1956 Vermont Secretary of State Election

The 1956 Vermont Secretary of State Election was held on November 6, 1956. The total votes casted was 149,028. Howard E. Armstrong (Republican) was elected, receiving 62.18% of the votes, which equals 92,660 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Howard E. Armstrong of Republican (62.18%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Joseph S. Wool of Democratic (37.82%) by a comfortable margin of 24.36%.

1956 Vermont Secretary of State Election
General
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Howard E. Armstrong	Republican	92,660	62.18%
Joseph S. Wool	Democratic	56,367	37.82%
Write-In		1	0.00%
Date: 1956-11-06, Valid Votes: 149,028, Margin: 24.4%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 45451, name: 'Howard E. Armstrong'},{value: 1, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Howard E. Armstrong	Republican	45,451	100.00%
Write-In		1	0.00%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 45,452, Margin: 100.0%
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: 7523, name: 'Joseph S. Wool'},{value: 1, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Joseph S. Wool	Democratic	7,523	99.99%
Write-In		1	0.01%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 7,524, Margin: 100.0%

See Also

• 1956 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 1956 Vermont Governor Election
• 1956 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election
• 1956 Vermont State Auditor Election
• 1956 Vermont State Treasurer Election
• 1956 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 1956 United States Presidential Election in Vermont
• 1956 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2022 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 2020 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 2018 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 2016 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 2014 Vermont Secretary of State Election

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1956 Vermont Secretary of State Election (General) - Results by County
County	Howard E. Armstrong Republican		Joseph S. Wool Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	149,028	0.00%

1956 Vermont Secretary of State Election (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Joseph S. Wool		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	7,524	0.00%

1956 Vermont Secretary of State Election (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Howard E. Armstrong		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	45,452	0.00%