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1956 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection information


1956 Democratic vice presidential nomination
← 1952 August 16, 1956 (1956-08-16) 1960 →

All 1,366 delegate votes of the Democratic National Convention
686 1/2 delegate votes needed to win
 
Nominee Estes Kefauver John F. Kennedy Albert Gore Sr.
Home state Tennessee Massachusetts Tennessee
1st Ballot (Final) 483.5 (35.24%) 304 (22.16%) 178 (12.97%)
2nd Ballot (During) 551.5 (40.20%) 648 (47.23%) 80.5 (5.87%)
2nd Ballot (Final) 755.5 (55.07%) 589 (42.93%) 13.5 (0.98%)

 
Nominee Robert F. Wagner Jr. Hubert Humphrey
Home state New York Minnesota
1st Ballot (Final) 162.5 (11.84%) 134.5 (9.80%)
2nd Ballot (During) 9.5 (0.69%) 74.5 (5.43%)
2nd Ballot (Final) 6 (0.44%) 2 (0.15%)

Previous Vice Presidential nominee

John Sparkman

Vice Presidential nominee

Estes Kefauver

The selection of the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate for the 1956 United States presidential election occurred at the party's national convention on August 16, 1956. Former presidential candidate and Tennessee's Senator Estes Kefauver defeated Massachusetts' Senator John F. Kennedy.

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