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December 6– President Eisenhower meets with President-elect Kennedy for discussions on major national issues. [62] December 7– Press Secretary Hagerty denies President Eisenhower was indisposed with a stomach ache the previous night after reports emerged. President Eisenhower attends a luncheon for the American National Red Cross. [63]
To this end, they assembled a Draft Eisenhower movement in September 1951. Two weeks later, ... Dates Country Locations Details 1 December 2–5, 1952
A "Draft Eisenhower" movement in the Republican Party persuaded him to declare his candidacy in the 1952 presidential election to counter the candidacy of non-interventionist Senator Robert A. Taft. The effort was a long struggle; Eisenhower had to be convinced that political circumstances had created a genuine duty to offer himself as a ...
The Draft Eisenhower movement has been referenced in later draft movements including the 1992 Draft Perot movement [100] and the 2008 Draft Condi movement. [101] [102] In his 2000 book, Pickett wrote: In truth, Eisenhower's decision to become a candidate was less complicated, not to mention less devious, and more honorable.
A presidential transition was guaranteed to occur in 1952 when incumbent president Harry S. Truman declined to run for reelection. [2] This would be the first post-election presidential transition to take place following the ratification of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which shortened the duration of such presidential transitions from four months to just over two ...
The draft movement soon gained the endorsement of twenty-four newspapers, led by The New York Times. [37] A Draft Eisenhower rally at Madison Square Garden on February 8 drew a crowd far larger than the arena's capacity; shortly after, Eisenhower privately affirmed that he would contest the presidency, if nominated by the Republicans. [38] [39]
Eisenhower led all opinion polls by large margins throughout the campaign. On Election Day Eisenhower took over 57% of the popular vote and won 41 of the 48 states. Stevenson won only six Southern states and the border state of Missouri, becoming the first losing candidate since William Jennings Bryan in 1900 to carry Missouri.
During the oath, Eisenhower said the line "the office of President of the United States" as "the office of the President of the United States," even as chief justice Vinson said the line correctly. Eisenhower placed his hand on two Bibles when he recited the oath: the Bible used by George Washington in 1789, opened to II Chronicles 7:14; and ...