They DIDN'T want to be the first United States Presidents to lose a war.
8 presidents
During the Vietnam War, Presidents Kennedy and then Johnson were democrats.
Two. Polk acquired the Southwest by war with Mexico. McKinley acquired Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines by war with Spain. Monroe acquired Florida from Sain by military force, but war was never declared. In addition, virtually every 19C President acquired land as a result of Indian wars.
For the most part Presidents have ignored the War Powers Act partly on the grounds that it is Unconstitutional for one branch of government to either increase or decrease the power of another branch. separation of power
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The Congress
JFK
Secretary of state, war,
Quite a lot of presidents have been elected directkly or indirectly because of war, but the obvious cases are Washington, Grant and Eisenhower.
There was no "governor" of the civil war. There were to Presidents, the Union and Confederacy.
Copperheads (Anti-war Democrats)
Because you need to do your own reading, and find out yourself.