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Electoral College meets and formally confirms Eisenhower's reelection

State electors met in their capitals and cast their Electoral College votes, formally confirming Dwight D. Eisenhower's victory in the 1956 presidential election.

The December meeting of the Electoral College is the constitutional mechanism that converts the popular vote into the official electoral outcome, completing the legal process of Eisenhower's second-term mandate.

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