Military American Presidents

Submitted by allegheny on Thu, 07/13/2006 - 11:28
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  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON: Virginia Militia Major, Lieut. Colonel--The French and Indian War; Commanding General of American/Continental Army--American Revolution
  2. JAMES MONROE: Major, Continental Army--American Revolution
  3. ANDREW JACKSON: Private, Continental Army,--American Revolution; Tennesee Militia Colonel--Creek Wars; Major General--War of 1812, Commanding General--First Seminole War.
  4. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON: General-War of 1812
  5. JOHN TYLER: Captain--War of 1812.
  6. ZACHARY TAYLOR: Colonel-Second Seminole War; Major General--Mexican War.
  7. MILLIARD FILLMORE: Captain of Union Continentals, American Civil War.
  8. FRANKLIN PIERCE: Private, Colonel, Brigadier General--Mexican War.
  9. JAMES BUCHANAN: Volunteer Calvary Soldier--War of 1812.
  10. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Illinois Militia member--Black Hawk War.
  11. ULYSSES S. GRANT: Regimental Quartermaster, Captain--Mexican War; Brig. General, Maj. General, Liet. General, Senior Commander of Union Army of the Potomac (1863-1865)--American Civil War.
  12. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES: Colonel, General--American Civil War.
  13. JAMES A. GARFIELD: Lieut. Colonel, Brig. General--American Civil War.
  14. BENJAMIN HARRISON: Lieutenant, Brig. General--American Civil War.
  15. CHESTER A. ARTHUR: Quartermaster General--American Civil War.
  16. WILLIAM McKINLEY: Sergeant, Major--American Civil War.
  17. THEODORE ROOSEVELT: Lieut. Colonel--Spanish American War.
  18. HARRY S. TRUMAN: Major--World War 1.
  19. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: Supreme Allied Commander to Europe, Five-Star General--World War 2.
  20. JOHN F. KENNEDY: Naval Lieutenant--World War 2.
  21. LYNDON B. JOHNSON: Naval Lieutenant Commander--World War 2.
  22. RICHARD M. NIXON: Naval Lieutenant Commander--World War 2.
  23. GERALD FORD: Naval Reserve Ensign, Lieutenant Commander--World War 2.
  24. JAMES E. CARTER: Naval Officer and Engineer--Peace Time and Korean Conflict.
  25. RONALD REAGAN: Army Reserve Lieutenant, Assigned to First Motion Picture Unit of United States Air Force--World War 2.
  26. GEORGE H.W. BUSH: Naval Lieutenant and Fighter Pilot--World War 2.
  27. GEORGE W. BUSH: Texas Air National Guard pilot, Alabama Air National Guard pilot--Vietnam Conflict
Author Comments: 

Sources:

A. THE PRESIDENTS, By The Saturday Evening Post, Funk & Wagnalls Special Edition. The Curtis Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana.

B. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, By Philip B. Kunhardt Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III, And Peter W. Kundhardt.

C. http://en.wikipedia.org

winalotta11/02/2006

George W. Bush should not be on this list. He was never in combat.

allegheny11/22/2006

Still He served, for argument's sake. A lot of these guys never saw combat, but they still served.