The most recent president that saw active military service was George H. W. Bush, who left office in 1983. (George W. Bush was in the national guard. Clinton and Obama had no military duty.) Prior to Bush41 , all eight of the Presidents after Roosevelt in 1945 saw active duty in the military and all but Carter had wartime service.
US Presidents do not have to have served in the military in order to be elected.
The following 13 presidents never served in the military: Obama - Clinton - Franklin Roosevelt - Hoover - Coolidge - Harding - Wilson - Taft - Cleveland - Fillmore - van Buren - Adams - Adams.
There were 25 US presidents who never served in the Senate.
All the US presidents that served before 1956 or after April 1975.
About 18 percent.
US Presidents George H. Bush, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and (Lyndon) Johnson served in the US Navy during World War II.
i know Woodrow Wilson did
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5 US Presidents: Eisenhower (sent US military men in '55); Kennedy; Johnson; Nixon; Ford evacuated Saigon in '75.
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None of the US presidents served in the Marine Corps.
Presidents can only serve for 2 terms. 4 years are in a term.