President S.N. number Year President
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 1789 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1841 1844 1848 1850 1852 1856 1860 1864 1865 George Washington George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Madison James Monroe James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James Knox Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson
Party
Federalist Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Democrat Democrat Democrat Whig Whig Democrat Whig Whig Democrat Democrat Republican Republican
18 1868 Ulysses Grant 18 1872 Ulysses Grant 19 1876 Rutherford Hayes 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 1880 1881 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 James Abraham Garfield Chester Alan Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland William McKinley William McKinley
Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Democrat Republican Democrat Republican Republican Republican Republican
26 1901 Theodore Roosevelt 26 1904 Theodore Roosevelt
36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
27 28 28 29 30 30 31 32 32 32 32
1908 1912 1916 1920 1923 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944
William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Republican Democrat Democrat Republican Republican Republican Republican Democrat Democrat Democrat Democrat Democrat Democrat
33 1945 Harry S. Truman 33 1948 Harry S. Truman
49
34 1952 Dwight David Eisenhower Republican
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
34 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 35 36 36 37 37 1960 1963 1964 1968 1972 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Democrat Democrat Democrat Republican Republican Republican Democrat Republican
38 1974 Gerald Ford 39 1976 Jimmy Carter 40 1980 Ronald Reagan 40 41 42 42 43 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000
Ronald Reagan Republican George Herbert Walker Bush Republican William Clinton Democrat William Clinton Democrat George W. Bush Republican
64
43 2004 George W. Bush
Republican
Number of Distinct Presidents 1789-2008 Presidents with Military Experience Years of presidency Years of presidency with president with mil. Exp.
Mil. Summary
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
Mil. Exp Dummy
1 0 0
Start Start End End Month Year Month Year
4 1789 3 1797 3 1801 3 1809 3 1817 3 1825 3 1829 3 3 4 3 3 7 3 3 3 1837 1841 1841 1845 1849 1850 1853 1857 1861 3 1797 3 1801 3 1809 3 1817 3 1825 3 1829 3 1837 3 4 3 3 7 3 3 3 4 1841 1841 1845 1849 1850 1853 1857 1861 1865
Colonel in the Virginia militia Fought in the Continental Army Fought in the Continental Army General in War of 1812 General in War of 1812 General in War of 1812 Captain of a volunteer military company in 1813 Colonel in the Tennessee militia. Career General *After leaving presidency raised volunteer army Colonel and then Brigadier General during Mexican war War of 1812 Captain, Illinois Militia (1832) Brigadier General, Union Army Career General; General-in-chief of all armies of US during Civil War Career General; General-in-chief of all armies of US during Civil War Civil War, breveted to Major General Civil War; positions include: Brigadier General, and Major General inspector general and quartermaster general Civil War; brevetted to brigadier general Civil War, brevetted to Major General Civil War, brevetted to Major General Spanish-American War, positions include: Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel Spanish-American War, positions include: Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel
1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
4 1865 3 1869
3 1869 3 1877
1 1 1 0 1 0 1
3 1877 3 9 3 3 3 3 1881 1881 1885 1889 1893 1897
3 1881 9 3 3 3 3 9 1881 1885 1889 1893 1897 1901
1 1
9 1901
3 1909
0 0 0 0
3 1909 3 1913 3 1921 8 1923 3 1929 3 1933
3 1913 3 1921 8 1923 3 1929 3 1933 4 1945
0
WW 1; positions: Captain in the Field Artillery. Previously - Colonel in National Guard WW 1; positions: Captain in the Field Artillery. Previously - Colonel in National Guard
1
4 1945
1 1953
WW II; General of the Army; Army Chief of Staff in 1945, Commander in Chief of NATO forces starting 1950 WW II; General of the Army; Army Chief of Staff in 1945, Commander in Chief of NATO forces starting 1950
1
1 1953
1 1961
WW II; Lieutenant, commanded a patrol torpedo (PT) 1 WW II; Navy Lieutenant Commander 1 WW II; Navy Lieutenant Commander WW II; Navy Lieutenant Commander 1 WW II; Navy Lieutenant Commander WW II; trainer, Lieutenant, anti-aircraft battery officer 1 Korean War; graduate of naval academy, Engineering Officer, Lieutenant 1 WW II; Motion Picture Unit, First Lieutenant, Captain,Executive Officer 1 WW II; Motion Picture Unit, First Lieutenant, Captain,Executive Officer WW II; Naval aviator, Lieutenant 1 0 0 National Guard 0
1 1961 11 1963 1 1969
11 1963 1 1969 8 1974
8 1974 1 1977 1 1981
1 1977 1 1981 1 1989
1 1989 1 1993 1 2001
1 1993 1 2001 1 2009
National Guard
0 29
43 29 219 137
Years of Month/Y rule Months ear
8 0 4 8 0 8 0 8 0 4 8 0 4 0 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 0 4 8 0 4 0 4 4 4 4 4 0 8 0 -1 -0.08333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.083333 -1 -0.08333 0 0 4 0.333333 -4 -0.33333 0 0 0 0 1 0.083333 0 0 -1 -0.08333 0 0 0 6 -6 0 0 0 6 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0.5 -0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0 -0.5 0
Years and Months
7.916666667 0 4 8 0 8 0 8 0 4 8 0 4 0.083333333 3.916666667 4 1.333333333 2.666666667 4 4 4.083333333 0 3.916666667 8 0 4 0.5 3.5 4 4 4 4.5 0 7.5 0
Mil. Dummy x Years of rule
8 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 4 4 4 0 4 8 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 8 0
Mil. Dummy x Pres. With mil. Year and months
7.916666667 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 0.083333333 3.916666667 4 1.333333333 0 4 4 4.083333333 0 3.916666667 8 0 4 0.5 3.5 0 4 0 4.5 0 7.5 0
4 8 0 2 6 0 4 12 0 0 0 8 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.416667 -5 -0.41667 0 0 0 0 1 0.083333 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 -0.25 0
4 8 0 2.416666667 5.583333333 0 4 12.08333333 0 0 0 7.75 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.75 0
8
0
0
8
8
8
0 2 6 0 5 0 3 4 8 0 4 8 0 8
0
0
0 2.833333333 5.166666667 0 5.583333333 0 2.416666667 4 8 0 4 8 0 8
0 2 6 0 5 0 3 4 8 0 4 0 0 0
0 2.833333333 5.166666667 0 5.583333333 0 2.416666667 4 8 0 4 0 0 0
10 0.833333 -10 -0.83333 0 0 7 0.583333 0 0 -7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.58333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 220 -3
0 137
0 137