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* [[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> | * [[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 [[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> | (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> | ||