Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II,he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe,and achieved the five-star rank of General of the Army. He planned and supervised the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy from the Western Front in 1944–1945.
Abilene is a city in,and the county seat of,Dickinson County,Kansas,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 6,460. It is home of The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and the Greyhound Hall of Fame.
Frederick Andrew Seaton was an American newspaperman and politician. He represented the U.S. state of Nebraska in the U.S. Senate and served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration.
Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962. After working in private practice in Kansas City,Missouri,he was nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. In 1956,President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Whittaker to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In 1957,he won confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States,thus becoming the first individual to serve as a judge on a federal district court,a federal court of appeals,and the United States Supreme Court. During his brief tenure on the Warren Court,Whittaker emerged as a swing vote. In 1962,he suffered a nervous breakdown and resigned from the Court. After leaving the Supreme Court,he served as chief counsel to General Motors and frequently criticized the Civil Rights Movement and the Warren Court.
Milton Stover Eisenhower was an American academic administrator. He served as president of three major American universities:Kansas State University,Pennsylvania State University,and Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library,Museum and Boyhood Home is the presidential library and museum of Dwight David Eisenhower,the 34th president of the United States (1953–1961),located in his hometown of Abilene,Kansas. The museum includes Eisenhower's boyhood home,where he lived from 1898 until being appointed to West Point in 1911,and is also the president's final resting place. It is one of the thirteen presidential libraries under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Wilton Burton "Jerry" Persons was an American military officer who served as the White House Chief of Staff to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from October 7,1958 until January 20,1961.
Harry Darby was an American politician from Kansas.
Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower was the mother of U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969),university president Milton Stover Eisenhower (1899–1985),Edgar N. Eisenhower (1889–1971),and Earl D. Eisenhower (1898–1968).
The Eisenhower baseball controversy refers to the allegations that the former general and President of the United States,Dwight Eisenhower,played minor league baseball for the Junction City Soldiers in the Central Kansas League the year before he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. The story goes that he did so under the assumed name of "Wilson." The question of whether Dwight Eisenhower played minor-league baseball is not well documented and is subject to various interpretations.
Earl Dewey Eisenhower was an American electrical engineer and legislator,as well as the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Edgar Newton Eisenhower was an American lawyer and businessman,the older brother of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Julius Cecil Holmes was a US government official who served as Ambassador to Iran.
John A. Moaney,Jr. (1914-1978) was born in Easton,Maryland. He joined the United States Army in October 1941 and was sent to England after the start of World War II where he served with the 751 Quartermaster Company. In August 1942,when Dwight D. Eisenhower was in England to plan the invasion of North Africa,Moaney transferred to Eisenhower's personal staff. For the next 27 years Moaney served as Eisenhower's valet.
Edward J. Bermingham (1887–1958) was a prominent investment banker and correspondent of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bermingham worked for Lehman Brothers and Dillon,Read and Company,and was a trustee of Columbia University.
Charles L. Brainard (1903–1988) was active in preserving the papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Byron Wolfe (1904-1973) was an American illustrator and painter of the American West. His work can be seen at the Kansas State University and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library,Museum and Boyhood Home.
The family of Dwight D. Eisenhower,the 34th president of the United States,and his wife,Mamie,consists predominantly of German and Pennsylvania Dutch background. They are related by marriage to the family of Richard Nixon,who was Eisenhower's vice-president,and was later the 37th president of the United States.
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