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    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    President of the United States from 1953 to 1961

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  1. Apr 3, 2014 · Famous Political Figures. U.S. Presidents. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, promoted Atoms for Peace at the United Nations General Assembly in order to ease Cold War...

  2. Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following his landslide victory over Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election.

  3. Born in Texas in 1890, brought up in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower was the third of seven sons. He excelled in sports in high school, and received an appointment to West Point. Stationed in Texas...

  4. Feb 19, 2019 · Dwight David Eisenhower, 1890–1969. When Eisenhower’s presidential library was being planned, it was widely believed that the president had been born in Abilene, Kansas, where he grew up. He thought so himself until his mother corrected the record. Eisenhower had in fact been born in Denison, Texas.

  5. Overview. Born in Texas and raised in Kansas, Dwight D. Eisenhower was one of America's greatest military commanders and the thirty-fourth President of the United States. Inspired by the example of a friend who was going to the U.S. Naval Academy, Eisenhower won an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

  6. Dwight D. Eisenhower, (born Oct. 14, 1890, Denison, Texas, U.S.—died March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C.), 34th president of the U.S. (1953–61). He graduated from West Point (1915), then served in the Panama Canal Zone (1922–24) and in the Philippines under Douglas MacArthur (1935–39).

  7. Dwight David Eisenhower. General of the Army. Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces. October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, July 1956. Public Domain. Dwight D. Eisenhower began his career in the U.S. Army on June 14, 1911 as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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