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Eisenhower, Dwight D.

34th President of the United States (1953 –61)

LIFE HISTORY:
Nickname: Ike
Born: Oct. 14, 1890, Denison, Tex.
Education: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (graduated 1915)
Profession: Soldier
Major Religion: Presbyterian
Marriage: July 1, 1916, to Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud (1896 –1979)
Children: Doud Dwight Eisenhower (1917 –21); John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (1923 – )
Political Affiliation: Republican
Writings: Crusade in Europe (1948); Mandate for Change (1963); White House Years (2 vols., 1963 –65); Waging Peace (1965); At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends (1967)
Died: Mar. 28, 1969, Washington, D.C.
Buried: Abilene, Kans.

VICE-PRESIDENT AND CABINET MEMBERS:
Vice-President: Richard M. Nixon
Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles (1953 –59); Christian A. Herter (1959 –61)
Secretary of the Treasury: Geroge M. Humphrey (1953 –57); Robert B. Anderson (1957 –61)
Secretary of Defense: Charles E.Wilson (1953 –57); Neil H. Mc Elroy (1957 –59); Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (1960 –61)
Attorney General: Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1953 –57); William P. Rogers (1957 –61)
Postmaster General: Arthur E. Summerfield
Secretary of the Interior: Douglas J. McKay (1953 –1956); Frederick A. Seaton (1956 –61)
Secretary of Agriculture: Ezra Taft Benson
Secretary of Commerce: Sinclair Weeks (1953 –58); Lewis Strauss (1958 –59); Frederick H. Mueller (1959 –61)
Secretary of Labor: Martin P. Durkin (1953); James P. Mitchell (1953 –61)
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Oveta Culp Hobby (1953 –55); Marion B. Folsom (1955 –58); Arthur S. Flemming (1958 –61).

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