Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, promoted Atoms for Peace at the United Nations General Assembly in order to ease Cold War tensions.
Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was a five-star general in the United States Army and served as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.
Born: October 14, 1890, Denison, TX
Died: March 28, 1969, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
Presidential term: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Party: Republican Party
Vice president: Richard Nixon (1953–1961)
Nicknames: Kansas Cyclone, Ike, General Ike, Little Ike, Duckpin
• First president to serve in World War II.
• First president to serve in both World Wars.
• First president to have been a five-star general of the army.
• First president to have served as chief of staff of the United States Army.
• First president to have served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
• First president to have an aircraft carrier named after him.
• First president to be born in Texas.
• First president from Kansas.
• First president to begin his presidency on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment). He began his presidency on January 20, 1953.
• First president to celebrate his 70th birthday while in office. Eisenhower was born in 1890 and turned 70 in 1960. His office term ended in 1961.
• First president to have had both major parties attempt to recruit him for the presidential nomination of their party. Eisenhower was a popular military figure of World War II, and was encouraged by Democrats and Republicans to run for their party’s presidential nomination after the war. president Truman reportedly offered to serve as Eisenhower’s vice president if he ran as a Democrat. Eisenhower ultimately ran as a Republican.
• First president to travel by jet aircraft and helicopter.
• First president to get a pilot’s license.
• First president to visit the independent nations of Switzerland, Vatican City, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Greece, Tunisia, Spain, Chile, Portugal, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan while in office.
• First president to give a televised news conference, in 1955.
• First president to appear on color television.
• First president of all 50 states (Alaska and Hawaii were admitted during his presidency).
• First president to be term-limited, due to the 22nd Amendment.
• First president to have served more than one full term with a Congress controlled by the opposing party.
• First president to have received an honorary knighthood from a foreign nation (Eisenhower received 22 such honors).
• First president to receive the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
• First president to receive the Philippine Distinguished Service Star, the French Médaille militaire, the French Croix de guerre 1939–1945, the Belgian Croix de guerre, and the Luxembourgish Military Medal.
• First president and first American to be appointed to the British Order of Merit.
• First president to be made a Grand Cordon of the Japanese Order of the Chrysanthemum.
• First president and American to receive the Soviet Order of Victory, for serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
• First president to receive an Emmy Award.
• First president to have had a secretary of health, education, and welfare.
• First president to have had a national security advisor.
• First president to serve as president of Columbia University.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, promoted Atoms for Peace at the United Nations General Assembly in order to ease Cold War tensions.
Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was a five-star general in the United States Army and served as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.
Born: October 14, 1890, Denison, TX
Died: March 28, 1969, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
Presidential term: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Party: Republican Party
Vice president: Richard Nixon (1953–1961)
Nicknames: Kansas Cyclone, Ike, General Ike, Little Ike, Duckpin
• First president to serve in World War II.
• First president to serve in both World Wars.
• First president to have been a five-star general of the army.
• First president to have served as chief of staff of the United States Army.
• First president to have served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
• First president to have an aircraft carrier named after him.
• First president to be born in Texas.
• First president from Kansas.
• First president to begin his presidency on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment). He began his presidency on January 20, 1953.
• First president to celebrate his 70th birthday while in office. Eisenhower was born in 1890 and turned 70 in 1960. His office term ended in 1961.
• First president to have had both major parties attempt to recruit him for the presidential nomination of their party. Eisenhower was a popular military figure of World War II, and was encouraged by Democrats and Republicans to run for their party’s presidential nomination after the war. president Truman reportedly offered to serve as Eisenhower’s vice president if he ran as a Democrat. Eisenhower ultimately ran as a Republican.
• First president to travel by jet aircraft and helicopter.
• First president to get a pilot’s license.
• First president to visit the independent nations of Switzerland, Vatican City, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Greece, Tunisia, Spain, Chile, Portugal, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan while in office.
• First president to give a televised news conference, in 1955.
• First president to appear on color television.
• First president of all 50 states (Alaska and Hawaii were admitted during his presidency).
• First president to be term-limited, due to the 22nd Amendment.
• First president to have served more than one full term with a Congress controlled by the opposing party.
• First president to have received an honorary knighthood from a foreign nation (Eisenhower received 22 such honors).
• First president to receive the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
• First president to receive the Philippine Distinguished Service Star, the French Médaille militaire, the French Croix de guerre 1939–1945, the Belgian Croix de guerre, and the Luxembourgish Military Medal.
• First president and first American to be appointed to the British Order of Merit.
• First president to be made a Grand Cordon of the Japanese Order of the Chrysanthemum.
• First president and American to receive the Soviet Order of Victory, for serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
• First president to receive an Emmy Award.
• First president to have had a secretary of health, education, and welfare.
• First president to have had a national security advisor.
