1952 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary

The 1952 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary was held on March 11, 1952, in New Hampshire as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1952 United States presidential election. General Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Senator Robert Taft of Ohio by 12 percentage points on his way to eventual nomination by the Republican Party for President and victory in the 1952 election against Democrat Adlai Stevenson.^[1][2] This was the first time that voters participating in the New Hampshire primary could vote directly for candidates, rather than for delegates to the Republican National Convention.^[3]

1952 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary

March 11, 1952 (1952-03-11) 1956 →

Candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower Robert A. Taft Home state Kansas Ohio Popular vote 46,661 35,838 Percentage 50.2% 38.6%   Candidate Harold Stassen Douglas MacArthur Home state Pennsylvania New York Popular vote 6,574 3,227 Percentage 7.1% 3.5%

Margin by county Eisenhower:      40–50%      50–60%

Main article: 1952 Republican Party presidential primaries

Results

References

1. New Hampshire. Dept. of State (1953). Manual for the General Court. University of New Hampshire Library. Concord, N.H. : Dept. of State. p. 307.
2. Times, John H. Fenton Special to The New York (February 27, 1972). "First New Hampshire Primary Put Eisenhower on Way in '52". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
3. "New Hampshire: A Proven Primary Tradition". New Hampshire Historical Society. Retrieved February 8, 2024.