Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States
Life
Pre-Presidency
34th President
Post Presidency
Achievements
4. He Sponsored and Signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
3. He Balanced the Budget, Not Just Once, But Three Times.
2. He Ended the Korean War.
1. He Kept America at Peace
Failures
5. He Failed to Improve the Plight of the American Farmer.
4. He Failed to Moderate the Republican Party.
3. He Failed to Provide Leadership in Civil Rights.
2. He Failed to Denounce Senator Joseph McCarthy.
1. He Failed to Defuse the Cold War.
Popularity
Members of his Cabinet
Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles, 1953
Christian A. Herter, 1959
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey, 1953
Robert B. Anderson, 1957
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson, 1953
Neil H. McElroy, 1957
Thomas S. Gates, Jr., 1959
Attorney General
Herbert Brownell, Jr., 1953
William P. Rogers, 1958
Postmaster General
Arthur E. Summerfield, 1953
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay, 1953
Frederick A. Seaton, 1956
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson, 1953
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks, 1953
Lewis L. Strauss1, 1958
Frederick H. Mueller, 1959
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Oveta Culp Hobby, 1953
Marion B. Folsom, 1955
Arthur S. Flemming, 1958
Secretary of Labor
Martin P. Durkin, 1953
James P. Mitchell, 1953