The 1952 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Michigan was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RepublicanâÂÂNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 55.44% of the popular vote, against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson (Democratic), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 43.97% of the popular vote, making Michigan 0.6% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Gogebic or Iron Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Wayne County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.