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  2. Draft Eisenhower movement - Wikipedia

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    The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement that eventually persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Chief of Staff of the United States Army, to contest the presidency of the United States.

  3. Civil Rights Act of 1957 - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875.The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9, 1957.

  4. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower however, gave a higher priority to balancing the budget, refusing to cut taxes "until we have in sight a program of expenditure that shows that the factors of income and outgo will be balanced." Eisenhower kept the national debt low and inflation near zero; [169] three of his eight budgets had a surplus. [170]

  6. Eisenhower Decides To Run - Wikipedia

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    One of the first scholarly looks at the 1952 presidential campaign, [1] Pickett's book focused on Eisenhower's political reputation, and challenged the notion that he was a reluctant presidential candidate who needed to be convinced to run, [2] in what became known as the "Draft Eisenhower" movement. The idea that Eisenhower was an unwilling ...

  7. Draft (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower did his best to ignore them, but Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. entered Eisenhower in the 1952 New Hampshire Republican primary without the general's authorization. Eisenhower won all the Republican delegates and defeated Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who had campaigned intensively in the state, by a vote of 50% to 38%. Eisenhower told a ...

  8. Civil Rights Act of 1960 - Wikipedia

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    President Eisenhower also issued a statement upon signing the Civil Rights Act of 1960, stating that he felt the law would serve as a "historic step forward in the field of civil rights." [13] Also within this statement, he emphasized the importance of certain provisions put forth by the law. He also discussed his predictions of what favorable ...

  9. 1958 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1958 State of the Union Address was given by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, on Thursday, January 9, 1958, to the 85th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [3] It was Eisenhower's sixth State of the Union Address.