President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the incumbent, running with Richard Nixon as VP, going into the 1956 presidential election in Maryland; he won the election with 60 percent of the popular vote, won all 24 county races, and remains the solitary presdential candidate to sweep all of Maryland's counties and Baltimore City.
Maryland was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.00% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.94% of the popular vote. By winning all 24 county-equivalents, Eisenhower became and remains the solitary presidential candidate to sweep all Maryland's counties and Baltimore City. 
