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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Missouri governor election

James T. Blair Jr. (Democrat) beat Lon Hocker (Republican) in Missouri in 1956, 52.1% to 47.9%, a margin of 4.1 points and 74,718 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1952, when Phil M. Donnelly won.

Republicans led in 63 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 52. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 327,988 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.1 points. The closest was Ste. Genevieve, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James T. Blair Jr. won Democratic 941,528 52.1%
Lon Hocker Republican 866,810 47.9%
Total1,808,338

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
St. Louis City 197,010 60.1% 130,978 39.9% 327,988 D+20.1
St. Louis 111,803 43.2% 146,861 56.8% 258,664 R+13.6
Jackson 145,218 57.5% 107,389 42.5% 252,607 D+15.0
Greene 22,326 45.2% 27,121 54.8% 49,447 R+9.7
Buchanan 22,910 59.8% 15,428 40.2% 38,338 D+19.5
Jasper 14,971 45.3% 18,097 54.7% 33,068 R+9.5
Clay 15,567 57.9% 11,317 42.1% 26,884 D+15.8
Jefferson 13,513 56.0% 10,619 44.0% 24,132 D+12.0
Franklin 8,488 43.0% 11,256 57.0% 19,744 R+14.0
Boone 10,138 55.0% 8,292 45.0% 18,430 D+10.0
Cape Girardeau 7,823 43.4% 10,199 56.6% 18,022 R+13.2
St. Francois 7,504 43.6% 9,693 56.4% 17,197 R+12.7
St. Charles 7,663 45.4% 9,211 54.6% 16,874 R+9.2
Cole 8,792 52.8% 7,874 47.2% 16,666 D+5.5
Pettis 7,967 50.7% 7,752 49.3% 15,719 D+1.4
Lafayette 6,462 46.1% 7,545 53.9% 14,007 R+7.7
Dunklin 8,917 67.7% 4,248 32.3% 13,165 D+35.5
Newton 6,023 45.9% 7,094 54.1% 13,117 R+8.2
Butler 5,848 45.6% 6,980 54.4% 12,828 R+8.8
Marion 7,185 58.0% 5,194 42.0% 12,379 D+16.1
Lawrence 5,203 43.3% 6,820 56.7% 12,023 R+13.4
New Madrid 8,557 72.6% 3,229 27.4% 11,786 D+45.2
Saline 6,300 53.9% 5,395 46.1% 11,695 D+7.7
Nodaway 6,015 51.7% 5,626 48.3% 11,641 D+3.3
Pemiscot 8,140 71.1% 3,307 28.9% 11,447 D+42.2
Scott 6,806 61.1% 4,329 38.9% 11,135 D+22.2
Johnson 5,054 45.7% 5,998 54.3% 11,052 R+8.5
Cass 5,958 54.1% 5,045 45.9% 11,003 D+8.3
Stoddard 6,384 58.3% 4,573 41.7% 10,957 D+16.5
Henry 5,427 51.3% 5,150 48.7% 10,577 D+2.6
Audrain 5,974 57.1% 4,485 42.9% 10,459 D+14.2
Barry 4,704 45.1% 5,724 54.9% 10,428 R+9.8
Randolph 7,122 68.7% 3,238 31.3% 10,360 D+37.5
Linn 5,318 53.3% 4,651 46.7% 9,969 D+6.7
Bates 4,730 48.9% 4,940 51.1% 9,670 R+2.2
Vernon 5,332 55.5% 4,283 44.5% 9,615 D+10.9
Phelps 4,683 49.5% 4,777 50.5% 9,460 R+1.0
Macon 4,583 51.5% 4,319 48.5% 8,902 D+3.0
Livingston 4,174 47.0% 4,715 53.0% 8,889 R+6.1
Texas 4,670 53.7% 4,029 46.3% 8,699 D+7.4
Platte 5,787 66.7% 2,894 33.3% 8,681 D+33.3
Callaway 5,278 61.0% 3,374 39.0% 8,652 D+22.0
Adair 3,625 42.2% 4,965 57.8% 8,590 R+15.6
Cooper 3,854 45.6% 4,595 54.4% 8,449 R+8.8
Howell 3,166 38.1% 5,143 61.9% 8,309 R+23.8
Laclede 3,281 39.9% 4,952 60.1% 8,233 R+20.3
Carroll 3,617 45.0% 4,424 55.0% 8,041 R+10.0
Pike 4,335 57.6% 3,192 42.4% 7,527 D+15.2
