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Dwight David Eisenhower
34th President of the United States
January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961
NW Corner of 5th and St. Joseph Streets
Born: October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas
Died: March 28, 1969, in Washington, D.C
Nickname: "Ike"
Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe 1943-1945, and Commander of NATO 1950-1952
Eisenhower signs Federal Highway Bill authorizing construction of interstate highway system in 1956.
Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson push through Congress the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation in 82 years.
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