Transcript List of Presidents of the United States by military service

Presidents of US
by
military ranks (service)
미국 헌법에는 미국 대통령은 미국 군의
최고 사령관으로 명명하고 있다.
The United States Constitution names the President
of the United States the Commander-in-Chief of the
U.S. armed forces.
However, many Presidents served in the military
before their terms of office.
Ref Wikipedia
General of the Armies
(May be expressed as a six star general)
Dwight D. Eisenhower 장군을 5성 장군,
그 위에 George Washington 장군을 예우하고 있다
Highest rank
General of the
Armies of the
United States
Branch
Virginia militia,
Continental Army,
United States Army
President
George
Washington
Combat?
Yes, French and
Indian War,
Revolutionary War
General of the Army
Highest rank
General of the
Army
Branch
United States
Army
(Regular
army)
President
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
Combat?
Supreme Commander of
the Allied Invasion of
Europe, primarily the
Battles for Normandy,
France and Germany
World War II.
General(O-10)
General
United States Army Ulysses S.
Grant
(Regular Army)
Yes, MexicanAmerican War
and Civil War
Lieutenant General(O-9)
None
Major General(O-8)
Major
General
North Carolina
Andrew
militia, Tennessee
Jackson
militia, United States
Army
Yes, Revolutionary War,
Creek War, War of 1812, First
Seminole War.
United States Army
Yes, Northwest Indian War,
War of 1812
William H.
Harrison
Zachary Taylor Yes, War of 1812, Black
Hawk War, Second Seminole
War, and Mexican-American
War,
Major General(O-8)
Brevet
Major
General of
Volunteers
United States Rutherford B.
Army
Hayes
(volunteers)
Major
United
General of
States Army
Volunteers
(volunteers)
James A.
Garfield
Yes, Civil War
Successful
leadership in
Virginia/West
Virginia region;
wounded at the
Battle of South
Mountain
Yes, Civil War
His heroic ride
at the Battle of
Chickamauga
later helped him
to be elected
President.
(O-7) Brigadier General
Brigadier
General of
Volunteers
United States
Army (State
militia, New
Hampshire)
Franklin Pierce
Yes, Mexican-American
War
Brigadier
General of
Volunteers
United States
Army
Andrew Johnson No, appointed Military
Governor of Tennessee
during Civil War with
rank of Brigadier
General
Quartermaste
r General
New York State
militia
Chester A.
Arthur
No, non-combatant
service only during
Civil War
Brevet
Brigadier
General of
Volunteers
United States
Army (State
militia,
Indiana)
Benjamin
Harrison
Yes, Civil War
(O-6) Colonel
Colonel
Virginia militia, Albemarle
County
Thomas
No
Jefferson
Virginia militia, Orange County
James
Madison
No, but served
between 17751781 during the
Revolutionary
War. Also see
Service Notes.
State militia, Tennessee
James K.
Polk
Unknown
United States Army (State
militia, New York National
Guard, 1st U.S. Volunteer
Cavalry Regiment aka the
Rough Riders).
Theodore
Yes, Spanish
Roosevelt
American War
United States Army (National
Army)
Harry S.
Truman
Yes, World War I
(O-5) Commander
Commander United States Navy (U.S. Naval
Reserve)
Lyndon B.
Johnson
Yes, World
War II
Commander United States Navy (U.S. Naval
Reserve)
Richard Nixon
Yes. World
War II
(O-4)Major/Lieutenant Commander
Major
Continental Army,
Virginia State Troops
James
Monroe
Yes,
Revolutionary
War
Brevet Major of
Volunteers
United States Army
(Volunteers)
William
Yes, Civil War
McKinley
Lieutenant
Commander
United States Navy (U.S.
Naval Reserve)
Gerald Ford
Yes, World War
II
Major
Union Continentals
(home guard)
Millard
Fillmore
No, Civil War
(O-3) Captain / Lieutenant
Captain
State militia,
Virginia.
John Tyler
Yes, War of 1812
Captain
State militia,
Illinois.
Abraham
Lincoln
No, served during Black Hawk
War, did not see combat, only
burying the dead shortly after
battles ended.
Lieutenant
United States Navy John F.
(U.S. Naval
Kennedy
Reserve)
Yes, World War II
Lieutenant
United States Navy Jimmy
(U.S. Naval
Carter[13][14]
Reserve)
No, was a midshipman during
World War II, served during
Korean War, but never sent to
Korea
Captain
United States
Army (U.S.
Army Reserve)
No, served during World War II
but was not deployed.
Ronald Reagan
(O-2) First Lieutenant /
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Lieutenant,
Junior
Grade
United States Navy
(U.S. Naval
Reserve)
George H. W.
Bush]
Yes, World War II
First
Lieutenant
United States Air
Force (State
militia, Texas Air
National Guard)
George W.
Bush
No, served during
the Vietnam
War but did
not see combat.
Private
Private
United States Army
(State militia, Pennsylvania)
James
Buchanan
Yes, War of
1812
Only President who enlisted without going on
to become an officer.
Did not serve in uniform
President
Service notes
John Adams
None. Adams served as chairman of the Continental Congress's Board of
War (1776-1777), making him the simultaneous equivalent of today's
Secretary of Defense and Chairman of Senate Armed Services
Committee.
John Quincy
Adams
None.
Martin Van
Buren
None.
Grover
Cleveland
None. He was drafted during the Civil War, but paid $150 for a substitute
(a legal option under the terms of the Conscription Act of 1863, and his
substitute survived the war).
William H.
Taft
None. He was Secretary of War under President Theodore Roosevelt from
1904 to 1908.
Woodrow
Wilson
None. He served as President during World War I.
Did not serve in uniform
Warren G.
Harding
None.
Calvin
Coolidge
None.
Herbert
Hoover
None. He served in a private (civilian) humanitarian capacity in Europe
during World War I. However, he was involved in the Siege of Tientsin
during the Boxer Rebellion as a guide for US Marines.
Franklin D.
Roosevelt
None. He attempted to join the Navy during the Spanish American War but
was unable as he contracted measles. Served as Assistant Secretary of the
Navy from 1913 and through World War I; when the U.S. entered the war in
1917 he offered his resignation so that he could apply for a commission in
the Navy, but was refused by the President. Witnessed fighting in World War
I. In a post World War I publication "Harvard in the War" he is listed
among the Harvard's contributors to World War I effort. He served as
President during World War II.
Bill Clinton
None. He received a draft deferment to avoid service in the Vietnam War.
Barack
Obama
None. Currently serving as President during the Global War on Terrorism
(GWOT), Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom
(OEF).
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