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The United States presidential election of 1956 was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday November 6 1956. The popular incumbent President Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully ran for re-election. The election was a re-match of 1952 as Eisenhower’s opponent in 1956 was former Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson whom Eisenhower had defeated four years earlier.Eisenhower was popular but had health conditions that became a quiet issue.
