OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Dwight David Eisenhower
NICKNAME:
Ike
BORN:
October 14, 1890;
Denison, Texas
DIED:
March 28, 1969 (age 78)
Washington, DC
SPOUSE:
Mamie Doud (m. 1916)
EDUCATION:
U.S. Military Academy
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
June 6, 1944 (D-Day):
Commanded Forces of Normandy Invasion During WWII
1948-1953:
President of Columbia University
1953-1961:
34th President of the United States
FIRST LADY:
VICE PRESIDENT:
RESOURCES:
White House
The Miller Center (UVA)
American National Biography
American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)
Eisenhower: PBS
Obituary (New York Times)
Eisenhower Library
Online Documents (Eisenhower Library)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Speech Archives (Eisenhower Library, Miller Center)
Oral Histories (Eisenhower Library)
Presidential Recordings (Miller Center)
National Archives
Papers ($) (Johns Hopkins University Press)
NOTABLE BOOKS:
1952 ELECTION:
REPUBLICANS:
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (PRES)
RICHARD M. NIXON (VP)
Electoral Vote: 442 (83.2%)
Popular Vote: 33,777,945 (54.9%)
DEMOCRATS:
ADLAI STEVENSON (PRES)
JOHN SPARKMAN (VP)
Electoral Vote: 89 (16.8%)
Popular Vote: 27,314,992 (44.4%)
1953 INAUGURATION:
1953 Address (Transcript, Video)
Eisenhower Library Documents (1953)
Library of Congress (1953, 1957)
Joint Congressional Committee (1953, 1957)
1956 ELECTION:
REPUBLICANS:
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (PRES)
RICHARD M. NIXON (VP)
Electoral Vote: 457 (86.1%)
Popular Vote: 35,590,472 (42.0%)
DEMOCRATS:
ADLAI STEVENSON (PRES)
ESTES KEFAUVER (VP)
Electoral Vote: 73 (13.7%)
Popular Vote: 26,022,752 (42.0%)
1957 INAUGURATION:
1957 Address (Transcript, Video, Washington Post)
Eisenhower Library Documents (1953, 1957)
Library of Congress (1953, 1957)
Joint Congressional Committee (1953, 1957)
EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION:
CHIEF OF STAFF:
Sherman Adams (1953–1958)
Wilton Persons (1958-1961)
PRESS SECRETARY:
James Hagerty (1953–1961)
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Ezra Taft Benson (1953–1961)
BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Maurice H. Stans (1958-1961)
Percival F. Brundage (1956-1958)
Rowland R. Hughes (1954-1956)
Joseph M. Dodge (1953-1954)
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
Walter B. Smith (1950–1953)
Allen W. Dulles (1953–1961)
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Sinclair Weeks (1953–1958)
Lewis L. Strauss (Acting, 1958–1959)
Frederick H. Mueller (1959–1961)
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:
Omar Bradley (1949-1953)
Arthur W. Radford (1953-1957)
Nathan F. Twining (1957-1960)
Lyman L Lemnitzer (1960-1962)
Secretary of Defense:
Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1959–1961)
Neil H. McElroy (1957–1959)
Charles E. Wilson (1953–1957)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare:
Arthur Flemming (1958–1961)
Marion B. Folsom (1955–1958)
Oveta Culp Hobby (1953–1955)
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1953–1957)
William P. Rogers (1957–1961)
Secretary of the Interior:
Frederick A. Seaton (1956–1961)
Douglas J. McKay (1953–1956)
Secretary of Labor:
James P. Mitchell (1953–1961)
Martin P. Durkin (1953)
National Security Adviser:
Gordon Gray (1958–1961)
Robert Cutler (1957–1958)
William H. Jackson (1956–1957)
Dillon Anderson (1955–1956)
Robert Cutler (1953–1955)
Postmaster General:
Arthur E. Summerfield (1953–1961)
SECRETARY OF STATE:
John Foster Dulles (1953–1959)
Christian A. Herter (1959–1961)
Secretary of the Treasury:
Robert B. Anderson (1957–1961)
George M. Humphrey (1953–1957)
UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR:
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1953-1960)
James J. Wadsworth (1960-1961)
ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS:
Harvey V. Higley (1953–1957)
Sumner G. Whittier (1957–1961)
Chairman of the Federal Reserve:
William McChesney Martin (1951-1970)
OTHER STAFF/ ADVISORS:
John A. McCone
SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS:
Potter Stewart (1959)
Charles Whittaker (1957)
William Brennan, Jr. (1957)
John Harlan (1955)
Earl Warren (1954)
CONGRESS:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (1953-1955)
Samuel T. Rayburn (1955-1962)
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
Robert A. Taft (1953)
William F. Knowland (1953-1955)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1955-1961)