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U.S. Presidents Who Have Served in the Military

Can you name all the U.S. Presidents who have served in a branch of the United States Armed Forces? You will be given their branch and highest rank achieved as a hint.
Militias, National Guard, Reserves, and Volunteer Regiments count
If a President served in more than one area, the highest rank achieved takes precedence
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Last updated: October 20, 2022
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First submittedOctober 13, 2021
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Branch
Rank
Answer
Continental Army
Major General / Commander-in-Chief
George Washington
Albemarle County Militia
Colonel
Thomas Jefferson
Orange County Militia
Colonel
James Madison
Continental Army
Major
James Monroe
Army
Major General
Andrew Jackson
Army
Captain
William Henry Harrison
Charles City Rifles
Captain
John Tyler
Tennessee Militia
Colonel
James K. Polk
Army
Major General
Zachary Taylor
Union Continentals
Major
Millard Fillmore
Army
Brigadier General
Franklin Pierce
Pennsylvania Militia
Private
James Buchanan
Illinois Militia
Captain
Abraham Lincoln
Union Army
Brigadier General (As Military Governor)
Andrew Johnson
Union Army
General of the Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Union Army
Major General
Rutherford B. Hayes
Branch
Rank
Answer
Union Army
Major General
James Garfield
New York Militia
Brigadier General
Chester A. Arthur
Union Volunteer Army
Brevet Brigadier General
Benjamin Harrison
Union Army
Brevet Major
William McKinley
Volunteer Army
Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt
Army Reserve
Colonel
Harry Truman
Army
General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Navy
Lieutenant
John F. Kennedy
Navy Reserves
Commander
Lyndon B. Johnson
Navy Resverves
Commander
Richard Nixon
Navy
Lieutenant Commander
Gerald Ford
Navy
Lieutenant
Jimmy Carter
Army
Captain
Ronald Reagan
Navy
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
George H. W. Bush
Air National Guard
First Lieutenant
George W. Bush
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Level 34
Oct 13, 2021
Excellent quiz! Nominated!
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Level 88
Oct 13, 2021
Thank you!
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Level 88
Oct 13, 2021
Quiz has been fixed to include one I forgot