Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Born in Denison, Texas, in 1890 and raised in Abilene, Kansas, he was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, overseeing the D Day landings.
A Republican, Eisenhower won two landslide elections.
Key Moments
An armistice ended fighting in Korea in 1953. He signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating the Interstate Highway System, sent federal troops to protect students integrating Little Rock Central High School in 1957, and signed the law creating NASA in 1958.
Did You Know
In his 1961 farewell address he warned about the influence of the military industrial complex. His presidential library and boyhood home are in Abilene, Kansas.
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