Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.  |  Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known asDwight D. Eisenhower;"Ike" —Born in Denison,GraysonCounty, Tex.,October14, 1890.Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II;presidentof Columbia University, 1948-53;Presidentof the United States, 1953-61.Presbyterian.GermanandSwissancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;LoyalLegion.Died, after a series ofheartattacks, atWalterReed Army Hospital,Washington,D.C.,March28, 1969 (age78 years, 165days).Interment atEisenhowerCenter, Abilene, Kan.| |  Relatives: Sonof Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;brother ofMiltonStover Eisenhower; married,July 1,1916, toMaryGeneva Doud; father ofJohnSheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David EisenhowerII (son-in-law ofRichardMilhous Nixon). | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ShermanAdams —CarterL. Burgess —WoodrowWilson Mann —JacquelineC. Odlum —GeorgeE. Allen —MeyerKestnbaum —BernardM. Shanley —JudahNadich | | | | The EisenhowerExpressway,from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, inCookCounty, Illinois, isnamed forhim. — The EisenhowerTunnel(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the ContinentalDivide, in the Rocky Mountains, fromClearCreek County toSummitCounty, Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The Eisenhower Range ofmountains,inVictoriaLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. —MountEisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). | | | | Campaign slogan: "I LikeIke." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:Stephen E. Ambrose,Eisenhower: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein,TheHidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlod'Este,Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk,DwightD. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.Buchanan, Jr.,RedCarpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in theEisenhower Administration — Jim Newton,Eisenhower:The White House Years — William Lee Miller,TwoAmericans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1969) |
| | Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979) — also known asMary Geneva Doud — Born in Boone,BooneCounty, Iowa,November14, 1896.Republican.First Ladyof the United States, 1953-61.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,November1, 1979 (age82 years, 352days).Interment atEisenhowerCenter, Abilene, Kan. | | Milton Stover Eisenhower (1899-1985) — also known asMilton S. Eisenhower — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Abilene,DickinsonCounty, Kan.,September15, 1899.Republican.Newspaperreporter;universityprofessor; U.S. Vice Consul inEdinburgh, 1924-26;presidentof Kansas State University, 1943-50; Pennsylvania State University,1950-56; and Johns Hopkins University, 1956-67 and 1971-72; directorforrailroads;trustee forhospitals;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1964;Independent candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1980.Episcopalian.Member,Rotary;PhiKappa Phi;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaDelta Chi;AlphaZeta;OmicronDelta Kappa;DeltaSigma Pi.Died, ofcancer,inBaltimore,Md.,May 2,1985 (age85 years, 229days).Interment atCentre County Memorial Park, State College, Pa.  | Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) — also known asRichard M. Nixon;"TrickyDick";"Searchlight" —of Whittier,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Yorba Linda,OrangeCounty, Calif.,January9, 1913.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50;U.S.Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956;VicePresident of the United States, 1953-61;Presidentof the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1964.Quaker. Member,AmericanLegion;Order ofthe Coif.Discredited by the Watergatescandal,as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted threearticles ofimpeachment against him, overobstructionof justice,abuseof power, andcontemptof Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directlyimplicatedhim in theWatergatebreak-in; with impeachment certain, heresigned;pardonedin 1974 by PresidentGeraldR. Ford.Died, from astroke,atNew YorkHospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1994 (age81 years, 103days).Interment atRichardNixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.| | Relatives: Sonof Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon and Hannah (Milhous) Nixon; married,June21, 1940, toThelmaCatherine Ryan; father of Julie Nixon (daughter-in-law ofJohnSheldon Doud Eisenhower; granddaughter-in-law ofDwightDavid Eisenhower); second cousin ofJohnDuffy Alderson. | | | | Political family:Eisenhowerfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:MauriceH. Stans —JohnH. Holdridge —ClarkMacGregor —HarryL. Sears —HarryS. Dent —ChristianA. Herter, Jr. —JohnN. Mitchell —G.Bradford Cook —RaymondMoley —PatrickJ. Buchanan —NilsA. Boe —MurrayM. Chotiner —RichardBlumenthal —G.Gordon Liddy —RobertD. Sack —EdwardG. Latch —WilliamO. Mills —MeyerKestnbaum —ArchibaldCox —CharlesK. McWhorter | | | | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's theOne!" | | | | Epitaph: "The greatest honor historycan bestow is the title of peacemaker." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Richard M. Nixon:RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) —BeyondPeace (1994) —1999:Victory Without War (1988) —Leaders(1982) —Memoirs —SixCrises (1962) —TheChallenges We Face (1960) —Inthe Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal(1990) —NoMore Vietnams (1985) —ThePoetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) —RealPeace (1984) —TheReal War (1980) —SeizeThe Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World(1992) | | | | Books about Richard M. Nixon: MelvinSmall,ThePresidency of Richard Nixon — Joan Hoff,NixonReconsidered — Jonathan Aitken,Nixon: A Life — Garry Wills,NixonAgonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man — ThomasMonsell,Nixonon Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted inFilms, Television, Plays and Opera — Stephen E.Ambrose,Nixon: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 — RichardReeves,PresidentNixon: Alone in the White House — Roger Morris,RichardMilhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician —Robert Mason,RichardNixon and the Quest for a New Majority — JulesWitcover,VeryStrange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon& Spiro Agnew — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Lance Morrow,TheBest Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:Learning the Secrets of Power — Don Fulsom,Nixon'sDarkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most TroubledPresident | | | | Image source: United States Mintengraving |
| | John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (1922-2013) — of Kimberton,ChesterCounty, Pa.; Trappe,TalbotCounty, Md.Born inDenver,Colo.,August3, 1922.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Korean conflict; U.S. Ambassador toBelgium, 1969-71.Died in Trappe,TalbotCounty, Md.,December21, 2013 (age91 years, 140days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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