United States national motto the final stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'" The change from "E Pluribus Unum" to "In God We Trust" was generally considered uncontroversial at the time, given the rising influence of organized religion and pressures of the Cold War era in the 1950s. The 1956 law was one of several legislative actions Congress took to
1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico Party still had their post Civil War political domination of the Deep South. This was also the last United States presidential election when either major party nominee was born in the nineteenth century. , this is the last election in which Rio Arriba County and San Miguel County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. 1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico The 1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 1956. All 48 states were part of the United States presidential election. New Mexico voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral