
January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961
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VICE
PRESIDENT

Richard M. Nixon |
FIRST
LADY

Mamie Eisenhower |
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BORN: October 14, 1890
Denison, Texas
BIRTH NAME: David Dwight Eisenhower
CHILDREN: 1 Son |
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MILITARY SERVICE: Supreme
Commander, Allied Forces, World War II
PROFESSION: Career Soldier, University President
POLITICAL PARTY: Republican
HOME STATE: Kansas
NICKNAME: "Ike"
DIED: March 28, 1969 (Age - 78)
BURIED: Abiline, Kansas |
"The
necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power will be best
sustained...when lifelong professional soldiers, in the absence of some obvious and
overriding reasons, abstain from seeking high political office. Nothing in the
international or domestic situation especially qualifies for the most important office in
the world a man whose adult years have been spent in the country's military forces."
Dwight Eisenhower in a letter to a newspaper publisher in 1948 |
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Courtesy of www.HomeOfHeroes.com
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