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The United States Presidential election of 1956 was held on November 6, 1956, pitting Vermont Senator George Cabot of the National Party against former Secretary of State and Governor of Rhode Island Thomas Radcliffe Sullivan of the Democratic Party, a contest Sullivan wound up winning by a decisive margin. The election featured the first time that an incumbent President (Democrat Richard Russell) was defeated within his own party in an election year for the party nomination in a nomination determined partially by the primary system, and the first time since 1912 in which a Democrat had succeeded a Democrat, and the first time since the same era in which two consecutive terms were won by the Democratic Party.

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  • The United States Presidential election of 1956 was held on November 6, 1956, pitting Vermont Senator George Cabot of the National Party against former Secretary of State and Governor of Rhode Island Thomas Radcliffe Sullivan of the Democratic Party, a contest Sullivan wound up winning by a decisive margin. The election featured the first time that an incumbent President (Democrat Richard Russell) was defeated within his own party in an election year for the party nomination in a nomination determined partially by the primary system, and the first time since 1912 in which a Democrat had succeeded a Democrat, and the first time since the same era in which two consecutive terms were won by the Democratic Party.
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  • The United States Presidential election of 1956 was held on November 6, 1956, pitting Vermont Senator George Cabot of the National Party against former Secretary of State and Governor of Rhode Island Thomas Radcliffe Sullivan of the Democratic Party, a contest Sullivan wound up winning by a decisive margin. The election featured the first time that an incumbent President (Democrat Richard Russell) was defeated within his own party in an election year for the party nomination in a nomination determined partially by the primary system, and the first time since 1912 in which a Democrat had succeeded a Democrat, and the first time since the same era in which two consecutive terms were won by the Democratic Party. Held during a period of high public frustration with the war in England and national strife due to the civil rights movement, the election was contested for the votes of white liberals as well as blacks supporting the drive to end segregation in the South. Due in part to a strong economy as well as the disciplined, optimistic and well-funded campaign of Sullivan, the Democrats were able to hold off a National Party suffering divisions of its own. The election featured the lowest turnout in the South of any election since the 1870s and 1880s.
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