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Quick Answer. The presidential successor of Dwight D. Eisenhower was John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who became the 35th president of the United States in 1961. Dwight Eisenhower played an important role in the military history of the United States as a five-star general. He died in 1969.
Following the war he served as Army Chief of Staff, President of Columbia University, and head of NATO. From 1953 to 1961 he was President of the United States. He married Mamie Geneva Doud on July 1, 1916. They had two sons. The first one, Doud Dwight Eisenhower, born 9-24-1917, died 1-2-1921; the second, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, born 8-3-1922.