Presidents Who Served in the Armed Forces

President	Service
George Washington	Continental Army, Virginia Regiment French and Indian War and American Revolution
John Adams	None
Thomas Jefferson	Virginia Militia - Did not see action.
James Madison	Virginia Militia - Did not see action
James Monroe	American Revolution - He was wounded at the Battle of Trenton.
John Quincy Adams	Did not see action.
Andrew Jackson	American Revolution, War of 1812, Creek War, Seminole War
Martin Van Buren	None
William Harrison	U.S. Army -Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812
John Tyler	U.S. Army - War of 1812
James Polk	Tennessee State Militia - never saw action
Zachary Taylor	U.S. Army - War of 1812, Black Hawk War - Second Seminole War, Mexican American War
Millard Filmore	New York State Militia, American Civil War
Franklin Pierce	U.S. Army - Mexican-American War, wounded at the Battle of Contreras
James Buchanan	Pennsylvania State Militia -War of 1812
Abraham Lincoln	Illinois State Militia- Black Hawk War (Commander in Chief during the American Civil War)
Andrew Johnson	U.S. Army-American Civil
Ulysses S. Grant	U.S. Army - Mexican-American War, and American Civil War
Rutherford B. Hayes	U.S. Army - American Civil War he was wounded at the Battle of South Mountain.
James Garfield	U.S. Army - American Civil War
Chester A. Arthur	New York State Militia - Quartermaster General during the American Civil War.
Grover Cleveland	None
Benjamin Harrison	U.S. Army - American Civil War
William McKinley	U.S. Army - American Civil War
Theodore Roosevelt	U.S. Army - Spanish-American War (Only President to receive the Medal of Honor.)
William Taft	None
Woodrow Wilson	None
Warren Harding	None
Calvin Coolidge	None
Herbert Hoover	None
Franklin D. Roosevelt	None (Commander in Chief during WWII)
Harry Truman	U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve - WWI
Dwight D. Eisenhower	U.S. Army - WWI (Served in U.S.) WWII (Served as Supreme Allied Commander) (Commander in Chief as President.)
John F. Kennedy	U.S. Navy - WWII He received the Purple Heart and Navy and Marine Corps Medals.
Lyndon B. Johnson	U.S. Naval Reserve - He was in an airplane when it was attacked in WWII.)
Richard Nixon	U.S. Naval Reserve - WWII
Gerald Ford	U.S. Naval Reserve - WWII
Jimmy Carter	U.S. Navy - Served during WWII at the Naval Academy, served in U.S. during the Korean War.
Ronald Reagan	U.S. Army Reserve - WWII served in U.S.
George H. Bush	United States Naval Reserve - WWII Combat Pilot. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Bill Clinton	None
George W. Bush	Texas Air National Guard - Served in U.S. during Vietnam War.
Barack Obama	None
Donald Trump	None

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