Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II,he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe,and achieved the five-star rank of General of the Army. He planned and supervised the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy from the Western Front in 1944–1945.
The 1952 United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election and was held on Tuesday,November 4,1952. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson II,which ended a string of Democratic Party wins that stretched back to 1932.
Thomas Overton Brooks was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based Fourth Congressional District of northwestern Louisiana,having served for a quarter century beginning on January 3,1937.
Robert Bernard Anderson was an American administrator,politician,and businessman. He served as the Secretary of the Navy between February 1953 and March 1954. He also served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1957 until 1961,and was one of President Dwight Eisenhower's closest confidants.
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. Congresswoman representing the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3,1979,to January 3,1993.
Walter Nathan Tobriner was the 22nd and final President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia and a U.S. ambassador.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is a United States presidential memorial in Washington,D.C. honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower,the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and the 34th President of the United States.
The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement that eventually persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower,former Chief of Staff of the United States Army,to contest the presidency of the United States.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20,1953,and ended on January 20,1961. Eisenhower,a Republican from Kansas,took office following a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election. John F. Kennedy succeeded him after winning the 1960 presidential election.
William H. Milliken Jr. was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1959 to 1965. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1943 to 1946 and from 1949 to 1950.
Benjamin Franklin James was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1949 to 1959. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1939 to 1947.
Susan Elaine Eisenhower is an American consultant,author,and expert on international security,space policy,energy,and relations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America. She is the daughter of John Eisenhower,and the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
On November 7,1978,Washington,D.C.,held the second election for mayor of the district as a result of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The primary election of the Democratic Party took place on Tuesday,September 12,with At-Large Councilman Marion Barry defeating incumbent mayor Walter E. Washington and Council Chair Sterling Tucker to become the Democratic nominee for Mayor. Barry defeated Republican nominee Arthur Fletcher and two marginal candidates in the general election on November 7,1978.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 7,1972,as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon overwhelmingly won the state of Texas with 66.20% of the vote,to the Democratic Party candidate George McGovern’s 33.24%,thus giving him the state’s 26 electoral votes. This result made Texas 9.8% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This was the first time a Republican won the state of Texas since Texas-born Dwight D. Eisenhower won it in 1956.
Melvin Colvin Hazen was a Washington,DC politician who served as the 17th president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia,from 1933 to 1941;and the only one to die in office.
The 2022 Council of the District of Columbia election will be held on November 8,2022. Elections will be held in four ward districts as well as for Chairperson of the council and two at-large seats.
Oliver Peck Newman (1877-1956) was a Washington,DC politician who served as the 11th president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia,from 1913 to 1917. He was also an advisor to Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dominican Republic leader Rafael L. Trujillo.
F. Joseph "Jiggs" Donahue (1900-1978) was a Washington,DC politician who served as the 19th President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia,from 1952 to 1953. He was also a lawyer who tried cases before the Supreme Court,a friend of every president from Woodrow Wilson to Jimmy Carter and soldier who served in two wars. He got the nickname "Jiggs" from Chicago White Sox first baseman Jiggs Donahue. He is the only Catholic to serve as Chief Executive of the District of Columbia.
Samuel Spencer (1910-1997) was a Washington,DC politician who served as the 20th president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia,from 1953 to 1956. He was charged with,and credited with,carrying out President Eisenhower's plan to eliminate "every vestige" of racial segregation in the Nation's Capitol.
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