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In 1954, Eisenhower appointed General Lucius D. Clay to head a committee charged with proposing an interstate highway system plan. [232] The president's support for the project was influenced by his experiences as a young army officer crossing the country as part of the 1919 Army Convoy. [233]
April 1 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. April 7 – Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
The 1954 United States elections were held on November 2, 1954. The election took place in the middle of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower's first term. In the election, the Republicans lost the Congressional majorities they had won in the previous election; Democratic gains were modest, but were enough for the party to win back control of both chambers of Congress.
The president and First Lady, Richard and Pat Nixon, attended, as did former president Lyndon B. Johnson. former President Harry S. Truman was unable to attend due to having vacation. Also among the 2,000 guests that were invited were the UN Secretary-General U Thant and 191 foreign delegates from 78 countries, including 10 foreign heads of ...
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
January 7 – President Eisenhower delivers the 1954 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. Eisenhower outlines a program to bolster American military might and that of countries fighting communism while maintaining a healthy economy in the United States.
1954 was a common year ... April 16 – Vice President Richard Nixon announces that the United States may be "putting our own boys in Indochina regardless of Allied ...
The 1954 United States Senate elections was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The 32 Senate seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections, and six special elections were held to fill vacancies.