James Buchanan
"First president from the old south since before the civil war?"
Benjamin Franklin was never President of the United States. He did however serve as President of Pennsylvania before the civil war (1785-1788).
Before. Before. Before.
No. The Civil War ended more than 15 years before Arthur was President.
Jefferson Davis - first and last Confederate President
James Buchannan
William McKinley
John C. Calhoun was never President. He was Vice President before the civil war, one of Andrew Jackson's terms.
The last president before Eisenhower who was a general was Ulysses S. Grant. He served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Prior to his presidency, Grant was a Union general during the American Civil War.
Secretary of War.
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