United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1952
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
The 1952 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1952 as part of the United States presidential election of 1952.
The Democratic Party candidate, Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, won the state of Mississippi over Dwight D. Eisenhower, the former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and General of the Army by a margin of 59,600 votes, or 20.88 percent. Eisenhower went on to win the election nationally, with 442 electoral votes and a commanding 10.9 percent lead over Stevenson in the popular vote.
Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was the last President who was unaffected by the term limit imposed under the 22nd Amendment, but decided as early as 1950 that he would not seek another term. Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson II, grandson of former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I, accepted the Democratic nomination for president in Truman’s place, selecting Alabama Senator John Sparkman, a Southern Democrat, as his running mate.
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