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Militia service was a common trait among [[President of the United States|presidents of the United States]], 18 of whom have served in colonial or state militias and two have served in the National Guard since it was established in 1903. Among these, three served in colonial militias ([[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]]), 15 served in state militias ([[James Monroe]], [[Andrew Jackson]], [[William Henry Harrison]], [[Millard Fillmore]], [[Franklin Pierce]], [[James Buchanan]], Abraham Lincoln, [[Andrew Johnson]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]], [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], [[James Garfield]], [[Chester A. Arthur]], [[William Henry Harrison]], [[William McKinley]] and Theodore Roosevelt), one in the Army National Guard (Harry S. Truman)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/Resources/Image-Gallery/Historical-Paintings/Presidential-Series/Harry-S-Truman/|title=Presidential series – Captain Harry S. Truman|website=nationalguard.mil|access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref> and one ([[George W. Bush]]) served in the Air National Guard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ngb.army.mil/resources/photo_gallery/presidential/index.htm |title=The National Guard{{Snd}} Image Gallery{{Snd}} Presidential Series |publisher=Ngb.army.mil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711052143/http://www.ngb.army.mil/resources/photo_gallery/presidential/index.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2007 }}</ref>