Lived

October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969

Home State

Pennsylvania (Kansas by upbringing)

Party

Republican

Vice President

Richard Nixon

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe who won the presidency as a moderate Republican and governed against the more conservative wing of his party. He built the Interstate Highway System, signed the first Civil Rights Acts since Reconstruction, sent federal troops to enforce school desegregation at Little Rock, and established NASA. The CIA under his administration orchestrated coups in Iran and Guatemala, and his farewell address warned of the 'military–industrial complex.' Five-star General of the Army, Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, first Supreme Commander of NATO, President of Columbia University.

United States Military Academy at West Point, 1915.

Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate System. Signed the first Civil Rights Act since Reconstruction. Sent federal troops to enforce Brown v. Board of Education at Little Rock. Established NASA. Ended the Korean War. Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act (1956), the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1960, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act (1958).

The CIA under his administration orchestrated coups in Iran (1953) and Guatemala (1954). Refused to publicly repudiate Senator Joseph McCarthy for years. Continued nuclear testing and expansion of the arsenal.