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Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Also known as: David Dwight Eisenhhower, Dwight David Eisenhower
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History & Society
- In full:
- Dwight David Eisenhower
- Died:
- March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C. (aged 78)
- Title / Office:
- presidency of the United States of America (1953-1961), United States
- Political Affiliation:
- Republican Party
- Notable Works:
- Atoms for Peace speech
- “Crusade in Europe”
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (born October 14, 1890, Denison, Texas, U.S.—died March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C.) was the 34th president of the United States (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II. Eisenhower was the third of seven sons of David Jacob and Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower. In the spring of 1891 the Eisenhowers left Denison, Texas, and returned to Abilene, Kansas, where their forebears had settled as part of a Mennonite colony. David worked in a creamery; the family was poor; and Dwight and his brothers were introduced to hard work ...(100 of 3169 words)