The 1952 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]
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County Results
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Missouri was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 50.71 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.14 percent of the popular vote.
Missouri weighed in for this election as slightly over 9 points more Democratic than the nation-at-large. It would become the only state which Eisenhower won in 1952 but would flip to Stevenson four years later.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 959,429 | 50.71% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 929,830 | 49.14% | |
Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 987 | 0.05% | |
Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 885 | 0.05% | |
Constitution | Douglas MacArthur | 535 | 0.03% | |
Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 227 | 0.01% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 169 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 1,892,062 | 100% |
1952 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[4] | |||||||||
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County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 5,748 | 63.03% | 3,339 | 36.61% | 33 | 0.36% | 2,409 | 26.41% | 9,120 |
Andrew | 4,452 | 67.85% | 2,104 | 32.06% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,348 | 35.78% | 6,562 |
Atchison | 3,259 | 61.53% | 2,028 | 38.29% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,231 | 23.24% | 5,297 |
Audrain | 4,767 | 41.26% | 6,775 | 58.64% | 12 | 0.10% | -2,008 | -17.38% | 11,554 |
Barry | 6,664 | 61.77% | 4,124 | 38.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,540 | 23.54% | 10,788 |
Barton | 4,056 | 60.17% | 2,661 | 39.47% | 24 | 0.36% | 1,395 | 20.69% | 6,741 |
Bates | 6,002 | 60.03% | 3,995 | 39.95% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,007 | 20.07% | 9,999 |
Benton | 3,470 | 72.31% | 1,303 | 27.15% | 26 | 0.54% | 2,167 | 45.16% | 4,799 |
Bollinger | 3,060 | 58.35% | 2,182 | 41.61% | 2 | 0.04% | 878 | 16.74% | 5,244 |
Boone | 7,545 | 42.42% | 10,206 | 57.39% | 34 | 0.19% | -2,661 | -14.96% | 17,785 |
Buchanan | 22,087 | 52.61% | 19,854 | 47.29% | 44 | 0.10% | 2,233 | 5.32% | 41,985 |
Butler | 7,843 | 54.90% | 6,426 | 44.98% | 16 | 0.11% | 1,417 | 9.92% | 14,285 |
Caldwell | 3,755 | 66.83% | 1,860 | 33.10% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,895 | 33.72% | 5,619 |
Callaway | 3,818 | 40.96% | 5,484 | 58.83% | 19 | 0.20% | -1,666 | -17.87% | 9,321 |
Camden | 2,789 | 69.29% | 1,226 | 30.46% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,563 | 38.83% | 4,025 |
Cape Girardeau | 10,729 | 57.42% | 7,933 | 42.46% | 22 | 0.12% | 2,796 | 14.96% | 18,684 |
Carroll | 5,410 | 63.14% | 3,146 | 36.72% | 12 | 0.14% | 2,264 | 26.42% | 8,568 |
