Presidents of the United States of America
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34 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: October 14, 1890
Birthplace: Rented room near railroad tracks in Denison, Texas
Father: David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942)
Mother: Ida Elizabeth Stover (1862-1946)
Height at Prime: 5 feet 10 inches
Physical Description: Fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, bald when older, square shoulders, broad grin
Religion: Presbyterian
Wife: Marie “Mamie†Geneva Doud (November 14, 1896 – November 11, 1979)
Marriage Date: July 1, 1916
Marriage Place: Home of the bride’s parents in Denver, Colorado
Children:
-- Doud Dwight Eisenhower (September 24, 1917 – January 2, 1921)
-- John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (August 3, 1922 - ____ )
Death Date: March 28, 1969
Place of Death: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Cause of Death: Congestive heart failure following surgery for an obstruction in the intestine
Final Words: “I want to go. God take me.â€
Burial Place: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum, Abilene, Kansas
Professional Statistics:
Career soldier after graduation from West Point in 1915
General during World War II (1941-1945)
Army Chief of Staff (1945-1948)
President of Columbia University (1948-1950)
Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1951-1952)
34th President of the United States (1953-1961)
Political Party: Republican
His Vice President: Richard M. Nixon (1953-1961)
Events During Presidency:
Conclusion of the Korean War (1953)
Cold War and the Eisenhower Doctrine
Fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)
Civil Rights and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Interstate Highway System (1956)
St. Lawrence Seaway Opened (1959)
Alaska admitted to the Union (1959)
Hawaii admitted to the Union (1959)
