US Presidents Who Were Not Veterans of War |
Presidents | Election Years |
John Adams | 1789, 1792, 1796, 1800 |
Thomas Jefferson | 1796, 1800, 1804 |
James Madison | 1808, 1812 |
John Q. Adams | 1820, 1824, 1828 |
Martin Van Buren | 1836, 1840, 1848 |
John Tyler | *1 |
James K. Polk | 1844 |
Franklin Pierce | 1852 |
Millard Fillmore *2 | 1856 |
Grover Cleveland | 1884, 1888, 1892 |
William H. Taft | 1908, 1912 |
Woodrow Wilson | 1912, 1916 |
Warren G. Harding | 1920 |
Calvin Coolidge *3 | 1924 |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1928, 1932 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt *4 | 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 |
William J. Clinton | 1992, 1996 |
George W. Bush | 2000 |
1. Elected Vice President 1840, assumed Presidency 1841 upon the death of William H. Harrison.
2. Elected Vice President 1848, assumed Presidency 1850 upon death of Zachary Taylor.
3. Elected Vice President 1920, assumed Presidency 1923 upon the death of Warren G. Harding; elected President 1924.
4. Held senior civilian position as assistant secretary of the Navy, 1913-1920.