Dwight David Eisenhower was the thirty fourth president to serve for the United States. He was born in Denison, Texas, on October 14, 1890. After a short time living in Texas, David Eisenhower decided to move his family to Abilene, Kansas. Dwight graduated from Abilene High School in 1909. In 1910 he received an appointment to West Point, he got in and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1915. While in Fort Sam Houston, Tex., he met Mamie Geneva Doud. The two of them got married in Denver, Colorado on July 1, 1916. Soon after, Mamie had two sons: Dwight Doud and John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower. Dwight died at the age of four years.
In 1952 Dwight Eisenhower won the presidential nomination on the first ballot, it was a close call with Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. His reputation as a World War II hero and his promise to end the Korean War brought him an easy win over Adlai E. Stevenson his Democratic opponent. He then took office on January 20, 1953. Eisenhower succeeded his campaign pledge when a peace treaty was signed on July 1953 in Korea after he threatened to use nuclea
In January 1957, Dwight Eisenhower announced a warning known as the "Eisenhower Doctrine." It said that the United States would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country. In March, congress finally passed the doctrine.
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