3. Dwight Eisenhower
Although Eisenhower was married and very against gay rights in absolutely every way Dwight D. Eisenhower could have just been trying to hide his true nature. One of his leading aides in his presidential campaign, Arthur Vandenberg Jr., was all set to start out as one of the heads in Eisenhower’s administration. During this same time J. Edgar Hoover was shocked to find out some compromising information about Vandenberg’s sexuality.
Instead of dealing with the nonsense head on, Vandenberg checked into the hospital and then resigned from his post in Eisenhower’s team. Many think that this could be a sign that Eisenhower was hiding his sexuality, but it could just be that Eisenhower was a homophobe.
Whatever the reason, Eisenhower cut all ties with Vandenberg after his name showed up in the highly controversial Sex Deviates Program. Vandenberg was even deduced to a footnote in the highly acclaimed memoirs of Eisenhower, only furthering the claim that there was something to hide between them.
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