John Foster Dulles
The war in Korea was going on when Eisenhower ran for President. He began peace talks while he was still president-elect.
Hawaii and Alaska were added while Eisenhower was President.
The Korean War.
Eisenhower (and every President since then!) Hawaii and Alaska became states while Dwight David Eisenhower was in office.
Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959, while Dwight D. Eisenhower was President.
Eisenhower played football while at West Point
Eisenhower was the supreme allied commander at the end of World War II.
Dwight Eisenhower turned 70 in 1960 while president. Eisenhower and Reagan are so far the only presidents to have served in their 70's.
President Truman's late term legislation was ineffective and failed in Congress, while President Eisenhower's was beneficial and widely accepted.
Dwight Eisenhower was the first president to which term limits set by the 22nd amendment applied. (The amendment was ratified while Truman was president but did not apply to him.)
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower