What president had been a prisoner of war?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The 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.

Answer 3

Only 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.

Answer 4

Andrew Jackson (revolutionary war, age fourteen) and George Washington (French and Indian War)

Answer 5

Andrew 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.