Ray 4,889 65.2% 2,604 34.8% 7,493 D+30.5
Polk 2,965 40.5% 4,361 59.5% 7,326 R+19.1
Chariton 3,841 54.5% 3,209 45.5% 7,050 D+9.0
Webster 3,147 45.0% 3,846 55.0% 6,993 R+10.0
Lincoln 4,128 59.2% 2,843 40.8% 6,971 D+18.4
Grundy 2,799 41.6% 3,936 58.4% 6,735 R+16.9
Perry 2,417 36.3% 4,249 63.7% 6,666 R+27.5
Harrison 2,599 39.4% 3,992 60.6% 6,591 R+21.1
Miller 2,666 40.6% 3,907 59.4% 6,573 R+18.9
Wright 2,412 36.9% 4,123 63.1% 6,535 R+26.2
Barton 3,124 49.5% 3,182 50.5% 6,306 R+0.9
Gasconade 1,335 21.3% 4,935 78.7% 6,270 R+57.4
McDonald 2,994 47.8% 3,275 52.2% 6,269 R+4.5
Montgomery 2,904 46.8% 3,303 53.2% 6,207 R+6.4
Sullivan 2,906 47.5% 3,210 52.5% 6,116 R+5.0
Clinton 3,321 55.8% 2,630 44.2% 5,951 D+11.6
Crawford 2,451 41.3% 3,480 58.7% 5,931 R+17.3
Andrew 2,548 43.0% 3,378 57.0% 5,926 R+14.0
Daviess 2,811 47.9% 3,062 52.1% 5,873 R+4.3
Moniteau 2,677 46.6% 3,069 53.4% 5,746 R+6.8
Monroe 4,479 79.0% 1,189 21.0% 5,668 D+58.0
Gentry 2,910 51.6% 2,731 48.4% 5,641 D+3.2
Howard 3,652 64.8% 1,981 35.2% 5,633 D+29.7
Washington 2,331 41.6% 3,274 58.4% 5,605 R+16.8
Dent 3,021 54.2% 2,548 45.8% 5,569 D+8.5
Osage 2,574 46.8% 2,926 53.2% 5,500 R+6.4
Mississippi 3,611 66.0% 1,859 34.0% 5,470 D+32.0
Pulaski 3,043 56.6% 2,329 43.4% 5,372 D+13.3
Christian 1,776 33.3% 3,559 66.7% 5,335 R+33.4
Morgan 2,270 43.3% 2,975 56.7% 5,245 R+13.4
St. Clair 2,312 44.9% 2,832 55.1% 5,144 R+10.1
Caldwell 2,084 40.8% 3,020 59.2% 5,104 R+18.3
Atchison 2,427 48.1% 2,620 51.9% 5,047 R+3.8
Bollinger 2,192 44.3% 2,757 55.7% 4,949 R+11.4
Shelby 3,113 63.0% 1,831 37.0% 4,944 D+25.9
Cedar 1,812 37.1% 3,077 62.9% 4,889 R+25.9
Lewis 2,793 57.1% 2,096 42.9% 4,889 D+14.3
Madison 2,335 47.8% 2,553 52.2% 4,888 R+4.5
Wayne 2,504 51.3% 2,377 48.7% 4,881 D+2.6
Ste. Genevieve 2,426 50.0% 2,430 50.0% 4,856 R+0.1
Clark 2,269 47.7% 2,486 52.3% 4,755 R+4.6
Benton 1,676 35.9% 2,992 64.1% 4,668 R+28.2
Taney 1,644 36.1% 2,904 63.9% 4,548 R+27.7
Holt 1,814 39.9% 2,731 60.1% 4,545 R+20.2
De Kalb 2,233 49.9% 2,243 50.1% 4,476 R+0.2
Dallas 1,638 37.5% 2,732 62.5% 4,370 R+25.0
Camden 1,578 37.5% 2,631 62.5% 4,209 R+25.0
Ripley 2,141 51.6% 2,005 48.4% 4,146 D+3.3
Dade 1,508 37.3% 2,532 62.7% 4,040 R+25.3
Warren 1,203 30.1% 2,792 69.9% 3,995 R+39.8
Ralls 2,691 67.7% 1,286 32.3% 3,977 D+35.3
Douglas 1,169 29.7% 2,762 70.3% 3,931 R+40.5
Oregon 2,549 66.7% 1,271 33.3% 3,820 D+33.5
Knox 1,952 52.1% 1,793 47.9% 3,745 D+4.2
Putnam 1,116 29.9% 2,618 70.1% 3,734 R+40.2
Scotland 2,100 56.4% 1,622 43.6% 3,722 D+12.8
Stone 1,099 29.5% 2,621 70.5% 3,720 R+40.9
Iron 2,060 55.5% 1,654 44.5% 3,714 D+10.9
Maries 1,880 58.2% 1,353 41.8% 3,233 D+16.3
Schuyler 1,649 53.3% 1,444 46.7% 3,093 D+6.6
Ozark 945 32.2% 1,988 67.8% 2,933 R+35.6
Mercer 1,050 35.8% 1,880 64.2% 2,930 R+28.3
Shannon 1,857 64.2% 1,036 35.8% 2,893 D+28.4
Worth 1,425 54.4% 1,195 45.6% 2,620 D+8.8
Reynolds 1,656 67.5% 796 32.5% 2,452 D+35.1
Hickory 731 31.3% 1,607 68.7% 2,338 R+37.5
Carter 1,091 53.2% 958 46.8% 2,049 D+6.5

