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* [[John Tyler]], commanded a company called the [[Charles City, Virginia|Charles City]] Rifles, part of Virginia's 52nd Regiment, in the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart L. Butler|title=Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcGHZfcKC8C&pg=PA282|year=2012|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-6040-2|page=282}}</ref> | * [[John Tyler]], commanded a company called the [[Charles City, Virginia|Charles City]] Rifles, part of Virginia's 52nd Regiment, in the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart L. Butler|title=Defending the Old Dominion: Virginia and Its Militia in the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcGHZfcKC8C&pg=PA282|year=2012|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-7618-6040-2|page=282}}</ref> | ||
* [[James Polk]], joined the [[Tennessee]] Militia as a captain in a cavalry regiment in 1821. He was subsequently appointed a colonel on the staff of [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Louise A. Mayo|title=President James K. Polk: The Dark Horse President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYSs5yfHZCIC&pg=PA14|year=2006|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59454-718-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Soldiers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZlARhqdLa4C|year=1980|publisher=Department of the Army|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Barbara Bennett Peterson|title=Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of Tennessee and Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hmx5cMwRQhsC&pg=PA5|year=2002|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59033-145-3|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John Seigenthaler|author-link=John Seigenthaler|title=James K. Polk: The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzi6Ux3L934C&pg=PA30|year=2004|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6942-6|page=34}}</ref> | * [[James Polk]], joined the [[Tennessee]] Militia as a captain in a cavalry regiment in 1821. He was subsequently appointed a colonel on the staff of [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[William Carroll (Tennessee politician)|William Carroll]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Louise A. Mayo|title=President James K. Polk: The Dark Horse President|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYSs5yfHZCIC&pg=PA14|year=2006|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59454-718-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Soldiers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZlARhqdLa4C|year=1980|publisher=Department of the Army|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Barbara Bennett Peterson|title=Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of Tennessee and Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hmx5cMwRQhsC&pg=PA5|year=2002|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-59033-145-3|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=John Seigenthaler|author-link=John Seigenthaler|title=James K. Polk: The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzi6Ux3L934C&pg=PA30|year=2004|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6942-6|page=34}}</ref> | ||
* [[Millard Fillmore]], served as inspector of New York's 47th Brigade with the rank of major.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Roger Sherman Skinner|title=The New-York State Register for 1830–1831|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ|year=1830|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ/page/n365 361]|publisher=New York }}</ref> Commanded the Union Continentals, a militia unit raised to perform local service in [[Buffalo, New York]], during the | * [[Millard Fillmore]], served as inspector of New York's 47th Brigade with the rank of major.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Roger Sherman Skinner|title=The New-York State Register for 1830–1831|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ|year=1830|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6o0UAAAAYAAJ/page/n365 361]|publisher=New York }}</ref> Commanded the Union Continentals, a militia unit raised to perform local service in [[Buffalo, New York]], during the American Civil War.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Buffalo Historical Society|author2=Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.)|title=Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNYwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR32|year=1907|publisher=The Society.|page=xxxii}}</ref> | ||
* [[Franklin Pierce]], appointed [[aide de camp]] to [[Governor of New Hampshire|Governor]] [[Samuel Dinsmoor]] in 1831. He remained in the militia until 1847 and attained the rank of colonel before becoming a brigadier general in the Army during the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1=John Farmer|editor2=G. Parker Lyon|title=The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1832|page=53}}</ref> | * [[Franklin Pierce]], appointed [[aide de camp]] to [[Governor of New Hampshire|Governor]] [[Samuel Dinsmoor]] in 1831. He remained in the militia until 1847 and attained the rank of colonel before becoming a brigadier general in the Army during the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1=John Farmer|editor2=G. Parker Lyon|title=The New-Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1832|page=53}}</ref> | ||
