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Born October 14, 1890, Denison, Texas, U.S.

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Sports > Studies

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Graduated from Abilene High School in 1909. Afterwards, he worked for a year supporting his brother's college education and then entered the U.S Military Academy in which he graduated from in 1915.

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Married Mamie Geneva Doud in 1916 and had two sons: Doud Dwight, born in 1917, and died of scarlet fever in 1921, and John Sheldon Doud, born in 1922.

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commanded a tank training centre
->was promoted captain
->then promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel
->three months later he was made chief of staff of the Third Army
->made a brigadier general in September 1941
->then promoted to general in March 1942
->promoted to lieutenant general in July 1942
->appointed supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force
->made a five-star general in December 1944
->named as chief of staff
->left and became president of Columbia University
->wrote Crusade
->became supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Many were upset Truman became president. Then, he fired General Douglas MacArthur as commander of United Nations forces which made him look worse. He was a democrat.

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Served two terms: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961. Although the public was worried after he suffered a heart attack in September 1955.

Richard Nixon was his vice-president.
Represented Republicans.

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K₁C₂ (Korea, Communism, and corruption)

"I like Ike"

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January 20, 1953

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"Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re"

"Gently in Manner - Strongly in Deed"

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In September 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Governor Orval E. Faubus was attempting to obstruct a federal court order integrating a high school . This was due to the continuance of racial discrimination which Eisenhower reacted by dispatching 1,000 federal troops.

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He was the first president to serve with three Congresses controlled by the opposition party

Eisenhower was an avid painter in his later years.

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Died March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C.