Eisenhower Administration
| The Eisenhower Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Name | Term |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1953–1961 |
| Vice President | Richard Nixon | 1953–1961 |
| Secretary of State | John Foster Dulles | 1953–1959 |
| Christian A. Herter | 1959–1961 | |
| Secretary of Treasury | George M. Humphrey | 1953–1957 |
| Robert B. Anderson | 1957–1961 | |
| Secretary of Defense | Charles E. Wilson | 1953–1957 |
| Neil H. McElroy | 1957–1959 | |
| Thomas S. Gates Jr. | 1959–1961 | |
| Attorney General | Herbert Brownell | 1953–1957 |
| William P. Rogers | 1957–1961 | |
| Postmaster General | Arthur E. Summerfield | 1953–1961 |
| Secretary of the Interior | Douglas McKay | 1953–1956 |
| Fred A. Seaton | 1956–1961 | |
| Secretary of Agriculture | Ezra Taft Benson | 1953–1961 |
| Secretary of Commerce | Sinclair Weeks | 1953–1958 |
| Lewis L. Strauss | 1958–1959 | |
| Frederick H. Mueller | 1959–1961 | |
| Secretary of Labor | Martin P. Durkin | 1953 |
| James P. Mitchell | 1953–1961 | |
| Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare |
Oveta Culp Hobby | 1953–1955 |
| Marion B. Folsom | 1955–1958 | |
| Arthur S. Flemming | 1958–1961 | |
The presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower began on January 20, 1953 at noon Eastern Standard Time, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican, took office as the 34th United States president following a landslide win over Democrat Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election. This victory upended the New Deal Coalition that had kept the presidency in the hands of the Democratic Party for 20 years. Four years later, in the 1956 presidential election, he defeated Stevenson again, winning a second term in office. Eisenhower was the first U.S. president to be constitutionally limited to two terms in office under the 22nd Amendment. He was succeeded in office by Democrat John F. Kennedy.
The nation experienced considerable economic prosperity during the Eisenhower Presidency, except for a sharp recession in 1958–59. It was also, following the conclusion of the Korean War in the summer of 1953, at peace, even as the world was polarized by the Cold War. The President's main goals in office were to keep pressure on the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits. A self-described "progressive conservative", he continued New Deal program agencies and expanded Social Security. He also spurred development of the Interstate Highway System, and after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, authorized the establishment of NASA.
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