1956 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election

The 1956 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election was held on November 6, 1956. The total votes casted was 151,193. Robert T. Stafford (Republican) was elected, receiving 60.83% of the votes, which equals 91,967 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Robert T. Stafford of Republican (60.83%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Alexander R. B. Drysdale of Democratic (39.17%) by a comfortable margin of 21.66%.

1956 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 91967, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 59223, name: 'Alexander R. B. Drysdale'},{value: 3, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	91,967	60.83%
Alexander R. B. Drysdale	Democratic	59,223	39.17%
Write-In		3	0.00%
Date: 1956-11-06, Valid Votes: 151,193, Margin: 21.7%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#0F1478','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 33402, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 16649, name: 'John Hancock'},{value: 9, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	33,402	66.72%
John Hancock	Republican	16,649	33.26%
Write-In		9	0.02%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 50,060, Margin: 33.5%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 7666, name: 'Alexander R. B. Drysdale'},{value: 10, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Alexander R. B. Drysdale	Democratic	7,666	99.87%
Write-In		10	0.13%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 7,676, Margin: 99.7%

Election Result

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