* [[James Buchanan]], a member of the [[Pennsylvania]] Militia. His dragoon unit took part in the defense of [[Baltimore, Maryland]], during the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph E. Eshelman|title=A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia|url=https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe|url-access=registration|year=2011|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9837-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe/page/114 114]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Shriver Klein|title=President James Buchanan, a biography|url=https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp|year=1962|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp/page/n59 18]}}</ref> | * [[James Buchanan]], a member of the [[Pennsylvania]] Militia. His dragoon unit took part in the defense of [[Baltimore, Maryland]], during the [[War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph E. Eshelman|title=A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: Eighteen Tours in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia|url=https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe|url-access=registration|year=2011|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9837-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/travelguidetowar0000eshe/page/114 114]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Shriver Klein|title=President James Buchanan, a biography|url=https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp|year=1962|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/presidentjamesbu007671mbp/page/n59 18]}}</ref> | ||
* | * Abraham Lincoln, served in the [[Illinois National Guard|Illinois Militia]] during the [[Black Hawk War]]. He commanded a company in the 4th Illinois Regiment with the rank of captain from April to May 1832. He was a private in Captain Alexander White's Company from May to June 1832. He served as a private in Captain Jacob Earley's company from June to July 1832.<ref>{{cite book|author=Illinois Adjutant General's Office|title=Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831–32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8|url=https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi|year=1882|publisher=H. W. Rokker, state printer|pages=[https://archive.org/details/recordofservices6217illi/page/100 100], 176, 183}}</ref> | ||
* [[Andrew Johnson]], served in the [[Tennessee National Guard|Tennessee Militia]] in the 1830s, and attained the rank of colonel.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans L. Trefousse|title=Andrew Johnson: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blkUcM2B3dgC|year=1997|publisher=W. W. Norton, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-393-31742-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James Knox Polk|editor1=Wayne Cutler|editor2=Herbert Weaver|title=Correspondence of James K. Polk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vu99nZ2h7cC&pg=PA439|volume=7|year=1989|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-0-8265-1225-3|page=439}}</ref> During the | * [[Andrew Johnson]], served in the [[Tennessee National Guard|Tennessee Militia]] in the 1830s, and attained the rank of colonel.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans L. Trefousse|title=Andrew Johnson: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blkUcM2B3dgC|year=1997|publisher=W. W. Norton, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-393-31742-8|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James Knox Polk|editor1=Wayne Cutler|editor2=Herbert Weaver|title=Correspondence of James K. Polk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vu99nZ2h7cC&pg=PA439|volume=7|year=1989|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=978-0-8265-1225-3|page=439}}</ref> During the American Civil War he remained loyal to the Union and was appointed Military Governor of Tennessee with the rank of brigadier general.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kate Havelin|title=Andrew Johnson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_k8KQ0_45YC&pg=PA23|year=2004|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=978-0-8225-1000-0|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Gary L. Donhardt|title=In the Shadow of the Great Rebellion: The Life of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States (1808-1875)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UW32n2HWwRIC&pg=PA6|year=2007|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-60021-086-0|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Clifton R. Hall|title=Andrew Johnson: Military Governor of Tennessee|url=https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall|year=1916|page=[https://archive.org/details/andrewjohnsonmil01hall/page/19 19]}}</ref> | ||
* [[Ulysses S. Grant]], having left the Army as a captain, at the start of the Civil War he served in the Illinois Militia as aide de camp and mustering officer for [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]] [[Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)|Richard Yates]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James S. Brisbin|title=The campaign lives of Ulysses S Grant and Schuyler Colfax|publisher=Gale Cengage Learning|url=https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog|year=1868|pages=[https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog/page/n63 58]–59}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ulysses Simpson Grant|title=The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April to September, 1861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be-a9wVl1foC&pg=PA29|year=1969|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-0366-3|page=29}}</ref> He held these positions until being appointed commander of the [[21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment|21st Illinois Infantry]], which set him on the path to becoming a general and commander of all Union armies.