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No US President has been a prisoner of war. Athough not a United States President, Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America was imprisoned for 2 years after the Civil War.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe first president to have been captured as prisoner of war was George Washington, in the French and Indian war. More recently, John McCain, a presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential race, made public his status as a prisoner of war.
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∙ 13y agoOnly one and that was Andrew Jackson, who was captured as a boy by the British during the American Revolution. Both Kennedy and the elder Bush had narrow escapes from capture by the Japanese during WW 2, but they were rescued and avoided capture.
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∙ 15y agoAndrew Jackson (revolutionary war, age fourteen) and George Washington (French and Indian War)
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∙ 13y agoAndrew Jackson was in effect a prisoner of war when he was taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War. He was only thirteen at the time.
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What does POW camps stand for?
Prisoner of war camp FIRST
What does POW stand for?
prisoner of war Would depend on circumstances, but often Prisoner Of War, a soldier caught by the enemy
When did Featherston prisoner of war camp happen?
Featherston prisoner of war camp happened in 1943.
What does pow means?
Prisoner Of War
What does the POW MIA flag mean?
P.O.W means Prisoner of War M.I.A means Missing in Action
What president was captured and held prisoner by the British in 1789?
Andrew Jackson future president of the US fought at the Battle of Hanging Rock (North Carolina) at the age of 13 and was taken prisoner by the British. George Washington was the first president to have been captured as prisoner of war, in the French and Indian war.
Who was the only president that was in prison?
No US president was ever in prison as a criminal. Andrew Jackson was a prisoner of war as a boy of 13 after he was captured by the British in the war for independence.
What is prisoner of war?
A soldier taken as a prisoner during war.
How did Lincolns presidential power increase during the civil war?
President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus (a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge) during the Civil War.
What does POW camps stand for?
Prisoner of war camp FIRST
What does POW stand for?
prisoner of war Would depend on circumstances, but often Prisoner Of War, a soldier caught by the enemy
What does POW mean World War 2?
Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
When was Lom prisoner of war camp created?
Lom prisoner of war camp was created in 1940.
When did Featherston prisoner of war camp happen?
Featherston prisoner of war camp happened in 1943.
Who was the president of America during the war with England?
No one. There has never been a president of America. Nor has America ever been at war with England.
What is the answer to the pow?
Prisoner of war
President wounded in Revolutionary War?
Monroe was suffered a serious shoulder wound in the Battle of Trenton. Jackson was slashed in the face by a officer's sword while he was a prisoner of the British during the war.
