Top Eight US Presidents Military Rankings

George Washington

General; Washington was appointed commander-in-chief by Continental Congress in 1775. Served in the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War

Dwight Eisenhower

5-Star General; Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander in Europe and Commanded D-Day invasion; He was the last WWI veteran who served as U.S. president.

Ulysses S. Grant

Genera-in-chief of the Union Army;  Grant was appointed bridgadier general of volunteers by abraham Lincoln. He won the first major Union victory. Served in Mexican-American and Civil Wars.

Andrew Jackson

Major General; Served in Revolutionary War, Creek War, War of 1812, First Seminole War. Jackson was a militia messenger at age 13 and was captured; first president to be held prisoner of war.

William H. Harrison

Major General; Tecumesh’s War, Battle of Tippecanoe and War of 1812. Harrison became a hero after success at the Battle of Thames.

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Zachary Taylor

Major General; Taylor Had a 40-year military carrer. He served in War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. Became a hero because of his activities in the Mexican-American War

Rutherford B. Hayes

Major General of Volunteers; Served successfully in Civil War. Had four horses shot out from underneath him.

James A. Garfield

Major General of Volunteers; Served in Civil War. Garfield’s heroic ride at the Battle of Chickamauga later helped him get elected President.

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