Dwight D. Eisenhower
Executive Order 10450
Washington D.C., U.S.
Eisenhower's administration contributed to the McCarthyist Lavender Scare with President Eisenhower issuing his Executive Order 10450 in 1953. During Eisenhower's presidency, thousands of lesbian and gay applicants were barred from federal employment, and over 5,000 federal employees were fired under suspicion of being homosexual.