1890 - 1969
Dwight D. Eisenhower
We must be willing, individually and as a Nation, to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Inaugural Address
Overview
Born in Texas and raised in Kansas, Dwight D. Eisenhower was one of America's greatest military commanders and the thirty-fourth President of the United States. Inspired by the example of a friend who was going to the U.S. Naval Academy, Eisenhower won an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Although his mother had religious convictions that made her a pacifist, she did not try to stop Eisenhower from becoming a military officer.
Fast Facts
Dwight David Eisenhower
Denison, Texas
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (graduated 1915)
Presbyterian
Soldier
Republican
“Ike”
July 1, 1916, to Mary “Mamie” Geneva Doud (1896–1979)
Doud Dwight (1917–1921); John Sheldon Doud (1922–2013)
34
Abilene, Kansas
