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Many US Presidents were military veterans. Others, such as Taft, FDR, and Hoover, had served in various roles with the armed services.

Presidents who were military veterans (asterisk is a non-combat position):

1st - George Washington

5th - James Monroe

7th - Andrew Jackson

9th - William Henry Harrison

11th - James K. Polk *(Tennessee militia)

12th - Zachary Taylor

14th - Franklin Pierce

16th - Abraham Lincoln (Illinois militia, Black Hawk War)

17th - Andrew Johnson *(Tennessee militia)

18th - Ulysses S. Grant

19th - Rutherford B. Hayes

20th - James Garfield

21st - Chester A. Arthur *(brigadier general, NY quartermaster)

23rd - Benjamin Harrison

25th - William McKinley

26th - Theodore Roosevelt

33rd - Harry S. Truman

34th - Dwight D. Eisenhower

35th - John F. Kennedy

36th - Lyndon Johnson *(Navy, Silver Star for one disputed mission)

37th - Richard Nixon *(Navy support positions)

38th - Gerald Ford

39th - Jimmy Carter *(Navy submarines)

40th - Ronald Reagan *(stateside Army Air Force)

41st - George H. Bush

43rd - George W. Bush *(national guard)

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