Carter | 1,100 | 49.48% | 1,123 | 50.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -23 | -1.03% | 2,223 |
Cass | 6,000 | 54.04% | 5,089 | 45.84% | 13 | 0.12% | 911 | 8.21% | 11,102 |
Cedar | 3,814 | 71.71% | 1,483 | 27.88% | 22 | 0.41% | 2,331 | 43.82% | 5,319 |
Chariton | 3,883 | 50.91% | 3,730 | 48.91% | 14 | 0.18% | 153 | 2.01% | 7,627 |
Christian | 4,440 | 76.24% | 1,374 | 23.59% | 10 | 0.17% | 3,066 | 52.64% | 5,824 |
Clark | 2,850 | 57.95% | 2,045 | 41.58% | 23 | 0.47% | 805 | 16.37% | 4,918 |
Clay | 13,043 | 50.95% | 12,502 | 48.84% | 53 | 0.21% | 541 | 2.11% | 25,598 |
Clinton | 3,685 | 54.66% | 3,048 | 45.21% | 9 | 0.13% | 637 | 9.45% | 6,742 |
Cole | 9,700 | 56.36% | 7,507 | 43.62% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,193 | 12.74% | 17,210 |
Cooper | 5,208 | 59.90% | 3,475 | 39.97% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,733 | 19.93% | 8,695 |
Crawford | 3,753 | 60.34% | 2,453 | 39.44% | 14 | 0.23% | 1,300 | 20.90% | 6,220 |
Dade | 3,395 | 71.52% | 1,340 | 28.23% | 12 | 0.25% | 2,055 | 43.29% | 4,747 |
Dallas | 3,459 | 73.19% | 1,258 | 26.62% | 9 | 0.19% | 2,201 | 46.57% | 4,726 |
Daviess | 3,845 | 61.21% | 2,424 | 38.59% | 13 | 0.21% | 1,421 | 22.62% | 6,282 |
DeKalb | 3,073 | 63.28% | 1,773 | 36.51% | 10 | 0.21% | 1,300 | 26.77% | 4,856 |
Dent | 2,755 | 50.12% | 2,738 | 49.81% | 4 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.31% | 5,497 |
Douglas | 4,051 | 81.49% | 909 | 18.29% | 11 | 0.22% | 3,142 | 63.21% | 4,971 |
Dunklin | 5,400 | 36.18% | 9,515 | 63.76% | 9 | 0.06% | -4,115 | -27.57% | 14,924 |
Franklin | 11,367 | 56.82% | 8,610 | 43.04% | 27 | 0.13% | 2,757 | 13.78% | 20,004 |
Gasconade | 5,339 | 80.49% | 1,285 | 19.37% | 9 | 0.14% | 4,054 | 61.12% | 6,633 |
Gentry | 3,429 | 57.76% | 2,508 | 42.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 921 | 15.51% | 5,937 |
Greene | 29,673 | 60.57% | 19,234 | 39.26% | 81 | 0.17% | 10,439 | 21.31% | 48,988 |
Grundy | 4,790 | 63.40% | 2,747 | 36.36% | 18 | 0.24% | 2,043 | 27.04% | 7,555 |
Harrison | 5,191 | 69.54% | 2,261 | 30.29% | 13 | 0.17% | 2,930 | 39.25% | 7,465 |
Henry | 6,628 | 59.07% | 4,576 | 40.78% | 16 | 0.14% | 2,052 | 18.29% | 11,220 |
Hickory | 2,054 | 76.47% | 622 | 23.16% | 10 | 0.37% | 1,432 | 53.31% | 2,686 |
Holt | 3,476 | 69.73% | 1,487 | 29.83% | 22 | 0.44% | 1,989 | 39.90% | 4,985 |
Howard | 2,340 | 39.12% | 3,635 | 60.77% | 7 | 0.12% | -1,295 | -21.65% | 5,982 |
Howell | 6,608 | 66.19% | 3,349 | 33.55% | 26 | 0.26% | 3,259 | 32.65% | 9,983 |
Iron | 1,831 | 44.40% | 2,286 | 55.43% | 7 | 0.17% | -455 | -11.03% | 4,124 |
Jackson | 133,093 | 48.88% | 138,792 | 50.97% | 412 | 0.15% | -5,699 | -2.09% | 272,297 |
Jasper | 23,065 | 61.00% | 14,665 | 38.78% | 82 | 0.22% | 8,400 | 22.22% | 37,812 |
Jefferson | 9,607 | 42.82% | 12,808 | 57.08% | 22 | 0.10% | -3,201 | -14.27% | 22,437 |
