Electoral history of Adlai Stevenson

Electoral history of Adlai Stevenson, 31st Governor of Illinois (1949-1953), 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1961-1966) and Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1952 and 1956.

Illinois gubernatorial elections

Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois, 1948 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385269] :
* Adlai Stevenson - 578,390 (100.00%)

Illinois gubernatorial election, 1948 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121510] :
* Adlai Stevenson (D) - 2,250,074 (57.11%)
* Dwight H. Green (R) (inc.) - 1,678,007 (42.59%)
* Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) - 9,491 (0.24%)
* Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) - 2,673 (0.07%)
* Scattering - 12 (0.00%)

Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois, 1952 [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=284002] :
* Adlai Stevenson (inc.) - 708,275 (100.00%)

Stevenson dropped-out after primary in order to run for President and was replaced on ballot by Lieutenant Governor Sherwood Dixon

Presidential elections

1952

1952 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=393636] :
* Estes Kefauver - 548 (34.60%)
* Jim Farley - 433 (27.34%)
* Alben W. Barkley - 413 (26.07%)
* Styles Bridges - 137 (8.65%)
* Adlai Stevenson - 53 (3.35%)

All candidates were run as write-in

1952 Democratic Presidential primaries [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55191] :
* Estes Kefauver - 3,169,448 (65.04%)
* Pat Brown - 485,578 (9.97%)
* Richard B. Russell - 371,179 (7.62%)
* Matthew M. Neely - 191,471 (3.93%)
* Robert J. Bulkley - 184,880 (3.79%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 102,527 (2.10%)
* Adlai Stevenson - 81,096 (1.66%)
* Dwight Eisenhower - 64,911 (1.33%)
* Harry S. Truman (inc.) - 62,345 (1.28%)
* Unpledged delegates - 46,361 (0.95%)
* Robert S. Kerr - 45,285 (0.93%)
* William O. Douglas - 29,532 (0.61%)
* W. Averell Harriman - 19,806 (0.41%)
* Jerome F. Fox - 18,322 (0.38%)

1952 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58373] :

1st ballot:
* Estes Kefauver - 340
* Adlai Stevenson - 273
* Richard B. Russell - 268
* W. Averell Harriman - 123.5
* Robert S. Kerr - 65
* Alben W. Barkley - 48.5
* Paul A. Dever - 37.5
* Hubert Humphrey - 26
* J. William Fulbright - 22
* Scattering - 26.5

2nd ballot:
* Estes Kefauver - 362.5
* Adlai Stevenson - 324.5
* Richard B. Russell - 294
* W. Averell Harriman - 121
* Alben W. Barkley - 78.5
* Paul A. Dever - 30.5
* Robert S. Kerr - 5.5
* Scattering - 13.5

3rd ballot:
* Adlai Stevenson - 617.5
* Estes Kefauver - 275.5
* Richard B. Russell - 261
* Alben W. Barkley - 67.5
* Paul A. Dever - 0.5
* Scattering - 8

United States presidential election, 1952:
* Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon (R) - 34,075,529 (55.2%) and 442 electoral votes (83.24%, 39 states carried)
* Adlai Stevenson/John J. Sparkman (D) - 27,375,090 (44.3%) and 89 electoral votes (16.76%, 9 states carried)
* Vincent Hallinan/Charlotta Bass (Progressive) - 140,746 (0.2%)
* Stuart Hamblen/Enoch Holtwick (Prohibition) - 73,412 (0.1%)
* Douglas MacArthur/Harry F. Byrd (Constitution) - 17,205 (0.0%)
* Others - 87,165 (0.1%)

