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* [[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>

* [[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>

* [[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>

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