Johnson | 6,990 | 61.82% | 4,294 | 37.98% | 23 | 0.20% | 2,696 | 23.84% | 11,307 |
Knox | 2,229 | 52.77% | 1,988 | 47.06% | 7 | 0.17% | 241 | 5.71% | 4,224 |
Laclede | 5,312 | 65.14% | 2,839 | 34.81% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,473 | 30.32% | 8,155 |
Lafayette | 8,805 | 59.26% | 6,020 | 40.52% | 32 | 0.22% | 2,785 | 18.75% | 14,857 |
Lawrence | 8,029 | 65.30% | 4,232 | 34.42% | 34 | 0.28% | 3,797 | 30.88% | 12,295 |
Lewis | 2,416 | 45.41% | 2,896 | 54.44% | 8 | 0.15% | -480 | -9.02% | 5,320 |
Lincoln | 3,458 | 46.19% | 4,020 | 53.69% | 9 | 0.12% | -562 | -7.51% | 7,487 |
Linn | 5,551 | 51.63% | 5,189 | 48.27% | 11 | 0.10% | 362 | 3.37% | 10,751 |
Livingston | 5,594 | 59.77% | 3,757 | 40.14% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,837 | 19.63% | 9,359 |
Macon | 5,537 | 54.66% | 4,577 | 45.19% | 15 | 0.15% | 960 | 9.48% | 10,129 |
Madison | 2,676 | 52.98% | 2,375 | 47.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 301 | 5.96% | 5,051 |
Maries | 1,501 | 45.62% | 1,783 | 54.19% | 6 | 0.18% | -282 | -8.57% | 3,290 |
Marion | 6,162 | 42.10% | 8,457 | 57.78% | 18 | 0.12% | -2,295 | -15.68% | 14,637 |
McDonald | 4,121 | 61.90% | 2,525 | 37.93% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,596 | 23.97% | 6,657 |
Mercer | 2,482 | 72.40% | 936 | 27.30% | 10 | 0.29% | 1,546 | 45.10% | 3,428 |
Miller | 4,237 | 63.42% | 2,426 | 36.31% | 18 | 0.27% | 1,811 | 27.11% | 6,681 |
Mississippi | 2,380 | 35.36% | 4,331 | 64.35% | 19 | 0.28% | -1,951 | -28.99% | 6,730 |
Moniteau | 3,658 | 60.15% | 2,416 | 39.73% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,242 | 20.42% | 6,081 |
Monroe | 1,488 | 23.77% | 4,760 | 76.05% | 11 | 0.18% | -3,272 | -52.28% | 6,259 |
Montgomery | 3,670 | 56.37% | 2,835 | 43.55% | 5 | 0.08% | 835 | 12.83% | 6,510 |
Morgan | 3,390 | 65.86% | 1,750 | 34.00% | 7 | 0.14% | 1,640 | 31.86% | 5,147 |
New Madrid | 3,809 | 30.89% | 8,504 | 68.98% | 16 | 0.13% | -4,695 | -38.08% | 12,329 |
Newton | 8,577 | 62.71% | 5,070 | 37.07% | 30 | 0.22% | 3,507 | 25.64% | 13,677 |
Nodaway | 7,614 | 61.20% | 4,805 | 38.62% | 22 | 0.18% | 2,809 | 22.58% | 12,441 |
Oregon | 1,804 | 38.03% | 2,926 | 61.68% | 14 | 0.30% | -1,122 | -23.65% | 4,744 |
Osage | 3,404 | 60.73% | 2,191 | 39.09% | 10 | 0.18% | 1,213 | 21.64% | 5,605 |
Ozark | 2,572 | 77.73% | 734 | 22.18% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,838 | 55.55% | 3,309 |
Pemiscot | 4,118 | 31.57% | 8,913 | 68.34% | 12 | 0.09% | -4,795 | -36.76% | 13,043 |
Perry | 4,633 | 66.57% | 2,324 | 33.39% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,309 | 33.18% | 6,960 |
Pettis | 9,261 | 55.67% | 7,363 | 44.26% | 12 | 0.07% | 1,898 | 11.41% | 16,636 |
Phelps | 4,694 | 49.13% | 4,846 | 50.72% | 14 | 0.15% | -152 | -1.59% | 9,554 |
Pike | 3,836 | 45.47% | 4,582 | 54.31% | 18 | 0.21% | -746 | -8.84% | 8,436 |
