This article describes the United States presidential election, 1956, in Missouri. With the exceptions of the 1956 election and the 2008 election

United States presidential election in Missouri, 2008

The 2008 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election, which took place throughout all 50 states and D.C....

, Missouri has chosen the eventual winner of each U.S. presidential contest since the 1904 election

United States presidential election in Missouri, 1904

This article describes the United States presidential election, 1904, in Missouri. The state voted for the eventual winner of this election and in every year since, with the exception of the 1956 election and the 2008 election....

. Democrat Adlai Stevenson narrowly won the state over the Republican Incumbent, Dwight Eisenhower.

Missouri has voted in presidential elections since 1820.

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate Running mate A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election. The term is most often used in reference to the person in the subordinate position but can also properly be used when referring to both candidates, such as "Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen were...	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Adlai Stevenson	Estes Kefauver Estes Kefauver Carey Estes Kefauver July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S...	Democrat Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	13	918,273	50.11%
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	0	914,289	49.89%

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 1956.