A presidential election was held in the United States on November 4, 1952. The Republican ticket of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic ticket of Illinois Go
Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop
Adlai Stevenson close up
Harry S. Truman, the incumbent president in 1952, whose second and only full term expired at noon on January 20, 1953
Eisenhower/Nixon campaign poster
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April.
1952 United States presidential election
…first televised presidential campaign, Eisenhower was charismatic and very well known, in sharp contrast to Stevenson. Republicans attacked President Harry S. Truman's handling of the Korean War and the broader Cold War, alleging Soviet spies infiltrated the U.S. government. Democrats faulted Eisenhower for failing…
Truman at age 13 in 1897
Truman's home in Independence, Missouri
Truman in September 1917