General Election Overview: November 6, 1956

PRESIDENT

CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

*Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 2,262,610

(Full Term Commencing January 1, 1957)

Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 1,439,655

Willard D. Campbell 1,210,377

*Carl V. Weygandt 1,701,974

GOVERNOR

Michael V. DiSalle (D) 1,577,103

JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT

*C. William O`Neill (R) 1,984,988

(Full Term Commencing January 1, 1957)

Merrill D. Brothers 741,001

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

*John M. Matthias 2,050,608

*Paul M. Herbert (R) 1,899,219

John Taylor (D) 1,446,882

JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT

(Full Term Commencing January 2, 1957)

SECRETARY OF STATE

Evan P. Ford 754,500

*Ted W. Brown (R) 1,985,368

*Thomas J. Herbert 2,110,071

Hubert Lynch (D) 1,336,885

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

AUDITOR OF STATE

Bond issue for Korean veterans bonus.

Joseph T. Ferguson (D) 1,517,424

YES 2,202,510

*James A. Rhodes (R) 1,829,305

NO 889,245

TREASURER OF STATE

Four year term for members of the Ohio Senate.

John W. Donahey (D) 1,474,105

YES 1,636,449

*Roger W. Tracy (R) 1,815,145

NO 1,214,643

ATTORNEY GENERAL

*Wm. Saxbe (R) 1,719,620

Stephen M. Young (D) 1,559,742

NUMBER OF PRECINCTS 11,766

UNITED STATES SENATOR

NUMBER OF ELECTORS VOTING 3,761,322

George Bender (R) 1,660,910

*Frank J. Lausche (D) 1,864,589