Just how many former military officers actually did become President?
Let’s see, just off the top of my head:
George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
U. S. Grant
Andy Jackson
Franklin Pierce
Zachary Taylor
Did you forget George H.W. Bush?
There is video of him being picked up out of the water after bailing out of a plane somewhere.
George HW Bush, John Kennedy
Richard m. Nixon
Just off the top of my head, I’d say you’ve missed the most important one...
Pretty good for quick of the cuff recall.
List of Presidents that served, active duty in a regular military unit.
Washington - Commanding general in Revolutionary War, British officer in French & Indian War
Monroe - officer in Revolutionary War
Jackson - general in War of 1812 , various Indian wars
W. H. Harrison - officer in War of 1812, Indian wars
Taylor - officer in War of 1812, general in Mexican War
Pierce - general in Mexican War
Grant- officer in Mexican War, supreme union general in Civil War
Hayes - general in Civil War
Garfield- major general in Civil War
Ben. Harrison general in Civil War
McKinley - officer in Civil War
Teddy Roosevelt - officer in Spanish American War
Truman - officer in WW I
Eisenhower- officer in WW I, general in WW II
Kennedy - naval officer in WW II
Lyndon Johnson - naval officer in WW II
Nixon -naval officer in WW II
Ford- naval officer in WW I
Ronald Reagan- army officer in WW II
George H. W. Bush — officer ( navy pilot) in WW II
Carter— navy officer in peace time
Might I say......pinhead?
At least 30, in fact the list of those who were not officers is FAR smaller.
Ronald Reagan was a Captain in the Army reserve in the Cavalry (of course) branch.
“George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
U. S. Grant
Andy Jackson
Franklin Pierce
Zachary Taylor”
George Washington
James Monroe
George H W Bush
John Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford Lyndon Johnson
(Off the top of my head)
add in Eisenhower, Reagan (Army), George Washington, Tyler, LBJ (Navy) etc.
Versus Gore (6 months as a company clerk in Nam); Kerry (5 months or less in Nam - did see real combat, medals in question re Purple Hearts, not the Silver Star); Geo. McGovern (legit pilot, WW2, full duty tour)
PS: Actor William Windom died yesterday. WW2 Paratrooper, believe he was in the 503 or 508th Parachute Regiment, D-Day. Nice guy.
Star Trek - Doomsday Machine
To Kill a Mocking Bird - prosecutor Gomer
RIP
Just off the top of my head:
General George Washington?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
And to that list i add, BushI the carrier pilot, Reagan in the Army reserves from 1937 as a private, then activated and commissioned for WWII made training films, Carter nuclear subs, Ford WWII officer in an escort carrier, Nixon Navy WWII could have avoided service entirely as a bona fide Quaker, JFK PT-boats in combat, Eisenhower, Truman WWI Artillery officer, Hoover wasn’t military but was a mining engineer who worked all over the world in bad conditions, and was eyeballs deep in WWI before and after we got pulled in. McGovern wasnt elected but flew B-24s in the thick of the bombing of Germany, Also MacArthur wasnt elected, but he became political too and was celebrated for it.
The fact is, most presidents have had military backgrouds to one degree or another. And the ones that didnt mostly had backgrounds of extreme accomplishment like Hoover.
Former Officers becoming political is practically a tradition. Marxist moslem presidents are not. And almost all presidents early accomplishments make Obamao look like a joke.
Just how many former military officers actually did become President?
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You forgot the first one....George Washington; as well as
Eisenhower. Of course there were also military officers who served as President of the Republic of Texas before Texas agreed to join the USA.
As well as Harrison, McKinley, and Truman ...
Every president from U.S. Grant down to Wm. McKinley served as an officer in the Civil War, no exceptions.
The weakest service jackets were held by Chester Arthur, who was a quartermaster major-general in the N.Y. Militia (and party hack, and crook), and Wm. McKinley was an infantry captain. The strongest jackets were Grant's and James Garfield's: Garfield was cited for heroism as both a company-grade and field-grade officer.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first president of a new generation of politicians who'd been too young to serve in the Civil War. His war, of course, was in Cuba, 30 years later.
Roosevelt and McKinley developed the Mahan Doctrine, which says that the United States will never accept willingly a land war on our own territory, but will instead engage every enemy at great distances, with the mailed fist of the Marine Corps riding the long arm of a strong Navy.
Abb only 11 presidents didn’t have military experience.
The link below takes us to the list of American Presidents who served in our military:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidents_by_military_service