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The family of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, and his wife, Mamie, consists predominantly of German and Pennsylvania Dutch background. They are related by marriage to the family of Richard Nixon, who was Eisenhower's vice-president, and was later the 37th president of the United States.
Doud Dwight Eisenhower Nickname: Icky: September 24, 1917 – January 2, 1921 no spouse: died of scarlet fever: San Antonio, Texas John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower: August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013 Barbara Jean Thompson United States Ambassador to Belgium (1969–1971) Father of: Dwight David Eisenhower II (b. 1948) Barbara Anne Eisenhower ...
This template displays a family tree of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.By default, the template displays only information for Eisenhower and his wife to the third generation of their descendants.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's mother was said to be of mixed blood from Africa and mulatto. [13] [15] [17] This claim seems to be ultimately based on nothing more than her appearance on an 1885 wedding photograph. [12] Historians and biographers of Eisenhower had documented his parents' German and Swiss German ancestry and long history in America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (6 C, 58 P) Pages in category "Eisenhower family" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
With the exception of Martin Van Buren and possibly Dwight D. Eisenhower, [1] every president has ancestors from the British Isles; Van Buren was of Dutch (New Netherlander) lineage and Eisenhower was of German (Pennsylvania Dutch) and Swiss heritage.
Eisenhower was born David Dwight Eisenhower in Denison, Texas, on October 14, 1890, the third of seven sons born to Ida and David. [8] His mother soon reversed his two forenames after his birth to avoid the confusion of having two Davids in the family. [9] He was named Dwight after the evangelist Dwight L. Moody. [10]
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. During World War II, a platoon of Pennsylvania Dutch soldiers on patrol in Germany was once spared from being machine-gunned by Nazi soldiers who listened to them approaching.