Dwight David Eisenhower was president when Hawaii became a state.
Eisenhower when it became a State and McKinley when it became a Territory.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1896, william mckinley became president of the united states.
Hawaii and Alaska were added while Eisenhower was President.
Sanford B. Dole as the President of the Republic of Hawaii and the first Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. Other backroom leaders like Lorrin Thurston, Publisher of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Today's Honolulu Advertiser) and John Stevens, Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii for the US Department of State were equals in establishing the coup d' etat.
Sanford Dole
Dwight Eisenhower was president of the U.S. when Hawaii became the 50th state. Is that what you mean by "control"?
Eisenhower (and every President since then!) Hawaii and Alaska became states while Dwight David Eisenhower was in office.
Yes, he is. he was born in Hawaii. Hawaii became a state in 1959. Obama was born in 1961