In 1952 McKeldin was a major figure in the moderate Republicans of the East Coast who were instrumental in gaining the Republican nomination for president for former five-star General and World War II Commander in Europe and later briefly president of Columbia University in New York City - Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas . Speaking in the stentorian tones that were common for the time , McKeldin delivered the principal nominating speech for the former general at the July 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago
1952 Republican National Convention
1952 Republican National Convention
Theodore McKeldin