The Political Graveyard: Dickinson County, Kan.

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Dickinson County
Kansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dickinson County

Index to Locations

Abilene Cemetery
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas

Politicians buried here:

Edward Campbell Little (1858-1924) — also known as Edward C. Little — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, December 14, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1892; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1914; U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1917-24; died in office 1924. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Washington, D.C., June 27, 1924 (age 65 years, 196 days). Interment at Abilene Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Edna Margaret Steele.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Eisenhower Center
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas

Politicians buried here:

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower; "Ike" — Born in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., October 14, 1890. Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942). Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president of Columbia University, 1948-53; President of the United States, 1953-61. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Member, American Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; Loyal Legion. His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar coin, 1971-78. Died, after a series of heart attacks, at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Eisenhower Center.

		Relatives: Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob Eisenhower (1863-1942); married, July 1, 1916, to Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud (1896-1979); brother of Milton Stover Eisenhower; father of John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower II (son-in-law of Richard Milhous Nixon). See Eisenhower-Nixon family.
		Cross-reference: Sherman Adams — Carter L. Burgess — Woodrow Wilson Mann — Jacqueline C. Odlum — George E. Allen — Meyer Kestnbaum
		Campaign slogan: "I Like Ike."
		See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
		Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower: Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower : Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo d'Este, Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration

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