Birth: Denison, Texas, October 14, 1890

Ancestry: Swiss-German

Father: David Jacob Eisenhower

Mother: Ida Elizabeth Stover Esienhower

Brothers: Arthur Eisenhower (1886-1958); Edgar Eisenhower (1889-1971); Roy Eisenhower (1892-1942); Earl Eisenhower (1898-1968); Milton Eisenhower (1899-1985)

Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian

Education: Public Schools; U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (1915); Command and General Staff School (1926)

Occupations Before Presidency: Soldier; President of Columbia University

Military Service: 2d lieutenant in United States Army (1915); Various posts in United States, Panama, and Phillipines (1915-1942); Commander of European Theater of Operations (1942); Supreme commander of Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe (1943); General of the Army (1944); Army Chief of Staff (1945); Supreme commander of Allied Powers in Europe (1951)

Inauguration Age: 62

Occupations After Presidency: Writer; Political Adviser

Death: Washington, D.C., March 28, 1969

Place of Burial: Eisenhower Museum, Abilene, Kansas

Inauguration: January 20, 1953; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Richard M. Nixon

Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles

Secretary of the Treasury: George M. Humphrey

Secretary of Defense: Charles E. Wilson

Attorney General: Herbert Brownell, Jr.

Postmaster General: Arthur E. Summerfield

Secretary of the Interior: Douglas McKay; Frederick A. Seaton (from June 8, 1956)

Secretary of Agriculture: Ezra Taft Benson

Secretary of Commerce: Sinclair Weeks

Secretary of Labor: Martin Durkin; James P. Mitchell (from January 19, 1954)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Oveta Culp Hobby (Department created April 1, 1953); Marion B. Folsom (from August 1, 1955)

Supreme Court Appointments: Earl Warren, Chief Justice (1953); John M Harlan (1955); William J. Brennan, Jr. (1956)

Congress #83 (January 3, 1953-December 2, 1954):

Senate: 48 Republicans; 46 Democrats; 2 Others

House: 221 Republicans; 213 Democrats; 1 Other

Congress #84 (January 5, 1955-July 27, 1956):

Senate: 48 Democrats; 47 Republicans; 1 Other

House: 232 Democrats; 203 Republicans

Inauguration: January 20, 1957; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Richard M. Nixon

Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles; Christian A. Herter (from April 22, 1959)

Secretary of the Treasury: George M. Humphrey; Robert B. Anderson (from July 29, 1957)

Secretary of Defense: Charles E. Wilson; Neil H. McElroy (from October 9, 1957); Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (from January 26, 1960)

Attorney General: Herbert Brownell, Jr.; William P. Rogers (from January 27, 1958)

Postmaster General: Arthur E. Summerfield

Secretary of the Interior: Frederick A. Seaton

Secretary of Agriculture: Ezra Taft Benson

Secretary of Commerce: Sinclair Weeks; Frederick H. Mueller (from August 6, 1959)

Secretary of Labor: James P. Mitchell

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Marion B. Folsom; Arthur S. Flemming (from August 1, 1958)

Supreme Court Appointments: Charles E. Whittaker (1957); Potter Stewart (1958)

Congress #85 (January 3, 1957-August 24, 1958):

Senate: 49 Democrats; 47 Republicans

House: 234 Democrats; 47 Republicans

Congress #86 (January 7, 1959-September 1, 1960):

Senate: 64 Democrats; 34 Republicans

House: 283 Democrats; 153 Republicans

States Admitted: Alaska (1959); Hawaii (1959)