When was the last time there was a President on the battle field?

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Posted: 9/14/2004 4:12:22 AM EDT

Does anyone know? Thanks!

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:14:06 AM EDT

[#1]

George Bush Sr. was in combat in the Pacific.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:14:52 AM EDT

[#2]

As president: George Washington?
As soldier: Bush 41 (d'oh!),JFK (), IKE, TR
As enemy combatant: Waffle-boy
(Note: If smoking weed at Oxford during 'nam counts, then..........)

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:14:54 AM EDT

[#3]

George W Bush visited Baghdad during christmas, or was it thanksgiving?

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:14:58 AM EDT

[#4]

If you mean one that fought in a war, it would be G. Bush I, he was a pilot in WWII.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:18:38 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
As president: George Washington?
As soldier: Bush 41 (d'oh!),JFK (), IKE, TR
As enemy combatant: Waffle-boy
(Note: If smoking weed at Oxford during 'nam counts, then..........)

Washington wasn't President during any battles. Abraham Lincoln was.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:23:37 AM EDT

[#6]

Sorry. I ment that was President while he was on the battlefield.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:28:05 AM EDT

[#7]

If you mean a president that actually took part in a battle while in office, I can't think of any.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:29:10 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
If you mean a president that actually took part in a battle while in office, I can't think of any.

I mean was commanding the army, on the battlefield, during the battle.

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:07:59 AM EDT

[#9]

Madison "helped" command the Army at the Battle of Bladensburg in 1814 and they lost.

Pres. Bush and VP Cheney were both on a battlefield of sorts on Sept. 11. A somewhat better terrorist plan would have resulted in both of them dead.

GunLvr

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:13:33 AM EDT

[#10]

No sitting US President has ever commanded troops in battle during their time in office. Some were present at Battles, (Madison during War of 1812, Lincoln during Civil War), but were not in direct command.

George Washington did directly command US troops used to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, but they fought no battles.

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:17:18 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
No sitting US President has ever commanded troops in battle during their time in office. Some were present at Battles, (Madison during War of 1812, Lincoln during Civil War), but were not in direct command.

George Washington did directly command US troops used to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, but they fought no battles.

Whiskey Rebellion?

You have Tea Parties and Rebellions over Whiskey??

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:20:20 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Quoted:
No sitting US President has ever commanded troops in battle during their time in office. Some were present at Battles, (Madison during War of 1812, Lincoln during Civil War), but were not in direct command.

George Washington did directly command US troops used to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, but they fought no battles.

Whiskey Rebellion?

You have Tea Parties and Rebellions over Whiskey??

Yup.

The new Federal Government placed an excise tax on whiskey, and the poor farmers of western Pennsylvania refused to pay it. They raised a small militia to defend themselves. President Washington rode at the head of a 12,000 man army into western PA, and the rebels quickly disbanded. Not much of a rebellion.