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Farina|title=Ulysses S. Grant, 1861–1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiXipzGjMxsC&pg=PA22|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8051-7|page=22}}</ref> | * [[Ulysses S. Grant]], having left the Army as a captain, at the start of the Civil War he served in the Illinois Militia as aide de camp and mustering officer for [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]] [[Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)|Richard Yates]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James S. Brisbin|title=The campaign lives of Ulysses S Grant and Schuyler Colfax|publisher=Gale Cengage Learning|url=https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog|year=1868|pages=[https://archive.org/details/campaignlivesul01brisgoog/page/n63 58]–59}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ulysses Simpson Grant|title=The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April to September, 1861|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be-a9wVl1foC&pg=PA29|year=1969|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-0366-3|page=29}}</ref> He held these positions until being appointed commander of the [[21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment|21st Illinois Infantry]], which set him on the path to becoming a general and commander of all Union armies.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Farina|title=Ulysses S. Grant, 1861–1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiXipzGjMxsC&pg=PA22|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8051-7|page=22}}</ref> | ||
* [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], joined a militia company in 1846 intending to fight in the Mexican–American War, but resigned because of ill health.<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Dean Howells|author2=Rutherford Birchard Hayes|title=Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler|publisher=Hurd and Houghton|url=https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft|year=1876|page=[https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft/page/29 29]}}</ref> Enlisted as a private in a [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] militia company at the start of the Civil War in 1861, and was elected commander with the rank of captain. He was subsequently appointed a major in the [[23rd Ohio Infantry]], and ended the war as a brigade commander and [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] Major General.<ref>Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, [http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/civilwar/display.asp?id=1133&subj=civilwar ''Military and Personal Sketches of Ohio's Rank and File from Sandusky County in the War of the Rebellion''], 1885, republished on the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center web site</ref> | * [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], joined a militia company in 1846 intending to fight in the Mexican–American War, but resigned because of ill health.<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Dean Howells|author2=Rutherford Birchard Hayes|title=Sketch of the life and character of Rutherford B. Hayes. Also a biographical sketch of William A. Wheeler|publisher=Hurd and Houghton|url=https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft|year=1876|page=[https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifechar00howeuoft/page/29 29]}}</ref> Enlisted as a private in a [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] militia company at the start of the Civil War in 1861, and was elected commander with the rank of captain. He was subsequently appointed a major in the [[23rd Ohio Infantry]], and ended the war as a brigade commander and [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] Major General.<ref>Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, [http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/civilwar/display.asp?id=1133&subj=civilwar ''Military and Personal Sketches of Ohio's Rank and File from Sandusky County in the War of the Rebellion''], 1885, republished on the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center web site</ref> | ||
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* [[Benjamin Harrison]], commissioned in the [[Indiana National Guard|Indiana Militia]] by [[Governor of Indiana|Governor]] [[Oliver P. Morton]] to recruit a regiment during the Civil War, he was subsequently appointed a second lieutenant and captain in and then colonel and commander of the [[70th Indiana Infantry Regiment]]. He received the brevet of brigadier general as a commendation of his service, and later commanded a brigade.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lew Wallace|author2=Murat Halstead|title=Life and Public Services of Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the U.S.: With a Concise Biographical Sketch of Hon. Whitelaw Reid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UesLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA220-IA2|year=1892|publisher=Edgewood Publishing Company|pages=178–181}}</ref><ref>''Newburgh Daily Journal'', [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A45RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WjMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4213,1003999&dq=benjamin-harrison+brevet+general+civil+war&hl=en "Death of General Harrison"], 14 March 1901</ref><ref>Muncie Free Press, [http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/20065 Daniels adds President Benjamin Harrison to Hoosier Heritage Portrait Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102818/http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/20065 |date=24 December 2013 }}, 20 March 2009</ref> He also enrolled in the militia again during labor unrest in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] in 1877.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eric Foner|title=Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhvA0S_op38C&pg=PA584|year=2002|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-093716-4|page=584}}</ref> | * [[Benjamin Harrison]], commissioned in the [[Indiana National Guard|Indiana Militia]] by [[Governor of Indiana|Governor]] [[Oliver P. Morton]] to recruit a regiment during the Civil War, he was subsequently appointed a second lieutenant and captain in and then colonel and commander of the [[70th Indiana Infantry Regiment]]. He received the brevet of brigadier general as a commendation of his service, and later commanded a brigade.