President Dwight David Eisenhower1

M, #10636, b. 14 October 1890, d. 28 March 1969
Father*David Jacob Eisenhower1 b. 1863, d. 1942
Mother*Ida Elizabeth Stover1 b. 1862, d. 1946
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Names and Titles

Titled: 34th President of the United States (Dwight D. Eisenhower) on 20 January 1953.
President Dwight David Eisenhower was born on 14 October 1890 in Denison, Texas.1 He was the son of David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover.1 President Dwight David Eisenhower married Mary (Mamie) Geneva Doud on 1 July 1916 in Denver, Colorado.1 President Dwight David Eisenhower died on 28 March 1969 in Washington, DC, at age 78.1 He was buried in Abilene, Kansas.1
He became the father of Doud Dwight (Icky) Eisenhower on 24 September 1917.1 Dwight David's son Doud Dwight (Icky) Eisenhower died on 2 January 1921 in Camp Meade, Maryland.1 Dwight David's father David Jacob Eisenhower died in 1942.1 Dwight David's mother Ida Elizabeth Stover died in 1946.1 Dwight David's son John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was married to Barbara Jean Thompson on 10 June 1947 in Fort Monroe, Virginia.1 Defeated Adlai E. Stevenson in the 1952 and 1956 elections. The 1952 popular vote was 33,936,234 to 27,314,992, the electoral vote 442 to 89. The 1956 votes were 35,590,472 to 26,022,752 and 457 to 73 (one democratic elector voted for Walter B. Jones of Alabama). His vice-president was the 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, who lost the close 1960 election to John F. Kennedy. Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander to Europe during WW II. Called 'Ike'.1 President Dwight David Eisenhower became President of the United States on 20 January 1953 replacing President Harry S Truman. President Dwight David Eisenhower was over President Richard Milhouse Nixon as Vice President of the United States on 20 January 1953.
President Dwight David Eisenhower was replaced as President of the United States by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on 20 January 1961.

2 Children of President Dwight David Eisenhower and Mary (Mamie) Geneva Doud

Children
Last Edited1 Jan 2004

Citations

  1. [S231] Presidents.GED online http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/presidents/…, Brian Tompsett (e-mail address), downloaded December 2003.