General information

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President order: 34
Republican
Born in Texas
Sworn in on 1/20/1953
Age at inauguration: 62
2 terms

Biography

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was a five-star general in the United States Army and 
the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961, and the last to be born
 in the 19th century. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied
 forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful
 invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45, from the Western Front. In 1951, he became 
the first supreme commander of NATO.

Early life:
Eisenhower's father, David Jacob Eisenhower (1863–1942), born in Pennsylvania of German 
and Swiss ancestry, was a college-educated engineer but had trouble making a living and 
the family was poor. Eisenhower's mother, Ida Elizabeth Stover, born in Virginia of 
German Lutheran ancestry moved to Kansas from Virginia. She married David Jacob Eisenhower
 on September 23, 1885 in Lecompton, Kansas on the campus of their alma mater, Lane
 University. The family lived in Texas from 1889 until 1892, then returned to Kansas.

Marriage and family:
Eisenhower met Mamie Geneva Doud of Boone, Iowa while he was stationed in Texas. They 
married on July 1, 1916, in Denver, and had two sons. Doud Dwight Eisenhower was born 
September 24, 1917, and died of scarlet fever on January 2, 1921, at the age of three.
Their second son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, was born on August 3, 1922, John served 
in the United States Army, retiring as a brigadier general, became an author, and served 
as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971. John, coincidentally, graduated from 
West Point on D-Day, June 6, 1944. He married Barbara Jean Thompson on June 10, 1947. 
John and Barbara had four children: Dwight David II "David", Barbara Ann, Susan Elaine 
and Mary Jean. David, after whom Camp David is named, married Richard Nixon's daughter 
Julie in 1968.

Presidential petsHeidi and Ike
Heidi Eisenhower, a Weimeraner, accompanied the Eisenhower family throughout much of 
their stay at the White House. Although Heidi may have liked Ike, Heidi was reportedly
 not so keen on First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Whenever the First Lady approached the
 president, Heidi would jump on her. 

Heidi demonstrated her contempt for the First Lady by urinating on a $20,000 rug in the
 Diplomatic Room of the White House. After that episode, Heidi was banished to the 
country for a few months.

Pets and Politics
A thank you letter: "Heidi is definitely an asset to life in the White House," President
 Eisenhower wrote to the supporter who gifted the dog. "She cavorts on the South Lawn at 
a great rate, with such important projects as chasing squirrels and investigating what
might be under bushes." 

Web

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (pronounced / ' a? z ?n h a??r /, eye-z?n-how-?r; October 14,
 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961.
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Dwight David Eisenhower, the son of a small farmer, was born in Denison, Texas, on 14th October, 
1890. He attended West Point Military Academy and graduated in 1915 (61/164).
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953-1961.
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