2007-01-18 04:11:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Most lists are incomplete -- actually TWELVE of our Presidents achieved the rank of general, whether one star or five.
Here they are, grouped by rank:
GENERAL OF THE ARMY(IES)
- George Washington (5 star+ --officially the highest, never to be outranked)
- Dwight Eisenhower (5 star)
- Ulysses S. Grant (4 star)
MAJOR GENERAL (2 stars)
- Andrew Jackson
- William Harrison
- Zachary Taylor
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- James A Garfield
BRIGADIER GENERAL (1 star)
- Franklin Pierce
- Andrew Johnson
- Chester A. Arthur
- Benjamin Harrison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidents_by_military_rank#Table:_List_of_United_States_Presidents_by_military_rank
2007-01-18 14:37:06 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Washington, Jackson, Grant, Taylor, Eisenhower
2007-01-18 04:26:18 · answer #2 · answered by DeSaxe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
2007-01-18 04:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obvious ones - George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Andrew Jackson.
(You might want to check the Tyler/Taylor Presidents - one of them might have been - Teddy Roosevelt was a Colonel)
2007-01-18 04:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Hammerhead 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the ones already mentioned:
William Henry Harrison - War of 1812
James A. Garfield - Civil War
Rutherford B. Hayes - Civil War
2007-01-18 04:58:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Zachery Taylor.
2007-01-18 04:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