• First president to serve as president of Columbia University.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal led the nation through the Great Depression. Elected to four terms, his presidency helped ensure victory in World War II.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by the initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
• Born: January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, NY
• Died: April 12, 1945, Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site, GA
• Presidential term: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
• Party: Democratic Party
• Vice presidents: John Nance Garner (1933–1941), Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945), Harry S. Truman (1945)
• First president to serve more than two terms. Roosevelt won a record four presidential elections, and served four terms in office from 1933 to 1945. More precisely, Roosevelt served three full terms, and died 2 months and 24 days into his fourth term.
• First president to be inaugurated on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment). His first inauguration took place on March 4, 1933. His second inauguration took place on January 20, 1937 and is the first inauguration to take place on that date.
• First president to be elected after losing as vice president on a major party ticket. Roosevelt was Democratic nominee for vice president in the 1920 United States presidential election. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1932 United States presidential election, and was elected.
• First president to appear five times on a national ticket, a record tied by Richard Nixon.
• First president to appear on television On April 30, 1939, Roosevelt appeared at the opening ceremony of the 1939 New York World’s Fair and gave a speech. The speech was televised, and Roosevelt became the first president of the United States to give a speech that is broadcast by television. Roosevelt’s speech was seen on black and white television sets with 5 to 12-inch tubes.
• First president to appoint a woman (Frances Perkins) to a Cabinet post. Perkins was appointed United States secretary of labor in 1933.
• First president to establish a presidential library
• First president to veto more than 600 bills. His total vetoes were 635, though 9 were overridden.
• First president to issue more than 250 pocket vetos. He issued 263 pocket vetoes.
• First president to visit South America while in office, he visited Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
• First president to visit the Soviet Union.
• First president to fly in an airplane while in office.Template:Says whom
• First president to make a transatlantic flight, he traveled aboard a Boeing 314 Clipper during his secret 1943 mission to Casablanca. As a result of this trip, he also became the first president to visit Africa while in office. He visited Morocco, Liberia, Tunisia, Gambia and Egypt.
• First president to have had no full siblings. He only had a half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
• First president to receive a British monarch during a visit to the U.S., George VI in 1939.
• First president to meet with a king of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud in 1945.
• First president who was a Democrat to die in office.
• First president to have a National Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
• First president to have three vice presidents (John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, & Harry S. Truman).
• First president with a significant physical disability, his legs were paralyzed due to polio.
• First president to visit Iran, Haiti, the Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal led the nation through the Great Depression. Elected to four terms, his presidency helped ensure victory in World War II.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by the initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
• Born: January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, NY
• Died: April 12, 1945, Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site, GA
• Presidential term: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
• Party: Democratic Party
• Vice presidents: John Nance Garner (1933–1941), Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945), Harry S. Truman (1945)
• First president to serve more than two terms. Roosevelt won a record four presidential elections, and served four terms in office from 1933 to 1945. More precisely, Roosevelt served three full terms, and died 2 months and 24 days into his fourth term.
• First president to be inaugurated on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment). His first inauguration took place on March 4, 1933. His second inauguration took place on January 20, 1937 and is the first inauguration to take place on that date.
• First president to be elected after losing as vice president on a major party ticket. Roosevelt was Democratic nominee for vice president in the 1920 United States presidential election. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1932 United States presidential election, and was elected.
• First president to appear five times on a national ticket, a record tied by Richard Nixon.
• First president to appear on television On April 30, 1939, Roosevelt appeared at the opening ceremony of the 1939 New York World’s Fair and gave a speech. The speech was televised, and Roosevelt became the first president of the United States to give a speech that is broadcast by television. Roosevelt’s speech was seen on black and white television sets with 5 to 12-inch tubes.
• First president to appoint a woman (Frances Perkins) to a Cabinet post. Perkins was appointed United States secretary of labor in 1933.
• First president to establish a presidential library
• First president to veto more than 600 bills. His total vetoes were 635, though 9 were overridden.
• First president to issue more than 250 pocket vetos. He issued 263 pocket vetoes.
• First president to visit South America while in office, he visited Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
• First president to visit the Soviet Union.
• First president to fly in an airplane while in office.Template:Says whom
• First president to make a transatlantic flight, he traveled aboard a Boeing 314 Clipper during his secret 1943 mission to Casablanca. As a result of this trip, he also became the first president to visit Africa while in office. He visited Morocco, Liberia, Tunisia, Gambia and Egypt.
• First president to have had no full siblings. He only had a half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
• First president to receive a British monarch during a visit to the U.S., George VI in 1939.
• First president to meet with a king of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud in 1945.
• First president who was a Democrat to die in office.
• First president to have a National Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
• First president to have three vice presidents (John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, & Harry S. Truman).
• First president with a significant physical disability, his legs were paralyzed due to polio.
• First president to visit Iran, Haiti, the Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago.
