George
Washington |
General
and Commander in Chief, Continental Army
1775-1783
|
Thomas
Jefferson |
Colonel,
Virginia Militia
1770-1779
|
James
Madison |
Colonel,
Virginia Militia
1775-1781
|
James
Monroe |
Major,
Continental Army
1775-1778
|
Andrew
Jackson |
Major
General, U.S. Army
1814-1821
|
William
Henry Harrison |
Major
General, Kentucky Militia
1812-1814
|
John
Tyler |
Captain,
Virginia Militia
1812
|
James
K. Polk |
Colonel,
Tennessee Militia
1821
|
Zachary
Taylor |
Major
General, U.S. Army
1805-1815, 1816-1849
|
Millard
Fillmore |
Major,
Union Continentals (home guard)
1861
|
Franklin
Pierce |
Brigadier
General, New Hampshire Militia
1846-1848
|
James
Buchanan |
Private,
Pennsylvania Militia
1814
|
Abraham
Lincoln |
Captain,
Illinois Militia
1832
|
Andrew
Johnson |
Brigadier
General, U.S. Army (Volunteers)
1862-1865
|
Ulysses
S. Grant |
General,
U.S. Army
1866-1869
|
Rutherford
B. Hayes |
Major
General, U.S. Army (Volunteers)
1861-1865
|
James
A. Garfield |
Major
General, U.S. Army (Volunteers)
1861-1863
|
Chester
A. Arthur |
Brigadier
General, New York Militia
1858-1863
|
Benjamin
Harrison |
Brevet
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Volunteers)
1862-1865
|
William
McKinley |
Brevet
Major, U.S. Army (Volunteers)
1861-1865
|
Theodore
Roosevelt |
Colonel,
U.S. Army (Volunteers)
1898
|
Harry
S. Truman |
Colonel,
Army Officer Reserve Corps
1919-1945
|
Dwight
D. Eisenhower |
General
of the Army, U.S. Army
1915-1948, 1951-1952
|
John
F. Kennedy |
Lieutenant,
U.S. Naval Reserve
1941-1945
|
Lyndon
B. Johnson |
Commander,
U.S. Naval Reserve
1940-1964
|
Richard
M. Nixon |
Commander,
U.S. Naval Reserve
1942-1966
|
Gerald
R. Ford, Jr |
Lieutenant
Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve
1942-1946
|
Jimmy
Carter |
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
1946-1953
|
Ronald
Reagan |
Captain,
U.S. Army
1942-1945
|
George
Bush |
Lieutenant
(junior grade), U.S. Navy
1942-1945
|
George
W. Bush |
First
Lieutenant, Texas Air National Guard
1968-1973 |