1952 United States presidential election
Election of Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952 United States presidential election
A presidential election was held in the United States on November 4, 1952. The Republican ticket of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic ticket of Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II and Senator John Sparkman in a landslide victory, becoming the first Republican administration in 20 years. This was the first election since 1928 without an incumbent president on the ballot. Stevenson emerged victorious on the third presidential ballot of the 1952 Democratic National Convention by defeating Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver, Georgia senator Richard Russell Jr., and other candidates. The Republican nomination was primarily contested by Eisenhower, a general widely popular for his leadership in World War II, and the conservative Ohio senator Robert A. Taft. With the support of Thomas E. Dewey and other party leaders, Eisenhower narrowly prevailed over Taft at the 1952 Republican National Convention. He selected youthful California Senator Richard Nixon...
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