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Dwight D. Eisenhower: 34th President (1953 – 1961)
• Born: October 14, 1890
• Birthplace: Denison, Texas
• Died: March 28, 1969.
• Best Known As: 34th President of the
United States; “Ike”
Eisenhower went on to serve two terms in office. Highlights of his presidency include:
• Negotiating an armistice in the Korean
War.
• Participating in the Geneva Conference
on Indochina, which resulted in the
portioning of Vietnam.
• Launching the first atomic submarine, the
U.S.S. Nautilus.
• Establishing the President's Council on
Youth Fitness, the precursor of the
President's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports.
• Establishing the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
• Signing legislation creating the Interstate
Highway program.
• Sending federal troops to enforce the
court-ordered integration of Little Rock
Central High School.
• Signing the 1957 Civil Rights Act, the first
civil rights legislation since
Reconstruction.
• Signing legislation in 1958 creating the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
• Signing legislation admitting Alaska and
Hawaii into the Union as the 49th and
50th states, respectively.
Secretary of the Treasury appointed by President Eisenhower:
• George M. Humphrey (Cleveland, Ohio)
– January 21, 1953 – July 29, 1957
• Robert B. Anderson (Greenwich,
Connecticut) – July 29, 1957 – January
20, 1961
United States Mint Directors appointed by President Eisenhower:
• William H. Brett (Cleveland, Ohio) – July
1954 – January 1961
Coinage legislation enacted under President Eisenhower:
• Treasury Order 179 dated November 19,
1953 – Transferred coin distribution from
the Treasurer of the United States to the
Bureau of the Mint. The Mint would now
transfer current and uncurrent coins among
the Mints, the Federal Reserve Banks and
branches, and the Treasurer of the United
States.
• Act of June 30, 1954 – Amended Section
3528 of the Revised Statutes, relating to
the metal fund for the purchase of metal for
minor coins, and doubles the amount that
can be spent by the Bureau of the Mint
from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.
• Act of July 11, 1955 – Provided that all
United States currency shall bear the
inscription “In God We Trust.” Joint
Resolution of July 30, 1956 – Declared “In
God We Trust” the national motto of the
United States.
• Act of July 9, 1956 – Increased the amount
for the purchase of metal for minor coinage
to $3,000,000 and amended Section 3526
of the Revised Statutes to authorize use of
the bullion fund for silver coinage to also
cover the cost of the alloy metal.
• December 20, 1958 - President Dwight
Eisenhower approves and announces
design change for cent from Wheat Heads
to Lincoln Memorial.