Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States

Term

34th President of the United States
Republican
January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961  (62-70)
Preceded by Harry S. Truman
Succeeded by John F. Kennedy

Data

Full Name	Dwight David Eisenhower
Born	October 14, 1890
Birthplace	Denison, Texas
Alma Mater	United States Military Academy  (B.S. 1915)
Died	March 28, 1969  (78 years)
Deathplace	Washington, D.C.

Parents

David Jacob Eisenhower

Born	September 23, 1863
Father	Jacob Frederick Eisenhower  (1826-1906) (80 years)
Mother	Margaret Rebecca Matter  (1825-90) (65 years)
Marriage	1885 - 1942  (57 years, died)
Died	March 10, 1942  (78 years)

Ida Elizabeth Stover

Born	May 1, 1862
Father	Simon Stover  (1822-73) (51 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Juda Link  (1822-67) (45 years)
Children	7
Died	September 11, 1946  (84 years)

Siblings

1. Arthur Bradford Eisenhower  (1886-1958) (72 years) (married 1918  Alida Bliss  (1899-1968) (69 years)) (married 1926  Louise Grieb  (1893-1979) (86 years))
2. Edgar Newton Eisenhower  (1889-1971) (82 years) (married 1911  Louise Alexander  (1893-1946) (53 years)) (married 1930  Bernice Thompson  (1902-48) (46 years)) (married 1950  Lucille Dawson  (1921-2012) (91 years))
3. Roy Jacob Eisenhower  (1892-1942) (50 years) (married 1917  Edna Shade  (1891-1989) (98 years))
4. Paul Dawson Eisenhower  (1894-95) (1 year)
5. Earl Dewey Eisenhower  (1898-1968) (70 years) (married 1933  Kathryn Snyder  (1909-86) (77 years))
6. Milton Stover Eisenhower  (1899-1985) (86 years) (married 1927  Helen Eakin  (1904-54) (50 years))

Marriages

1. Mary Geneva Doud

Born	November 14, 1896
Father	John Sheldon Doud  (1870-1951) (81 years)
Mother	Elivera Mathilda Carlson  (1878-1960) (82 years)
Marriage	June 1, 1916 - March 28, 1969  (52 years, died)
Died	November 1, 1979  (82 years)

Children

1. Doud Dwight Eisenhower

Born	September 24, 1917
Died	January 2, 1921  (3 years)

2. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower

Born	August 3, 1922
First Wife	Barbara Jean Thompson  (1926-2014) (88 years)
First Marriage	June 10, 1947 - 1986  (38-39 years, divorced)
Children	Dwight, Barbara, Susan, Mary
Second Wife	Joanne Thompson  (1932-2017) (85 years)
Second Marriage	April 9, 1988 - December 21, 2013  (25 years, died)
Died	December 21, 2013  (91 years)

Occupation

Supreme Allied Commander in Europe  (1951-52)

President of Columbia University  (1948-53)

Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany  (1945)

Military Service

General in the United States Army  (1915-53, 1961-69)

Presidential Election of 1952

1. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Birth/Death	1890 - 1969  (79 years)
State	New York
Occupation	President of Columbia University  (1948-53)
Political Party	Republican
Vice President	Richard Nixon  (1913-94) (CA) U.S. Senator from California  (1950-53)
Popular Vote	34, 075, 529  (55.18%)
Electoral Vote	442  (39 states)

2. Adlai E. Stevenson II

Birth/Death	1900 - 1965  (65 years)
State	Illinois
Occupation	Governor of Illinois  (1949-53)
Political Party	Democratic
Vice President	John Sparkman  (1899-1985) (AL) U.S. Senator from Alabama  (1946-79)
Popular Vote	27, 375, 090  (44.33%)
Electoral Vote	89  (9 states)

3. Vincent Hallinan

Birth/Death	1896 - 1992  (96 years)
State	California
Occupation	Lawyer
Political Party	Progressive
Vice President	Charlotta Bass  (1874-1969) (NY) Journalist, Newspaper Editor, and Educator
Popular Vote	140, 746  (0.23%)
Electoral Vote	0

