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Certainly. Consider Ulysses S Grant, or of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Both were generals first, and later Presidents.
The World War II military general who served as the Military Governor of the American Occupation Zone in Germany and was elected president of the United States is Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was a prominent leader during the war, overseeing the successful Allied invasion of Europe. After his military service, he was elected as the 34th president, serving two terms from 1953 to 1961.
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The president of the USA has to born in the nation, or be born in an American territory, such as an overseas USA military base.
They were appointed as generals without any real military experience and they were chosen solely because of their political positions (much like the spoils political system where a president is elected and appoints only his close friends and allies to political positions).
An example is when the American President is re-elected by the American voters to serve another term as President.
Andrew Jackson
First General Zachary Taylor, later General Winfield Scott. (The change is partly explained by the fact that President Polk, a Democrat, feared that one of these popular generals would be nominated by the Whig Party and elected President.)
No- Wilson had no military service when he was elected President.
Obama was elected in November, 2008.
He was elected president by the majority of the American people.
Barack Obama is the first Africa-American president of the United States. He was elected for the first time in 2008 and re-elected in 2012.