What U.S. Presidents have served in wars or armed conflicts

Question

What U.S. Presidents have served in wars or armed conflicts

Answer 1

Washington - French Indian Wars, Revolutinary War

Grant - Civil War

Teddy Roosevelt - Spanish American War

Eisenhower - WWII

Answer 2

Deight D Eisenhower

John F Kennedy

Theodore Rossevelt

Usyless S Grant

George Washington

John Adams

Answer 3

none.they may have been there but so far behind the lines

Answer 4

George Washington in French and Indian War, Revolutionary War

Ulysses S. Grant in Mexican-American War and Civil War

Andrew Jackson in Revolutionary War, Creek War, War of 1812, First Seminole War

William H. Harrison in Northwest Indian War, War of 1812

Zachary Taylor in War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Second Seminole War, and Mexican-American War

Rutherford B. Hayes in Civil War

James A. Garfield in Civil War

Franklin Pierce in Mexican-American War

Chester A. Arthur in non-combatant service only during Civil War

Benjamin Harrison in Civil War

Theodore Roosevelt in Spanish American War

James Madison in served briefly (1775) during the Revolutionary War

James Monroe in Revolutionary War

Lyndon B. Johnson in WW2

William McKinley in  Civil War with the Army of the Potomac

Harry S Truman in WW1

Gerald Ford in WW2

John Tyler in War of 1812

Ronald Reagan served during World War II but did not see combat

Jimmy Carter was a midshipman during World War II, served during Korean War, but never sent to Korea

George W. Bush served during the Vietnam War but did not see combat

James Buchanan in War of 1812

Richard Nixon in WW2

George H.W. Bush in WW2

Dwight D Eisenhower in WW2

John F Kennedy in WW2

Answer 5

George HW Bush was a fighter pilot in WW2.  

Answer 6

Good list on Wiki by rank.  Also the List notes who was in the Services but did not face active combat (such as Bush II, Reagan, Carter, Jefferson, Madison and Lincoln)

Did not serve in uniform

John Adams  

John Quincy Adams  

Martin Van Buren  

Grover Cleveland  (drafted in Civil War, but paid $150 for a substitute - a legal option under the terms of the Conscription Act of 1863, and his substitute survived the war).

William H. Taft - but served as Secretary of War under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1904 to 1908.

Woodrow Wilson Served as President/thus Commander in Chief during World War I

Warren G. Harding  

Calvin Coolidge  

Herbert Hoover - served in a private (civilian) humanitarian capacity in Europe during World War I

Franklin D. Roosevelt - attempted to join the Navy during the Spanish American War but was unable as he contracted measles. Served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 and through World War I; when the U.S. entered the war in 1917 he offered his resignation so that he could apply for a commission in the Navy, but was refused by the President. Served as President during World War II

Bill Clinton - Student deferment/ROTC.