1956

1956 Democratic presidential primaries [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55197] :
* Adlai Stevenson II - 3,069,504 (50.70%)
* Estes Kefauver - 2,283,172 (37.71%)
* Unpledged delegates - 380,300 (6.28%)
* Frank J. Lausche - 278,074 (4.59%)
* John W. McCormack - 26,128 (0.43%)
* Dwight D. Eisenhower - 6,358 (0.11%)
* W. Averell Harriman - 3,368 (0.06%)
* Robert Meyner - 1,129 (0.02%)
* John F. Kennedy - 949 (0.02%)
* Harry S. Truman - 728 (0.01%)
* Stuart Symington - 402 (0.01%)
* Paul A. Dever - 207 (0.00%)
* Lyndon B. Johnson - 2 (0.00%)
* Others - 3,610 (0.06%)

1956 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58374] :
* Adlai Stevenson - 906 (65.89%)
* W. Averell Harriman - 210 (15.27%)
* Lyndon B. Johnson - 80 (5.82%)
* Stuart Symington - 46 (3.35%)
* Happy Chandler - 37 (2.69%)
* John Battle - 33 (2.40%)
* James C. Davis - 33 (2.40%)
* George Bell Timmerman - 24 (1.75%)
* Frank J. Lausche - 6 (0.44%)

United States presidential election, 1956:
* Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon (R) (inc.) - 35,579,180 (57.4%) and 457 electoral votes (86.06%, 41 states carried)
* Adlai Stevenson/Estes Kefauver (D) - 26,028,028 (42.0%) and 73 electoral votes (13.75%, 7 states carried)
* Walter Burgwyn Jones/Herman Talmadge (I) - 1 electoral vote (0.19%, Alabama faithless elector)
* T. Coleman Andrews/Thomas Werdel (State's Rights) - 107,929 (0.2%)
* Others - 110,046 (0.2%)

1960

1960 Democratic presidential primaries [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55200 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1960 ] ] :
* John F. Kennedy - 1,847,259 (31.43%)
* Pat Brown - 1,354,031 (23.04%)
* George H. McLain - 646,387 (11.00%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 590,410 (10.05%)
* George Smathers - 322,235 (5.48%)
* Michael DiSalle - 315,312 (5.37%)
* Unpledged delegates - 241,958 (4.12%)
* Albert S. Potter - 208,057 (3.54%)
* Wayne Morse - 147,262 (2.51%)
* Adlai Stevenson - 51,833 (0.88%)

1960 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally) [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=58375 Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 11, 1960 ] ] :
* John F. Kennedy - 806 (52.89%)
* Lyndon B. Johnson - 409 (26.84%)
* Stuart Symington - 86 (5.64%)
* Adlai Stevenson - 80 (5.25%)
* Robert Meyner - 43 (2.82%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 42 (2.76%)
* George Smathers - 30 (1.97%)
* Ross Barnett - 23 (1.51%)
* Herschel C. Loveless - 2 (0.13%)
* Pat Brown - 1 (0.07%)
* Orval E. Faubus - 1 (0.07%)
* Albert Rosellini - 1 (0.07%)

1964

1964 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=35960] :
* Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 61,035 (72.91%)
* Robert F. Kennedy - 15,870 (18.96%)
* Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 2,269 (2.71%)
* Ted Kennedy - 1,259 (1.50%)
* Adlai Stevenson - 952 (1.14%)
* George Wallace - 565 (0.68%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 323 (0.39%)

1964 Democratic presidential primaries [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55202 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1964 ] ] :
* Pat Brown - 1,693,813 (27.26%)
* Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 1,106,999 (17.82%)
* Sam Yorty - 798,431 (12.85%)
* George Wallace - 798,431 (12.85%)
* John W. Reynolds - 522,405 (8.41%)
* Albert S. Porter - 493,619 (7.94%)
* Matthew E. Welsh - 376,023 (6.05%)
* Daniel Brewster - 267,106 (4.30%)
* Jennings Randolph - 131,432 (2.12%)
* Unpledged - 81,614 (1.31%)
* Robert F. Kennedy - 36,258 (0.58%)
* Lar Daly - 15,160 (0.24%)
* Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 8,495 (0.14%)
* Albert J. Easter - 8,275 (0.13%)
* Adlai Stevenson - 800 (0.01%)
* Hubert Humphrey - 548 (0.01%)

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