In 1952 General Eisenhower was elected President on the Republican ticket. His victory over Governor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, the Democratic candidate, gave the nation the first Republican administration in 20 years. Richard M. Nixon of California became Vice President. In 1956 Eisenhower and Nixon were reelected.During his first campaign, Eisenhower had promised that he would go to Korea to seek means of speeding up negotiations for ending the fighting. He did so before his inauguration in January, 1953, but it was not until July that a truce—which brought victory to neither side—was signed.