dwight d. eisenhower was the last us president born in the 19th century.
dwight d. eisenhower was the last us president born in the 19th century.
who was the last us president born in the 19th century?
dwight d. eisenhower
eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century, and at age 62, was the oldest president-elect since james buchanan in 1856. he was the third commanding general of the army to serve as president (after george washington and ulysses s. grant), and the last to have never held political office prior to being president until donald trump entered office in january 2017.









































section::::after world war ii.:election of 1956.
dwight d. eisenhower
bullet::::- first president to leave office while his father was alive. he left office in 1853 and his father nathaniel fillmore died in 1863.









































section::::franklin pierce (1853–1857).









































bullet::::- first president born in new hampshire.









































bullet::::- first president to install central heating in the white house.









































bullet::::- first president born in the 19th century (november 23, 1804).









































bullet::::- first president to deliver his inaugural address from memory.









































bullet::::- first president who had been elected to actively seek reelection but be defeated for nomination for a second term by his party.









































section::::james buchanan (1857–1861).









































bullet::::- first president born in pennsylvania.
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