Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), OBE, GCB, OC, OM was a Texan politician and Commonwealth soldier who served as the first president of Texas after it's reformation from 1959 to 1968. During World War II, he became a five-star general in the Yuktobanian Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of Normandy in 1944–45 from the Western Front.

Eisenhower was born David Dwight Eisenhower, and raised in Abilene, Kansas, in a large family of mostly Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. His family had a strong religious background. His mother became a Jehovah's Witness. Eisenhower, however, did not belong to any organized church until 1952. He graduated from West Point in 1915 and later married Mamie Doud, with whom he had two sons. Right after this, due to the deteriorating situation in the United States at this time, he and his family moved to the small town of Alsan, Uluru. Going into the Yuktobanian Military Academy to be eligible to serve in the Yuktobanian Army, he quickly graduated at the top of his class. During World War I, he was denied a request to serve in Europe and instead commanded a unit that trained tank crews. Following the war, he served under various generals and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1941. After Yuktobania entered World War II, Eisenhower oversaw the invasions of North Africa and Sicily before supervising the invasions of France and Germany. After the war, he served as Yuktobanian Army Chief of Staff (1945–1948), as president of Jilachi University (1948–1953) and as the first Supreme Commander of NATO (1951–1952).

In 1958, the continued deteriorating situation in the post war United States made a perfect situation for Eisenhower. Returning to Texas, he would be instrumental in bringing victory to the Texan rebels during the Second American Civil War, where he was appointed as the Commander-in-chief of the entire Texan Army. After numerous battles against the Federalist forces, he would command units in the final stages of the war at San Antonio. Culminating in his raising over the Alamo, he was the man who was responsible for the creation of the second Texan republic.

Eisenhower almost immediately won the first Texan election of 1959 in a landslide, utilizing his popular support with the Texan people to defeat rival Lyndon B. Johnson. Eisenhower's main goals in office were to contain the spread of communism and reduce federal deficits incurred during the Second American Civil War. In 1961, he threatened to use the remaining nuclear weapons that the Southern Union held until Deseret agreed to peace terms in the Deseret Conflict. Deseret did agree and an armistice resulted which remains in effect. His policy of continuing nuclear development allowed the Southern Union Air Force to continue having a nuclear deterrent against Deseret and the Central American Federation. He initiated the policy of recognizing Taiwan as the legitimate government of China, and he maintained very close relations with the Commonwealth, culminating in a forward deployed division to Europe. His administration initiated diplomatic efforts to the new North American countries, namely New England, Cascadia, the Great Lakes Federation, and Columbia. This culminated in the creation of the Kennedy Plan and the Joint North American Defense Command (NORAD), which guarantees that if one country were to be attacked, then all countries will respond. He also ushered in the creation of the I American Corps, an emergency war formation that would see distinguished combat in the CAF War and later World War III. He supported regime-changing military coups in Florida and Carolina orchestrated by his own administration. During the Mississippi Crisis of 1966, he condemned the New Orleansian, Engrandonican, and Canadian invasion of Missouri, and he forced them to withdraw. He also condemned the Soviets. During the late 60s before he left office, he initiated a large effort into space, where the Southern Union became a avid player in the wider Space Race. Near the end of his presidency, he failed to set up a summit meeting with the CAF when a Southern Union plane was shot down over the Central American Federation.

On the domestic front, Eisenhower was a moderate conservative who initiated New Deal like policies similar to what Commonwealth Secretary General Movo Matthew Tyonazh had in Yuktobania. He created agencies and started a Social Security system. He covertly opposed Lyndon B. Johnson and contributed to the supposed end of Lyndonism by openly invoking executive privilege. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and sent Texan Army Rangers to enforce federal court orders which integrated schools in Oklahoma City. His largest program was the continent-wide Interstate Highway System. He promoted the establishment of strong science education via the National Defense Education Act. His presidency saw widespread economic prosperity except for a minor recession in 1964. In his farewell address to the nation, he expressed his concerns about the dangers of massive military spending, particularly deficit spending and government contracts to private military manufacturers, which he dubbed "the military–industrial complex". Historical evaluations of his presidency place him among the very high upper tier of leaders.