Edgar Newton Eisenhower (January 19, 1889 – July 12, 1971) was an American lawyer and businessman, the older brother of President

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionar ...

Early life and education

Eisenhower was born in Hope, Kansas, the second oldest of seven Eisenhower brothers, six of them surviving infancy.

, one year his junior, served in various roles in the

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before becoming president in 1953. Edgar's youngest brother, Milton S. Eisenhower became a university president. Earl D. Eisenhower, nine years his junior, served in the

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. Edgar and Dwight had planned after high school to trade off working a year each at a creamery to pay for the other's college, but that plan ended after Dwight was admitted into West Point. Eisenhower graduated from the

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with an LL.B. in 1914.

Career

After earning his law degree, Eisenhower began practicing law in

Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, southwest of Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, northeast of the state capital, Olympia ...

. He was also the director of the St. Regis Paper Company, the Puget Sound National Bank (now KeyBank), and the Harmon FS Manufacturing Co. Beginning in 1940, Eisenhower lived in a modest brick home on the west side of American Lake in Lakewood, Washington. Eisenhower was married three times, first to Louise Alexander Eisenhower (1893–1946), whom he married in 1911, then to Bernice Thompson Eisenhower (1902–1948) in 1930, and finally to his legal secretary Lucille Dawson Eisenhower (1921–2012) in 1951.Ruth Nutall, "What a Woeful Week", ''Chula Vista Star-News'' (May 7, 1967), p. 9. Eisenhower divorced her in 1967, after sixteen years of marriage, asserting that she caused "a burdensome home life". Eisenhower had two children, both with his first wife: Merrill Jack Eisenhower (1916–1956), and Janis Louise Eisenhower Causin (1922–2000). He died in

, on July 12, 1971, at the age of 82. Eisenhower is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Lakewood.

References

Sources

External links

Papers of Edgar N. Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

Biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower
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