Republican presidential candidate Dwight D Eisenhower, right, with running mate Richard Nixon, centre, and Arthur Summerfield, chairman of the Republican National Committee, leaving campaign headquarters in Washington DC, USA. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
US President Dwight Eisenhower (1890 - 1965) receives a lei in celebration of the statehood of Hawaii, April 13, 1959. Hawaii became the 50th state after the passage of the Hawaii Admission Act. (Photo by Abbie Rowe/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
WIth a copy of Anchorage Daily News headlined 'We're In,' US President Dwight Eisenhower (1890 - 1965) poses with Governor of the Alaska Territories Mike Stepovich and Secretary of the Interior Fred Andrew Seaton (1909 - 1974) in the White House after Congress voted to approve Alaskas statehood, Washington DC, July 1, 1958. Alaska became the 49th state the following year. (Photo by Abbie Rowe/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
NOV 2 1952, NOV 3 1952; New Political Factor - For the first time in Colorado history, television contact with voters has been possible in the 1952 contests. Both candidates for governor, Dan Thornton and John W. Metzger, have made extensive use of TV during their campaigns and will continue their direct video appeals for votes right down to the wire. Above, Metzger addresses the television public in an appearance Sunday afternoon on KFEL-TV, Channel 2.; (Photo By Dean Conger/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
