Quite a lot of presidents have been elected directkly or indirectly because of war, but the obvious cases are Washington, Grant and Eisenhower.
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Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan.
Yes there is no wartime exception or restrictions in the Constitution for holding presidential elections. With that said, no sitting president who has run for reelection during a war has failed to be reelected.
harding was elected in 1920 after the great war or world war 1
War hawks being elected to congress refers to the election in 1810. The hawks were young Republicans who favored going to war against Britain.
The president during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln.