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George Washington
- From Virginia
- Attended school in Fredericksburg
- French Indian War, American Revolution, and Quasi War
- American Revolution
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John Adams
- Massachusetts
- Harvard educated lawyer
- Army
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Thomas Jefferson
- Virginia
- College of William and Mary
- Commander in chief
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James Madison
- Virginia
- Princeton University
- Orange County Regiment
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James Monroe
- Virginia
- Continental Army
- College of William and Mary
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John Quincy Adams
- Massachusetts
- Harvard, University of Leiden
- Union Army
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Andrew Jackson
- Between North and South Carolina
- North Carolina to study law
- American Revolution
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Martin Van Buren
- Kinderhook, New York
- Claverack College
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William Henry Harrison
- Berkeley Plantation, Virginia
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Major General in Army
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John Tyler
- Virginia
- William and Mary University
- Virginia Militia
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Period: to
James Knox Polk
- Pineville, North Carolina
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Tennessee Militia
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Period: to
Zachary Taylor
- Virginia
- Basic Education
- War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Second Seminole War
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Period: to
Millard Fillmore
- Summer Hill, New York
- Lawyer
- New York Militia
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Period: to
Franklin Pierce
- New Hampshire
- Bowdoin College and Northampton Law School
- Brigade Commander in army
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Period: to
James Bunchanan
- Pennsylvania
- Dickinson College
- War of 1812
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Period: to
Abraham Lincoln
- Kentucky
- Attended school as a kid
- Illinois Militia
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Period: to
Andrew Johnson
- Rayleigh, North Carolina
- Never attended school
- United States Army
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Period: to
Ulysses S. Grant
- Ohio
- United States Military Academy
- United States Military
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Period: to
Rutherford B. Hayes
- Ohio
- Harvard University and Harvard Law School
- Military
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Period: to
James Garfield
- Ohio
- Hiram College and Williams College
- No military experience
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Period: to
Chester A. Arthur
- Fairland, Vermont
- Union College and State and National Law School
- New York Militia
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Period: to
Grover Cleveland
- New Jersey
- Clinton Grammar School
- United States Military
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Period: to
Benjamin Harrison
- Ohio
- Miami University
- Union Army
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Period: to
Grover Cleaveland
- New Jersey
- Clinton Grammar School
- United States Military
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William McKinley
- Ohio
- Albany Law School
- Civil War
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Period: to
Theodore Roosevelt
- New York, New York
- Harvard College
- Naval War against Spain
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Period: to
William Howard Taft
- Ohio
- Yale University
- No military experience
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Period: to
Woodrow Wilson
- Virginia
- Princeton University
- Civil War
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Period: to
Warren Harding
- Ohio
- Ohio Central College
- Army
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Period: to
Calvin Coolidge
- Vermont
- Amherst College
- United States Army
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Period: to
Herbert Hoover
- West Branch, Iowa
- Stanford University
- World War 1
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Period: to
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- New York
- Harvard University and Columbia Law School
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy
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Period: to
Harry S. Truman
- Missouri
- UMKC Law School
- World War 1
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Period: to
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Kansas
- US Army War College
- Army
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Period: to
John F. Kennedy
- Massachusetts
- Harvard
- World War 2
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Period: to
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Texas
- Texas State University
- United State Naval Reserve
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Period: to
Richard Nixon
- California
- Duke Law School
- World War 2
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Period: to
Gerald Ford
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Yale Law School
- United States Naval Reserve
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Period: to
Jimmy Carter
- Georgia
- Union College
- Navy
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Period: to
Ronald Reagan
- Illinois
- Eureka College
- United States Army Reserve
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Period: to
George H. W. Bush
- Massachusetts
- Yale University
- World War 2
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Period: to
Bill Clinton
- Arkansas
- Yale Law School
- Army Reserve
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Period: to
George W. Bush
- Connecticut
- Harvard Business School
- Air National Guard
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Period: to
Barack Obama
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Harvard Law School
- No military service
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Period: to
Donald Trump
- New York
- University of Pennsylvania
- No military service