34th President of the United States

Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Ike”

In office

Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 1961

Party

Republican

Home state

Kansas

Lived

1890–1969

Days in office

2,922

In order

No. 34: after Harry S. Truman, before John F. Kennedy

Vice president

Richard Nixon

Key achievements & events

• Supreme Allied Commander who led the D-Day invasion in World War II
• Ended the Korean War with an armistice (1953)
• Built the Interstate Highway System (1956)
• Created NASA (1958) after Sputnik
• Sent federal troops to integrate Little Rock Central High School (1957)

Remember: In his farewell address he warned against the "military-industrial complex."