Eisenhower, Washington
George Washington
General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower
He served in the United States Army (retiring as a brigadier general from the Army reserve), became an author, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
He served in the United States Army (retiring as a brigadier general from the Army reserve), became an author, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
in the general army
Prior to becoming the "President" of Egypt from 1980-2011, he was a general in the Egyptian Army and had served in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973.
Eisenhower
No, Harry S. Truman was not an army general. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War I, but his highest rank was as a colonel in the Army Reserve. Truman's political career eventually led him to become the 33rd President of the United States.
He worked in a creamery, was a student at West Point, and served as an Officer in the US Army working his way from a 2nd Lt. to General of the Army.
Grant was a general in the Union Army for 4 years from May 1861 to April 1865. Following the war he was a general in the US Army and appointed General of the United States Armies in 1866. He would remain a general until he became President of the United States in 1869.He also served briefly as Secretary of War in the Andrew Johnson administration.
General Charles de Gaulle
US Presidents do not have to have served in the military in order to be elected.