In the 1960 election to choose his successor, Eisenhower endorsed his own Vice President, Republican Richard Nixon against Democrat John F. <answer>Kennedy</answer>. He told friends, "I will do almost anything to avoid turning my chair and country over to <answer>Kennedy</answer>." He actively campaigned for Nixon in the final days, although he may have done Nixon some harm. When asked by reporters at the end of a televised press conference to list one of Nixon's policy ideas he had adopted, Eisenhower joked, "If you give me a week, I might think of one. I don't remember." <answer>Kennedy</answer>'s campaign used the quote in one of its campaign commercials. Nixon narrowly lost to <answer>Kennedy</answer>. Eisenhower, who was the oldest president in history at that time (then 70), was succeeded by the youngest elected president, as <answer>Kennedy</answer> was 43.
Who won the US presidential election of 1960?
Kennedy