United States Presidential Election, 1956 (The FDR Amendment)

The United States presidential election of 1956 was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. The popular incumbent President, Democrat George S. Patton successfully ran for re-election. The election was initially a re-match of 1952, as Patton's opponent in 1956 was Dwight D. Eisenhower a former five-star general in the United States Army during World War II, whom Patton defeated four years earlier. However it was made a rare three way election when Douglas MacArthur, another  five-star general, announced that he would run for President as a Independent candidate.