Platte | 3,390 | 42.36% | 4,604 | 57.53% | 9 | 0.11% | -1,214 | -15.17% | 8,003 |
Polk | 5,263 | 67.81% | 2,474 | 31.88% | 24 | 0.31% | 2,789 | 35.94% | 7,761 |
Pulaski | 2,678 | 46.88% | 3,026 | 52.98% | 8 | 0.14% | -348 | -6.09% | 5,712 |
Putnam | 3,202 | 73.31% | 1,149 | 26.30% | 17 | 0.39% | 2,053 | 47.00% | 4,368 |
Ralls | 1,437 | 32.18% | 3,020 | 67.64% | 8 | 0.18% | -1,583 | -35.45% | 4,465 |
Randolph | 3,968 | 34.52% | 7,501 | 65.25% | 27 | 0.23% | -3,533 | -30.73% | 11,496 |
Ray | 3,349 | 40.64% | 4,869 | 59.09% | 22 | 0.27% | -1,520 | -18.45% | 8,240 |
Reynolds | 949 | 30.82% | 2,124 | 68.98% | 6 | 0.19% | -1,175 | -38.16% | 3,079 |
Ripley | 2,444 | 52.56% | 2,194 | 47.18% | 12 | 0.26% | 250 | 5.38% | 4,650 |
Saint Charles | 8,451 | 56.48% | 6,493 | 43.39% | 20 | 0.13% | 1,958 | 13.08% | 14,964 |
Saint Clair | 3,465 | 64.17% | 1,914 | 35.44% | 21 | 0.39% | 1,551 | 28.72% | 5,400 |
Saint Francois | 9,672 | 54.55% | 8,040 | 45.35% | 17 | 0.10% | 1,632 | 9.21% | 17,729 |
Saint Louis County | 116,821 | 54.98% | 95,457 | 44.93% | 202 | 0.10% | 21,364 | 10.05% | 212,480 |
Saint Louis City | 144,828 | 38.00% | 235,893 | 61.89% | 427 | 0.11% | -91,065 | -23.89% | 381,148 |
Sainte Genevieve | 2,682 | 52.91% | 2,385 | 47.05% | 2 | 0.04% | 297 | 5.86% | 5,069 |
Saline | 6,926 | 52.19% | 6,318 | 47.61% | 27 | 0.20% | 608 | 4.58% | 13,271 |
Schuyler | 1,636 | 49.23% | 1,680 | 50.56% | 7 | 0.21% | -44 | -1.32% | 3,323 |
Scotland | 2,123 | 50.24% | 2,093 | 49.53% | 10 | 0.24% | 30 | 0.71% | 4,226 |
Scott | 4,661 | 39.45% | 7,127 | 60.33% | 26 | 0.22% | -2,466 | -20.87% | 11,814 |
Shannon | 1,291 | 38.80% | 2,028 | 60.96% | 8 | 0.24% | -737 | -22.15% | 3,327 |
Shelby | 2,163 | 39.88% | 3,237 | 59.68% | 24 | 0.44% | -1,074 | -19.80% | 5,424 |
Stoddard | 5,514 | 47.33% | 6,110 | 52.45% | 25 | 0.21% | -596 | -5.12% | 11,649 |
Stone | 3,172 | 80.69% | 748 | 19.03% | 11 | 0.28% | 2,424 | 61.66% | 3,931 |
Sullivan | 3,746 | 55.15% | 3,041 | 44.77% | 5 | 0.07% | 705 | 10.38% | 6,792 |
Taney | 3,037 | 73.22% | 1,099 | 26.49% | 12 | 0.29% | 1,938 | 46.72% | 4,148 |
Texas | 4,824 | 52.29% | 4,372 | 47.39% | 29 | 0.31% | 452 | 4.90% | 9,225 |
Vernon | 5,924 | 56.92% | 4,450 | 42.76% | 34 | 0.33% | 1,474 | 14.16% | 10,408 |
Warren | 2,977 | 72.66% | 1,112 | 27.14% | 8 | 0.20% | 1,865 | 45.52% | 4,097 |
Washington | 3,338 | 55.33% | 2,684 | 44.49% | 11 | 0.18% | 654 | 10.84% | 6,033 |
Wayne | 2,423 | 49.08% | 2,500 | 50.64% | 14 | 0.28% | -77 | -1.56% | 4,937 |
Webster | 4,701 | 61.73% | 2,894 | 38.00% | 20 | 0.26% | 1,807 | 23.73% | 7,615 |
Worth | 1,682 | 57.72% | 1,227 | 42.11% | 5 | 0.17% | 455 | 15.61% | 2,914 |
Wright | 5,285 | 72.31% | 2,006 | 27.45% | 18 | 0.25% | 3,279 | 44.86% | 7,309 |
Totals | 959,429 | 50.71% | 929,830 | 49.14% | 2,802 | 0.15% | 29,599 | 1.56% | 1,892,061 |
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