Election Name: | 1956 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
Country: | New Hampshire |
Flag Year: | 1931 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1960 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
Next Year: | 1960 |
Image1: | Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg |
Candidate1: | Dwight Eisenhower |
Color1: | ff8080ff |
Home State1: | Kansas |
Popular Vote1: | 56,464 |
Percentage1: | 98.9% |
See main article: 1956 Republican Party presidential primaries.
The 1956 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary was held on March 13, 1956, in New Hampshire as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1956 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower ran unopposed, and won the Granite State by the largest margin in history since the advent of the New Hampshire primary's direct vote for president in 1952.[1] [2]