4. Stuart Hamblen

Birth/Death	1908 - 1989  (81 years)
State	Texas
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter, Actor, and Radio Personality
Political Party	Prohibition
Vice President	Enoch A. Holtwick  (1881-1972) (IL) Educator
Popular Vote	73, 412  (0.12%)
Electoral Vote	0

5. Eric Hass

Birth/Death	1905 - 1980  (75 years)
State	New York
Occupation	Political Activist and Author
Poltical Party	Socialist Labor
Vice President	Stephen Emery  (1909-80) (NY) Subway Dispatcher and Political Activist
Popular Vote	30, 406  (0.05%)
Electoral Vote	0

6. Darlington Hoopes

Birth/Death	1896 - 1989  (93 years)
State	Pennsylvania
Occupation	Former Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives  (1930-36)
Political Party	Socialist
Vice President	Samuel H. Friedman  (1897-1990) (NY) Journalist and Labor Union Activist
Popular Vote	20, 203  (0.03%)
Electoral Vote	0

7. Douglas MacArthur

Birth/Death	1880 - 1964  (84 years)
State	Arkansas
Occupation	Former Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers  (1945-51)
Political Party	Constitution
Vice President	Harry F. Byrd  (1887-1966) (VA) U.S. Senator from Virginia  (1933-65)
Popular Vote	17, 205  (0.03%)
Electoral Vote	0

8. Farrell Dobbs

Birth/Death	1907 - 1983  (76 years)
State	Minnesota
Occupation	Trade Unionist and Historian
Political Party	Socialist Workers
Vice President	Myra Tanner Weiss  (1917-97) (CA) Political Activist
Popular Vote	10, 312  (0.02%)
Electoral Vote	0

Presidential Election of 1956

1. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Birth/Death	1890 - 1969  (79 years)
State	Pennsylvania
Occupation	Incumbent President of the United States  (1953-61)
Political Party	Republican
Vice President	Richard Nixon  (1913-94) (CA) Incumbent Vice President of the United States  (1953-61)
Popular Vote	35, 579, 180  (57.37%)
Electoral Vote	457  (41 states)

2. Adlai E. Stevenson II

Birth/Death	1900 - 1965  (65 years)
State	Illinois
Occupation	Former Governor of Illinois  (1949-53)
Political Party	Democratic
Vice President	Estes Kefauver  (1903-63) (TN) U.S. Senator from Tennessee  (1949-63)
Popular Vote	26, 028, 028  (41.97%)
Electoral Vote	73  (7 states)

3. Walter Burgwyn Jones

Birth/Death	1888 - 1963  (75 years)
State	Alabama
Occupation	Former Member of the Alabama State House of Representives  (1919-20)
Political Party	Democratic
Vice President	Herman Talmadge  (1913-2002) (GA) Former Governor of Georgia  (1947-47, 1948-55)
Popular Vote	0
Electoral Vote	1  (1 state)

4. T. Coleman Andrews

Birth/Death	1899 - 1983  (84 years)
State	Virginia
Occupation	Former Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United States  (1953-55)
Political Party	States' Rights
Vice President	Thomas H. Werdel  (1905-66) (CA) Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California  (1949-53)
Popular Vote	108, 956  (0.18%)
Electoral Vote	0

5. Eric Hass

Birth/Death	1905 - 1980  (75 years)
State	New York
Occupation	Political Activist and Author
Political Party	Socialist Labor
Vice President	Georgia Cozzini  (1915-83) (WI) Political Activist
Popular Vote	44, 300  (0.07%)
Electoral Vote	0

6. Enoch A. Holtwick

Birth/Death	1881 - 1972  (91 years)
State	Illinois
Occupation	Educator
Political Party	Prohibition
Vice President	Edwin M. Cooper  (1885-1971) (CA) Lawyer
Popular Vote	41, 937  (0.07%)
Electoral Vote	0

7. Farrell Dobbs

Birth/Death	1907 - 1983  (76 years)
State	New York
Occupation	Trade Unionist and Historian
Political Party	Socialist Workers
Vice President	Myra Tanner Weiss  (1917-97) (CA) Political Activist
Popular Vote	7, 797  (0.01%)
Electoral Vote	0

