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

Early life and education

Eisenhower was born in Hope, Kansas, the second oldest of seven Eisenhower brothers, six of them surviving infancy. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 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 Milton Stover Eisenhower (September 15, 1899 – May 2, 1985) was an American academic administrator. He served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, Pennsylvania State University, and Johns Hopkins Universit ...

became a university president.

Earl D. Eisenhower Earl Dewey Eisenhower (February 1, 1898 – December 18, 1968) was an American electrical engineer and legislator, as well as the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Early life and education Born in Abilene, Kansas, his ...

, nine years his junior, served in the

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. Eisenhower graduated from the

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with an

LL.B. Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

in 1914.

Career

After earning his law degree, Eisenhower began practicing law in

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. He was also the director of the St. Regis Paper Company, the Puget Sound National Bank (now

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), and the Harmon FS Manufacturing Co. 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 had two children, both with his first wife, Merrill Jack Eisenhower (1916–1956), and Janis Louise Eisenhower Causin (1922–2000). Eisenhower divorced his last wife, Lucille, in 1967, after sixteen years of marriage asserting that she caused "a burdensome home life". Beginning in 1940, Eisenhower lived in a modest brick home on the west side of

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. 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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