The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement that eventually persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Chief of Staff of the United States Army, to contest the presidency of the Unit
1945 portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower addressing American paratroopers prior to D-Day on June 5, 1944
James Roosevelt (pictured in 1937) campaigned for Eisenhower to take Truman's place on the Democratic ticket.
Eisenhower campaigning in Baltimore, September 1952
Condoleezza "Condi" Rice is an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 19th U.S. national security advisor from 2
Draft Eisenhower movement
…the 34th president. The Draft Eisenhower movement has been referenced in later draft movements, including the 1992 Draft Perot movement and the 2008 Draft Condi movement. Dwight D. Eisenhower graduated in 1915 from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with "the class the stars fell on". During…
Condoleezza Rice during a 2005 interview on ITV in London
Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld listen to President George W. Bush speak about the Middle East on June 24, 2002.