8. Harry F. Byrd

Birth/Death	1887 - 1966  (79 years)
State	Virginia
Occupation	U.S. Senator from Virginia  (1933-65)
Political Party	States' Rights
Vice President	William E. Jenner  (1908-85) (IN) U.S. Senator from Indiana  (1944-45, 1947-59)
Popular Vote	2, 657  (<0.01%)
Electoral Vote	0

9. Darlington Hoopes

Birth/Death	1896 - 1989  (93 years)
State	Pennsylvania
Occupation	Former Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives  (1930-36)
Political Party	Socialist
Vice President	Samuel H. Friedman  (1897-1990) (NY) Journalist and Labor Union Activist
Popular Vote	2, 128  (<0.01%)
Electoral Vote	0

10. Henry B. Krajewski

Birth/Death	1912 - 1966  (54 years)
State	New Jersey
Occupation	Farmer
Political Party	American Third
Vice President	Anna Yezo  (1919-2001) (NJ) Political Activist
Popular Vote	1, 829  (<0.01%)
Electoral Vote	0

11. Gerald L.K. Smith

Birth/Death	1898 - 1976  (78 years)
State	Michigan
Occupation	Clergyman and Political Organizer
Political Party	Christian Nationalist
Vice President	Charles Robertson  (1908-81) (MI) Clergyman
Popular Vote	8  (<0.01%)
Electoral Vote	0

Vice President

Richard Nixon  (1913-94)	CA	1953-61

Cabinet

Secretary of State

H. Freeman Matthews  (1899-1986)	MD	1953
John Foster Dulles  (1888-1959)	NY	1953-59
Christian Herter  (1895-1966)	MA	1959-61

Secretary of the Treasury

George M. Humphrey  (1890-1970)	OH	1953-57
Robert B. Anderson  (1910-89)	CT	1957-61

Attorney General

Herbert Brownell Jr.  (1904-96)	NY	1953-57
William P. Rogers  (1913-2001)	MD	1957-61

Postmaster General

Arthur Summerfield  (1899-1972)	MI	1953-61

Secretary of the Interior

Douglas McKay  (1893-1959)	OR	1953-56
Clarence A. Davis  (1892-1974)	NE	1956
Fred Andrew Seaton  (1909-74)	NE	1956-61

Secretary of Agriculture

Ezra Taft Benson  (1899-1994)	UT	1953-61

Secretary of Commerce

Sinclair Weeks  (1893-1972)	MA	1953-58
Lewis Strauss  (1896-1974)	WV	1958-59
Frederick H. Mueller  (1893-1976)	MI	1959-61

Secretary of Labor

Martin Patrick Durkin  (1894-1955)	MD	1953
James P. Mitchell  (1900-64)	NJ	1953-61

Secretary of Defense

Charles Erwin Wilson  (1890-1961)	MI	1953-57
Neil H. McElroy  (1904-72)	OH	1957-59
Thomas S. Gates Jr.  (1906-83)	PA	1959-61

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

Oveta Culp Hobby  (1905-95)	TX	1953-55
Marion B. Folsom  (1893-1976)	NY	1955-58
Arthur Sherwood Flemming  (1905-96)	OH	1958-61

United States Supreme Court

Chief Justice

Fred M. Vinson  (1890-1953)	KY	1946-53  (7 years)
Earl Warren  (1891-1974)	CA	1953-69  (16 years)

Associate Justices

Hugo Black  (1886-1971)	AL	1937-71  (34 years)
Stanley Forman Reed  (1884-1980)	KY	1938-57  (19 years)
Felix Frankfurter  (1882-1965)	NY	1939-62  (23 years)
William O. Douglas  (1898-1980)	NY	1939-75  (36 years)
Robert H. Jackson  (1892-1954)	NY	1941-54  (13 years)
Harold Hitz Burton  (1888-1964)	OH	1945-58  (13 years)
Tom C. Clark  (1899-1977)	TX	1949-67  (18 years)
Sherman Minton  (1890-1965)	IN	1949-56  (7 years)
John Marshall Harlan  (1899-1971)	KY	1955-71  (16 years)
William J. Brennan Jr.  (1906-97)	NJ	1956-90  (34 years)
Charles Evans Whittaker  (1901-73)	MO	1957-62  (5 years)
Potter Stewart  (1915-85)	OH	1958-81  (23 years)

External Links

• Genealogy of Dwight D. Eisenhower