United States presidential election, 1952 ← 1948 November 4, 1952 1956 → All 531 electoral votes of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win Turnout 63.3 % 10.3 pp Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman Electoral vote 442 89 States carried 39 9 Popular vote 34,075,529 27,375,090 Percentage 55.2 % 44.3 % Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Eisenhower / Nixon, blue denotes those won by Stevenson / Sparkman. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican
who was elected president and vice president in 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard Nixon