Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979)
Born in Boone, Iowa, and named, in part, after the popular song Lovely Lake Geneva, Mamie
Geneva Doud was the second child born to John Sheldon Doud (1870–1951), a meatpacking executive, and his wife, Elivera Mathilda Carlson (1878–1960). She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Denver, Colorado, and the Doud winter home in San Antonio, Texas. Her father, who retired at age 36, ran a meatpacking company founded by his father, Doud & Montgomery ("Buyers of Live Hogs"), and had investments in Illinois and Iowa stockyards. Her mother was a daughter of Swedish immigrants.[1] She had three sisters: Eleanor Carlson Doud, Eda Mae Doud, and Mabel Frances "Mike" Doud.
Marriage and family
Mamie at 17
Soon after completing her education at Wolcott School for Girls,[4] a finishing school, she met Dwight Eisenhower in San Antonio in October 1915. Introduced by Mrs. Lulu Harris, wife of a fellow officer at Fort Sam Houston, the two hit it off at once, as Eisenhower, officer of the day, invited Miss Doud to accompany him on his rounds. On St. Valentine's Day in 1916, he gave her a miniature of his West Point class ring to seal a formal engagement.
Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower, aged 25, married Mamie Doud, aged 19, on July 1, 1916, at the home of the bride's parents in Denver, Colorado. Following the wedding, performed by Reverend Williamson of the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, the newlyweds honeymooned a few days at Eldorado Springs, Colorado, a resort near Denver, and then visited the groom's parents in Abilene before settling into the lieutenant's living quarters at Fort Sam Houston.
First Lady of the United States
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by Bess Truman
Succeeded by Jacqueline Kennedy
Personal details
Born Mamie Geneva Doud
November 14, 1896
Boone, Iowa, U.S.
Died November 1, 1979 (aged 82)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(m. 1916; d. 1969)
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