Military Service of the Presidents


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 Commander, 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