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Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia. Dwight D. Eisenhower. President of the United States. In office. January 2. January 2. 0, 1. 96.
Vice President. Richard Nixon. Preceded by. Harry S. Truman. Succeeded by. John F. Kennedy. 13th President of Columbia University. In office. 19. 48–1. Preceded by. Frank D. Fackenthal. Succeeded by.
Grayson L. Kirk. 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In office. April 2, 1. May 3. 0, 1. 95. 2President. Harry S. Truman. Deputy. Arthur Tedder. Preceded by. Position established.
Succeeded by. Matthew Ridgway. Chief of Staff of the Army. In office. November 1. February 6, 1. 94. President. Harry S. Truman. Deputy. J.
Lawton Collins. Preceded by. George Marshall. Succeeded by.
Omar Bradley. Governor of the American Zone of Occupied Germany. In office. May 8, 1. November 1. 0, 1.
President. Harry S. Truman. Preceded by. Position established.
Succeeded by. Joseph T. Mc. Narney. Personal details. Born. Dwight David Eisenhower[1](1.
October 1. 4, 1. 89. Denison, Texas, U. S. Died. March 2. Washington, D. C., U. S.[2]Cause of death. Congestive heart failure. Resting place. Dwight D.
Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home. Watch Wilful Peggy Online there. Political party. Republican. Spouse(s)Mamie Geneva Doud (m. 1. Children. Parents.
David Jacob Eisenhower. Ida Elizabeth Stover. Alma mater. United States Military Academy. Signature. Military service. Allegiance United States. Service/branch United States Army. Quartermaster. Engineer.
Armor. Infantry. Years of service. Rank. General of the Army.
Battles/wars. Awards. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (EYE- zən- how- ər; October 1.
March 2. 8, 1. 96. American Army general and statesman who served as the 3. President of the United States from 1. During World War II, he was a five- star general in the United States Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1. France and Germany in 1. Western Front. Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas, and raised in Kansas in a large family of mostly Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry; his parents had a strong religious background.
His mother was born a Lutheran, married as a River Brethren and later joined the International Bible Students Association. Eisenhower did not belong to any organized church until 1. He cited constant relocation during his military career as one reason.[4] He graduated from West Point in 1. Mamie Doud, with whom he had two sons. During World War I, he was denied a request to serve in Europe and instead commanded a unit that trained tank crews. Following the war, he served under several notable generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1. After the U. S. entered World War II, Eisenhower oversaw the successful invasions of North Africa and Sicily before supervising the invasions of France and Germany.
After the war, Eisenhower served as Army Chief of Staff and then took on the uncomfortable role as president of Columbia University. In 1. 95. 1–5. 2, he served as the first Supreme Commander of NATO. In 1. 95. 2, Eisenhower entered the presidential race as a Republican in order to block the foreign policies of Senator Robert A. Taft. He won that election and the 1. Adlai Stevenson. He became the first Republican winner to accomplish this since 1. Eisenhower's main goals in office were to contain the expansion of the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits.
In 1. 95. 3, he threatened the use of nuclear weapons until China agreed to terms regarding POWs in the Korean War. An armistice ended the stalemated conflict. His New Look policy of nuclear deterrence prioritized inexpensive nuclear weapons while reducing funding for expensive Army divisions. He continued Harry S. Truman's policy of recognizing the Republic of China as the legitimate government of China, and he won congressional approval of the Formosa Resolution.
His administration provided major aid to help the French fight off Vietnamese Communists in the First Indochina War. After the French left he gave strong financial support to the new state of South Vietnam. He supported local military coups against governments in Iran and Guatemala. During the Suez Crisis of 1.
Eisenhower condemned the Israeli, British and French invasion of Egypt, and forced them to withdraw. He also condemned the Soviet invasion during the Hungarian Revolution of 1. During the Syrian Crisis of 1. CIA- MI6 plan to stage fake border incidents as an excuse for an invasion by Syria's pro- western neighbours.[5] After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1.
Eisenhower authorized the establishment of NASA, which led to the space race. He deployed 1. 5,0. Lebanon crisis. Near the end of his term, his efforts to set up a summit meeting with the Soviets collapsed when an American spy plane was shot down over Russia.
He approved the Bay of Pigs invasion, which was left to his successor to carry out.[6]On the domestic front, Eisenhower was a moderate conservative who continued New Deal agencies and expanded Social Security. He covertly opposed Joseph Mc. Carthy and contributed to the end of Mc.
Carthyism by openly invoking executive privilege. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1. Army troops to enforce federal court orders that integrated schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. His largest program was the Interstate Highway System. He promoted the establishment of strong science education via the National Defense Education Act. Eisenhower's two terms saw widespread economic prosperity except for a minor recession in 1.
In his farewell address to the nation, Eisenhower expressed his concerns about the dangers of massive military spending, particularly deficit spending and government contracts to private military manufacturers. He was voted Gallup's most admired man twelve times and also achieved widespread popular esteem both in and out of office.[7] Since the late 2. Western scholars has consistently held Eisenhower as one of the greatest U.
S. Presidents. Early life and education[edit]The Eisenhauer (German for "iron hewer/miner") family migrated from Karlsbrunn in Nassau- Saarbrücken, to North America, first settling in York, Pennsylvania, in 1. Kansas.[8] Accounts vary as to how and when the German name Eisenhauer was anglicized to Eisenhower.[9] Eisenhower's Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors, who were primarily farmers, included Hans Nikolaus Eisenhauer of Karlsbrunn, who migrated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1. Hans's great- great- grandson, David Jacob Eisenhower (1.