Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in 1890, in Denison, Texas; the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover, and their only child born in Texas. He was named David Dwight, but quickly began to go by his middle name. The Eisenhower family is from German descent and came from Forbach, Alsace, but had lived in America since the 18th century. The family moved back to Abilene, Kansas in 1892. Eisenhower graduated from Abilene High School in 1909 and he worked at Belle Springs Creamery from 1909 to 1911, and attended U.S. Military Academy.

He married Mamie Geneva Doud on July 1, 1916 and had two children. , Doud D. Eisenhower died a tragic death at a young age, that haunted the couple forever, and John Sheldon David Doud Eisenhower and the John Eisenhower served in the U.S. Army. John son married Richard Nixson daughter Julie in 1968.

During the late 1920s and early 1930s Eisenhower's career in the peacetime Army stagnated. He was assigned to the American Battle Monuments Commission, then to the Army War College, and served as executive officer to General George V. Moseley. In 1941, he was Chief of Staff to General Walter Kreuger, Commander of the 3rd Army and promoted to Brigadier-General. He was offered the Medal of Honor for his leadership in the European Theater but refused it, saying that it should be reserved for bravery and valor.

In 1952, retierd from active duty, during this time he was the president of Columbia University from 1948 to 1953. Also in 1952, he ran for the president and won; he became the first career soilder since Ulysses S. Grant to be elected president. As president he ended the war in Korea with the signing of a truce. The U.S. developed as a global nuclear power, when Russia develop theirs, fear that a third World War would intensife. He sent troops in to Little Rock, Arkansas to suport the ruling that ordered the desegregation of all public schools. He endorsed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating Interstate Highways in the U.S.

Eisenhower maintain his populaarity, and was re-elected in 1956, he selected Richard Nixson as his runing mate. Eisenhower was one of the oldest president to serve at 70, since broken by Ronald Reagan. He was the first president affected by the limited terms. was also one of the first Republican president to be elected for two terms since William McKinley. When his presidency was up he passed it on to John F. Kennedy, and retired in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with his wife. , Eisenhower is the only United States President with military service to reenter the United States armed forces after leaving the office of President. Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington D.C. after a long illness at the age 78.