Editing Republican Party (United States) (section)

==== Post-Roosevelt era ====
{{Main|Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower}}
[[File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959 (cropped)(2).jpg|thumb|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the 34th president (1953–1961)]]

Eisenhower had defeated conservative leader senator [[Robert A. Taft]] for [[1952 Republican National Convention|the 1952 Republican presidential nomination]], but conservatives dominated the domestic policies of the [[Eisenhower administration]]. Voters liked Eisenhower much more than they liked the GOP and he proved unable to shift the party to a more moderate position.<ref name="Nicol C. Rae 1989">Nicol C. Rae, ''The Decline and Fall of the Liberal Republicans: From 1952 to the Present'' (1989)</ref>
{{Main|Presidency of Richard Nixon|Presidency of Gerald Ford}}