1956 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1956 U.S. presidential election . Former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1956 Democratic National Convention held from August 13 to August 17 , 1956 , in Chicago , Illinois . This was the party 's second consecutive nomination of Stevenson
1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic Party presidential primaries