Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1953 to 1961. He was a military commander during World War II and was responsible for the development of a plan to invade France and Germany. As President, he ended the Korean War, maintained pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and launched the Space Race and interstate highway system. He expanded America’s Social Security program and supported the ruling that segregated schools were unconstitutional. He was married to Mamie Geneva Doud and had two sons. He died in 1969 at the age of 78.
Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States. His name is also often cited with the inclusion of his middle name, David, or simply his middle initial, Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas. He studied at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and went on to serve as a soldier. Eisenhower was elevated to that general status before concluding his service.
During World War II, Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe and as such was responsible for developing and managing a plan to invade France and Germany between 1944 and 1945. Two years before being elected as President of the United States, was named NATO’s first Supreme Commander. The Republican served two terms as president of the United States, from 1953 to 1961, with his vice president, Richard Nixon. He was preceded in the presidency by Harry S. Truman and followed by John F. Kennedy.
As president, Eisenhower ended the Korean War. During the Cold War, however, he maintained pressure on the Soviet Union. In addition, he has made the development of nuclear weapons a top priority in the Department of Defense. He also launched the Space Race and started the interstate highway system. The bill authorizing the system passed in 1956, and the work was justified by government officials’ fears that major American cities could be Cold War targets. The highways built under this bill were to serve as evacuation routes for civilians and entry routes for the military. Of course, outside of wartime, these highways were used for the normal transportation needs of both civilians and the government. He is also credited with expanding America’s Social Security program. Eisenhower was a supporter of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, in which segregated schools were ruled unconstitutional.
Eisenhower was married to Mamie Geneva Doud. Together, they had two sons, Doud Dwight and John Sheldon David Doud. Their eldest son, Doud, died of scarlet fever in infancy. John, however, was raised to serve in the US Army and work as US Ambassador to Belgium. On March 28, 1969, President Eisenhower died in Washington, DC at the age of 78.
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