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lew Wallace|author2=Murat Halstead|title=Life and Public Services of Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the U.S.: With a Concise Biographical Sketch of Hon. Whitelaw Reid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UesLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA220-IA2|year=1892|publisher=Edgewood Publishing Company|pages=178–181}}</ref><ref>''Newburgh Daily Journal'', [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A45RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WjMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4213,1003999&dq=benjamin-harrison+brevet+general+civil+war&hl=en "Death of General Harrison"], 14 March 1901</ref><ref>Muncie Free Press, [http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/20065 Daniels adds President Benjamin Harrison to Hoosier Heritage Portrait Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102818/http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/20065 |date=24 December 2013 }}, 20 March 2009</ref> He also enrolled in the militia again during labor unrest in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]] in 1877.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eric Foner|title=Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhvA0S_op38C&pg=PA584|year=2002|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-093716-4|page=584}}</ref> | ||
* [[William McKinley]], joined a volunteer militia company called the [[Poland, Ohio|Poland]] Guards at the start of the Civil War. The company was subsequently mustered in as part of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, the same regiment in which President Hayes served. McKinley ended the war as a major and chief of staff for division commander [[Samuel S. Carroll]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John W. Tyler|title=The Life of William McKinley|url=https://archive.org/details/lifewilliammcki00tylegoog|year=1901|publisher=P. W. Ziegler & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/lifewilliammcki00tylegoog/page/n27 37]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Kevin Phillips|title=William McKinley: The American Presidents Series: The 25th President, 1897–1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqX0tZurehgC&pg=PA23|year=2003|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6953-2|page=23}}</ref> | * [[William McKinley]], joined a volunteer militia company called the [[Poland, Ohio|Poland]] Guards at the start of the Civil War. The company was subsequently mustered in as part of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, the same regiment in which President Hayes served. McKinley ended the war as a major and chief of staff for division commander [[Samuel S. Carroll]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John W. Tyler|title=The Life of William McKinley|url=https://archive.org/details/lifewilliammcki00tylegoog|year=1901|publisher=P. W. Ziegler & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/lifewilliammcki00tylegoog/page/n27 37]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Kevin Phillips|title=William McKinley: The American Presidents Series: The 25th President, 1897–1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqX0tZurehgC&pg=PA23|year=2003|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-6953-2|page=23}}</ref> | ||
* | * Theodore Roosevelt, commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 8th New York Infantry Regiment in 1884, he served until 1888 and attained the rank of captain. During the [[Spanish–American War]] he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the [[Rough Riders|1st United States Volunteer Cavalry]], which he later commanded as a colonel. In 2001 a review of his war record led to a posthumous award of the Medal of Honor.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Montgomery Clemens|title=The Ancestry of Theodore Roosevelt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuoaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11|year=1914|publisher=W.M. Clemens|page=11}}</ref><ref>Bill Bleyer, ''Long Island Newsday'', [https://www.proquest.com/docview/279417972 "Roosevelt's Medal of Honor Coming to LI"], 21 February 2001</ref> | ||
* | * Harry S. Truman, served in the [[Missouri Army National Guard]] from 1905 to 1911, rising to the rank of [[Corporal#United States|corporal]]. During World War I he rejoined and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the 2nd Missouri Field Artillery. This regiment was federalized as the [[129th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|129th Field Artillery]], and Truman commanded Battery D as a captain. He continued to serve in the [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]], retiring as a colonel in 1953.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriele Arnold|title=Harry S. Truman – his foreign policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWW8JmiCXmkC&pg=PA4|year=2006|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-638-51025-7|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Michael J. Devine|title=Harry S. Truman, the State of Israel, and the Quest for Peace in the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5cK35spXUQC&pg=PA93|year=2009|publisher=Truman State Univ Press|isbn=978-1-935503-80-4|page=93}}</ref><ref name="Truman_DearBess">{{cite book|last=Truman|first=Harry S.|author-link=Harry S. Truman |editor-last=Ferrell|editor-first=Robert H.|editor-link=Robert Hugh Ferrell|title=[[Dear Bess: The Letters From Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959]]|year=1983|publisher=Norton|isbn=978-0-8262-1203-0|oclc= 9440945|page=306}}</ref> | ||
(Note: President | (Note: President George W. Bush served in the National Guard in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he was the first [[Air National Guard]] member to attain the presidency.)<ref>{{cite book|author=Clarke Rountree|title=George W. Bush: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kcaI-XTL4kC&pg=PA34|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38500-1|pages=xviii–xix}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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