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George Washington served in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.

James Monroe served actively in the Revolutionary War.

James Madison was in the militia but did not fighting in the Revolutionary War.

Andrew Jackson served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Creek and the First Seminole War.

William Harrison served in the Northwest Indian war and the War of 1812.

John Tyler served in the War of 1812.

Zachary Taylor served in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War and the Mexican American War.

Millard Filmore served in the Civil War.

Franklin Pierce served in the Mexican American War.

James Buchanan served in the militia in the War of 1812.

Abraham Lincoln served in the Black Hawk War.

Andrew Johnson as a military governor served in the Civil War.

Ulysses Grant served in the Mexican American and the Civil War.

Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and McKinley served as soldiers in the Civil War.

Arthur was a supply officer at home in NY.

Theodore Roosevelt served in the Spanish American War.

Harry Truman served in WWI.

Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford and George H. W. Bush served in WWII.

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As of 2014, there have been 21 US Presidents that have served in the military. The presidents include Washington, Jackson, W.H. Harrison, Garfield, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ford. George H. W. Bush was a Navy pilot.

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21 Presidents served on 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

Reagan was on active duty in WWW but served in a unit that made training films. Lyndon Johnson was called home after short service since he was a Congressman at the time.

Nine others had some form of military service. Chester Arthur was a high-ranking supply officer in the NY state militia during the Civil War. Andrew Johnson served as military governor of re-occupied Tennessee during the Civil War. Madison, Tyler, Polk, Buchanan and Lincoln had brief service in state militia units that saw no fighting. Fillmore was in a home guard during the Civil War after he was President. George W. Bush was in the air force reserves.

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Zachary Taylor and Dwight Eisenhower were both very successful career army officers. U. S. Grant began a military career, resigned, and came back to it when the Civil War broke out. His success as a general made him president.

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both Bushes, Carter, Reagan, Ford, Nixon, LBJ, JFK, Eisenhower, Truman, Teddy Roosevelt, McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, Arthur, Garfield, Hayes, Grant, Andrew Johnson, Lincoln, Buchanan, Pierce, Filmore, Taylor, Polk, Tyler, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, Monroe, Madison, Jefferson, Washington.

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U.S. Army: Truman, Eisenhower, McKinley, W. Harrison, B. Harrison, Garfield, Hayes, Grant, A. Johnson, Pierce, Taylor, Jackson, Reagan

U.S. Navy: G. Bush, Ford, Nixon, L. Johnson, Kennedy, Carter

U.S. Air Force: G.W. Bush

Continental Army: Washington, Monroe

State Militias: Lincoln, Arthur, Fillmore, Buchanan, Polk, Tyler, Madison, Jefferson

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There have been numerous Presidents of the US that have served in the military. A few of the presidents were William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, James Garfield, and Ulysses S. Grant.

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Every US President is Commander In Chief of the American military, while in office. Hence, they have all served in the military while in office. It's part of the office.

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