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.

Missouri governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Mike Kehoe (R) R+20.4
2020 Mike Parson (R) R+16.4
2016 Eric Greitens (R) R+5.6
2012 Jay Nixon (D) D+12.2
2008 Jay Nixon (D) D+18.9
2004 Matt Blunt (R) R+3.0
2000 Bob Holden (D) D+0.9
1996 Mel Carnahan (D) D+16.7
1992 Mel Carnahan (D) D+17.4
1988 John Ashcroft (R) R+29.5
1984 John Ashcroft (R) R+13.3
1980 Kit Bond (R) R+5.6
1976 Joseph P. Teasdale (D) D+0.7
1972 Kit Bond (R) R+10.5
1968 Warren E. Hearnes (D) D+21.6
1964 Warren E. Hearnes (D) D+24.1
1960 John M. Dalton (D) D+16.1
1956 James T. Blair Jr. (D) D+4.1
1952 Phil M. Donnelly (D) D+5.2
1948 Forrest Smith (D) D+14.2
1944 Phil M. Donnelly (D) D+2.0
1940 Forrest C. Donnell (R) R+0.2
1936 Lloyd C. Stark (D) D+14.5
1932 Guy Brasfield Park (D) D+21.1
1928 Henry S. Caulfield (R) R+3.5
1924 Sam Aaron Baker (R) R+0.5
1920 Arthur M. Hyde (R) R+10.6
1916 Frederick D. Gardner (D) D+0.3
1912 Elliott Woolfolk Major (D) D+17.0
1908 Herbert S. Hadley (R) R+2.2
1904 Joseph W. Folk (D) D+4.7
1900 Alexander Monroe Dockery (D) D+4.7
1896 Lawrence Vest Stephens (D) D+6.5
1892 William J. Stone (D) D+5.5
1888 David Rowland Francis (D) D+2.6
1884 John Sappington Marmaduke (D) D+2.5
1880 Thomas T. Crittenden (D) D+13.6
1876 John S. Phelps (D) D+14.8
1874 Charles H. Hardin (D) D+10.2
1872 Silas Woodson (D) D+12.5
1870 Benjamin Gratz Brown (other)
1868 Joseph W. McClurg (R) R+13.3