President Nixon’s daughter married President Eisenhower’s grandson.

Famous Figures

D wight D. Eisenhower selected Richard Nixon as his running mate in 1952, and the two cruised to victory in that year’s election by winning 442 electoral votes; they did even better four years later with 457. (People really did like Ike.) More than 70 years after they entered the White House together, Eisenhower’s and Nixon’s families remain close — so close, in fact, that the 34th and 37th presidents became in-laws.

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By the Numbers

Army Distinguished Service Medals awarded to Eisenhower

Eisenhower’s approval rating in December 1959

77%

Did you know?

Eisenhower never served in active combat.

Despite serving in the military for a 35-year period that spanned both world wars, Dwight D. Eisenhower never saw active combat. After he graduated from West Point in 1915, he was stationed at Camp Colt near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as well as various other U.S. bases during World War I. He was eventually scheduled to deploy to France on November 18, 1918 — exactly one week after the Armistice was signed, ending both the war and any chance of the future president seeing combat in it. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force and was hailed for leading the successful Allied campaign in Europe. He didn’t see combat in that conflict, either, serving in a high-level command role rather than fighting in the field.