And Eisenhower, a Republican
Eisenhower took office on Jan 20, 1953. Hostilities ended later that year.
The Korean War was the first in US history where victory wasn't considered an option, given the Cold War concerns of Truman's Administration and the State Department. The goal of the war was to preserve South Korea as an independent nation, not to defeat the North. One can only speculate how things would've been different had victory actually been a goal.