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Dwight D. Eisenhower
First president born in Texas.
First president to serve in World War II.
First president to serve in both World Wars.
First president to preside over all fifty contemporary US states.
First president to begin his presidency on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment).
First president awarded the Order of Muhammad.
First president to travel by jet aircraft and helicopter.
First president and first American to be appointed to the British Order of Merit.
First president to have a pilot's license.
First president to give a televised news conference, in 1955.
First president to appear on color television.
First president to deliver an address from a communications satellite – the first message from space.
First president to visit a mosque.
First president to have received an honorary knighthood from a foreign nation (Eisenhower received 22 such honors).
First president to receive the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
First president to receive the Philippine Distinguished Service Star, the French Médaille militaire, the French Croix de guerre 1939–1945, the Belgian Croix de guerre, and the Luxembourgish Military Medal.
First president to be made a Grand Cordon of the Japanese Order of the Chrysanthemum.
First president and American to receive the Soviet Order of Victory, for serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
First president to receive an Emmy Award.
First president to authorize a National Park in a United States territory: Virgin Islands National Park.
First president to visit Switzerland, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Chile, South Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan while in office.
First president of Pennsylvania Dutch descent
