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The 1956 Republican National Convention was held by the Republican Party of the United States at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, from August 20 to August 23, 1956. U.S. Senator William F. Knowland was temporary chairman and former speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin Jr. served as permanent chairman.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, located at Fort Eisenhower near Augusta, Georgia; Eisenhower Conference Centre, located at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe), Mons, Belgium; Eisenhower Hall, the cadet activities building at West Point [1] Eisenhower Monument at West Point; Fort Eisenhower, upon recommendation of the ...
From March 11 to June 5, 1956, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1956 United States presidential election.Incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1956 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1956, in San Francisco, California.
Eisenhower did not deliver a speech before a joint session of Congress because he had suffered a major heart attack four months prior and was recovering in Key West, Florida. [1] Instead, Eisenhower opted to pre-record remarks from his office at the Naval Air Station in Key West summarizing his State of the Union Address which were broadcast to ...
Resigned April 4, 1956, to trigger a contested primary as promised to voters Thomas A. Wofford (D) April 5, 1956 Kentucky (2) Alben W. Barkley (D) Died April 30, 1956 Robert Humphreys (D) June 21, 1956 Kentucky (2) Robert Humphreys (D) Successor elected November 6, 1956 John Sherman Cooper (R) November 7, 1956 South Carolina (2) Thomas A ...
The Eisenhower Presidential complex is only one of two whose creation preceded the close of a presidency, and while this is obviously the case with his boyhood home, construction of the library itself began in 1958, and the museum portion before he even took office, coinciding with the then-General's announcement of his presidential candidacy in June 1952.
On October 16, 1956, Eisenhower used a recess appoint to seat William Brennan. [3] Presidential advisers thought the appointment of a Catholic Democrat from the Northeast would woo critical voters in the upcoming election for Eisenhower, a Republican. [19]
February 29 – Dwight D. Eisenhower announces he will seek re-election as President. March 11 – Laurence Olivier's film, Richard III, adapted from Shakespeare's play, premieres in the U.S. in theaters and on NBC Television, on the same day as an afternoon matinée. It is one of the first such experiments of its kind.