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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Louisiana governor election

Earl K. Long (Democrat) won in Louisiana in 1956 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1952, when Robert F. Kennon won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 36,464 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Tensas, where 220 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Earl K. Long won Democratic 172,291 100.0%
Total172,291

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 36,464 100.0% 0 0.0% 36,464 D+100.0
Jefferson 8,979 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,979 D+100.0
East Baton Rouge 7,386 100.0% 0 0.0% 7,386 D+100.0
Caddo 6,757 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,757 D+100.0
Lafayette 5,568 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,568 D+100.0
Ouachita 5,491 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,491 D+100.0
St. Landry 5,219 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,219 D+100.0
Rapides 4,824 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,824 D+100.0
Washington 3,645 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,645 D+100.0
Calcasieu 3,509 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,509 D+100.0
Tangipahoa 3,241 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,241 D+100.0
St. Tammany 3,157 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,157 D+100.0
St. Bernard 3,066 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,066 D+100.0
Avoyelles 3,059 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,059 D+100.0
Acadia 2,764 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,764 D+100.0
Pointe Coupee 2,681 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,681 D+100.0
Natchitoches 2,624 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,624 D+100.0
Iberia 2,579 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,579 D+100.0
Evangeline 2,529 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,529 D+100.0
Franklin 2,334 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,334 D+100.0
Lafourche 2,315 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,315 D+100.0
Beauregard 2,283 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,283 D+100.0
Vermilion 2,276 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,276 D+100.0
Allen 2,209 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,209 D+100.0
Vernon 2,193 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,193 D+100.0
Lincoln 2,095 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,095 D+100.0
Webster 1,974 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,974 D+100.0
Sabine 1,970 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,970 D+100.0
St. James 1,807 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,807 D+100.0
Plaquemines 1,755 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,755 D+100.0
Grant 1,751 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,751 D+100.0
Terrebonne 1,728 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,728 D+100.0
Bienville 1,550 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,550 D+100.0
Winn 1,525 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,525 D+100.0
Jefferson Davis 1,493 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,493 D+100.0
Bossier 1,451 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,451 D+100.0
Iberville 1,386 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,386 D+100.0
Jackson 1,386 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,386 D+100.0
Ascension 1,361 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,361 D+100.0
Desoto 1,360 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,360 D+100.0
Red River 1,276 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,276 D+100.0
Livingston 1,238 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,238 D+100.0
Union 1,230 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,230 D+100.0
St. John The Baptist 1,162 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,162 D+100.0
St. Charles 1,141 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,141 D+100.0
St. Martin 1,128 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,128 D+100.0
Claiborne 1,081 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,081 D+100.0
La Salle 1,063 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,063 D+100.0
Assumption 1,040 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,040 D+100.0
Morehouse 1,033 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,033 D+100.0
St. Mary 1,002 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,002 D+100.0
Richland 981 100.0% 0 0.0% 981 D+100.0
West Carroll 893 100.0% 0 0.0% 893 D+100.0
St. Helena 836 100.0% 0 0.0% 836 D+100.0
East Feliciana 806 100.0% 0 0.0% 806 D+100.0
Caldwell 726 100.0% 0 0.0% 726 D+100.0
Concordia 724 100.0% 0 0.0% 724 D+100.0
Catahoula 722 100.0% 0 0.0% 722 D+100.0
West Baton Rouge 688 100.0% 0 0.0% 688 D+100.0
Cameron 670 100.0% 0 0.0% 670 D+100.0
Madison 340 100.0% 0 0.0% 340 D+100.0
East Carroll 296 100.0% 0 0.0% 296 D+100.0
West Feliciana 251 100.0% 0 0.0% 251 D+100.0
Tensas 220 100.0% 0 0.0% 220 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1956; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Louisiana governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2023 Jeff Landry (R) R+25.6
2019 John Bel Edwards (D) D+2.7
2015 John Bel Edwards (D) D+12.2
2011 Bobby Jindal (R) R+47.9
2007 Bobby Jindal (R) R+36.5
2003 Kathleen Blanco (D) D+3.9
1999 Mike Foster (R) R+32.6
1995 Mike Foster (R) R+27.0
1991 Edwin Edwards (D) D+22.3
1987 Buddy Roemer (D) D+14.6
1983 Edwin W. Edwards (D) D+25.9
1979 David Treen (R) R+0.7
1975 Edwin Edwards (D) D+62.4
1972 Edwin W. Edwards (D) D+14.3
1968 John J. McKeithen (D) D+100.0
1964 John McKeithen (D) D+22.2
1960 Jimmie H. Davis (D) D+63.5
1956 Earl K. Long (D) D+100.0
1952 Robert F. Kennon (D) D+92.0
1948 Earl K. Long (D) D+100.0
1944 Jimmie H. Davis (D) D+100.0
1940 Sam H. Jones (D) D+98.8
1936 Richard W. Leche (D) D+100.0
1932 Oscar K. Allen (D) D+99.9
1928 Huey P. Long (D) D+92.3
1924 Henry L. Fuqua (D) D+95.8
1920 John M. Parker (D) D+95.3
1916 Ruffin G. Pleasant (D) D+62.5
1912 Luther E. Hall (D) D+80.7
1908 Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D) D+76.1
1904 Newton C. Blanchard (D) D+78.1
1900 William Wright Heard (D) D+75.1
1896 Murphy J. Foster (D) D+13.9
1892 Murphy J. Foster (D) D+27.9
1888 Francis T. Nicholls (D) D+44.9
1884 Samuel D. McEnery (D) D+34.2
1879 Louis A. Wiltz (D) D+29.4
1876 Francis T. Nicholls (D) D+5.0
1872 William Pitt Kellogg (R) R+13.8
1868 Henry C. Warmoth (R) R+63.1
1865 J. Madison Wells (other)