Dwight D. Eisenhower | Miller Center (original) (raw)
1890 - 1969
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
Full Name
Dwight David Eisenhower
Birth Date
October 14, 1890
Birth Place
Denison, Texas
Education
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (graduated 1915)
Political Party
Republican
Marriage
July 1, 1916, to Mary “Mamie” Geneva Doud (1896–1979)
Children
Doud Dwight (1917–1921); John Sheldon Doud (1922–2013)
Burial Place
Abilene, Kansas
Chicago Style
Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Accessed December 19, 2024. https://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower.
Chester J. Pach, Jr.
Ohio University
Professor Pach is an associate professor of history at Ohio University and former director of the Contemporary History Institute.