583.84%32116.16%1,34467.67%1,986
Schley43674.66%14825.34%28849.32%584
Screven1,58469.60%69230.40%89239.19%2,276
Seminole1,12686.48%17613.52%95072.96%1,302
Spalding5,29680.92%1,24919.08%4,04761.83%6,545
Stephens3,53984.26%66115.74%2,87868.52%4,200
Stewart81672.40%31127.60%50544.81%1,127
Sumter2,45569.68%1,06830.32%1,38739.37%3,523
Talbot67879.48%17520.52%50358.97%853
Taliaferro87389.45%10310.55%77078.89%976
Tattnall2,43368.59%1,11431.41%1,31937.19%3,547
Taylor1,67985.84%27714.16%1,40271.68%1,956
Telfair2,69591.73%2438.27%2,45283.46%2,938
Terrell1,37578.84%36921.16%1,00657.68%1,744
Thomas3,97163.60%2,27336.40%1,69827.19%6,244
Tift2,95469.15%1,31830.85%1,63638.30%4,272
Toombs2,64178.51%72321.49%1,91857.02%3,364
Towns1,11153.06%98346.94%1286.11%2,094
Treutlen1,41693.34%1016.66%1,31586.68%1,517
Troup7,13079.07%1,88720.93%5,24358.15%9,017
Turner1,35777.15%40222.85%95554.29%1,759
Twiggs1,08084.97%19115.03%88969.94%1,271
Union1,36050.56%1,33049.44%301.12%2,690
Upson3,83785.55%64814.45%3,18971.10%4,485
Walker4,36660.37%2,86639.63%1,50020.74%7,232
Walton3,67291.89%3248.11%3,34883.78%3,996
Ware5,62769.94%2,41830.06%3,20939.89%8,045
Warren69364.95%37435.05%31929.90%1,067
Washington2,38174.97%79525.03%1,58649.94%3,176
Wayne1,92969.87%83230.13%1,09739.73%2,761
Webster33570.82%13829.18%19741.65%473
Wheeler1,28083.06%26116.94%1,01966.13%1,541
White1,13980.15%28219.85%85760.31%1,421
Whitfield4,66162.51%2,79537.49%1,86625.03%7,456
Wilcox1,87886.19%30113.81%1,57772.37%2,179
Wilkes1,50083.99%28616.01%1,21467.97%1,786
Wilkinson1,62981.17%37818.83%1,25162.33%2,007
Worth1,98681.73%44418.27%1,54263.46%2,430
Totals456,82369.66%198,96130.34%257,86239.32%655,784

Notes

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  1. ^ One write-in vote was cast in this county for an unlisted candidate.

References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
  3. ^ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Georgia's Official Register, 1951-1952 (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia. pp. 534–536.
  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 108-110 ISBN 0405077114