US Presidents in Chronological Order and Their Wars

# Name Lived Held Office War(s) - - - - King Philip's War (1675) - - - - King William's War (1689-1697) - - - - Queen Anne's War (1702-1713) - - - - Yamasee War (1715-16)

(South Carolina Yamasee Tribe) - - - - King George's War (1744-1748) - - - - French and Indian Wars (1754-1763) 1 Washington, George 1732-1799 1789-1797 Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 2 Adams, John 1735-1826 1797-1801 - 3 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 1801-1809 Tripolitan War (1801-1805)

against Tripoli (now in Libya) 4 Madison, James 1751-1836 1809-1817 War of 1812

the Creek War (1813-14) 5 Monroe, James 1758-1831 1817-1825 Indian Wars of 1817-1821

First Seminole War (1817-18)

Monroe Doctrine (1823) 6 Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848 1825-1829 - 7 Jackson, Andrew

"Old Hickory" 1767-1845 1829-1837 Black Hawk War (1832)

Second Seminole War (1835-42) 8 Van Buren, Martin 1782-1862 1837-1841 - 9 Harrison, William Henry* 1773-1841 1841 - 10 *Tyler, John 1790-1862 1841-1845 - 11 Polk, James Knox 1795-1849 1845-1849 Mexican War (1846-1848) 12 *Taylor, Zachary

"Old Rough and Ready" 1784-1850 1849-1850 - 13 *Fillmore, Millard 1800-1874 1850-1853 - 14 Pierce, Franklin 1804-1869 1853-1857 Third Seminole War (1855-58) 15 Buchanan, James 1791-1868 1857-1861 - 16 Lincoln, Abraham* 1809-1865 1861-1865 Civil War (1861-65) 17 *Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 1865-1869 - 18 Grant, Ulysses Simpson (Hiram Ulysses) 1822-1885 1869-1877 Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) 19 Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893 1877-1881 - 20 Garfield, James Abram* 1831-1881 1881 - 21 *Arthur, Chester Alan 1829-1886 1881-1885 - 22 Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover 1837-1908 1885-1889 Apache Wars against Geronimo (1876-1886) 23 Harrison 2, Benjamin 1833-1901 1889-1893 1st Pan-American Conference (1889) 24 Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover 1837-1908 1893-1897 - 25 McKinley, William* 1843-1901 1897-1901 Spanish-American War (1898) 26 *Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 1901-1909 Awareded 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in Russo-Japanese War 27 Taft, William Howard 1857-1930 1909-1913 - 28 Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow 1856-1924 1913-1921 World War I (1914-1918)

League of Nations

Awarded 1919 Nobel Peace Prize 29 Harding, Warren Gamaliel* 1865-1923 1921-1923 - 30 *Coolidge, (John) Calvin 1872-1933 1923-1929 - 31 Hoover, Herbert Clark 1874-1964 1929-1933 - 32 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano* 1882-1945 1933-1945 World War II (1939-1945) 33 *Truman, Harry S. 1884-1972 1945-1953 atomic bombing of Japan (1945)

Cold War with Soviet Union

United Nations, Marshall Plan (1948)

NATO (1949)

Korean War (1950-1953) 34 Eisenhower, Dwight David

"Ike" 1890-1969 1953-1961 Cold War with Soviet Union continues 35 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald* 1917-1963 1961-1963 established Peace Corps (1961)

Bay of Pigs incident 36 *Johnson, Lyndon Baines 1908-1973 1963-1969 escalated involvement in Vietnam War (1954-1975) 37 Nixon, Richard Milhous** 1913-1994 1969-1974 "War on Drugs" (1971)

visited China (1972)

détente with U.S.S.R.

eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Southeast Asia 38 **Ford, Gerald Rudolph. 1913- 1974-1977 - 39 Carter, James Earl, Jr. "Jimmy." 1924- 1977-1981 Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel (1979) 40 Reagan, Ronald Wilson 1911- 1981-1989 military involvements in Grenada, Central America, Lebanon, Libya

Cold War subsides (Glasnost with U.S.S.R.) 41 Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1989-1993 Persian Gulf War I with Iraq (1990) 42 Clinton, William Jefferson "Bill" 1946- 1993-2001 Persian Gulf War II with Iraq (1999)

Serbia vs. Bosnia, Kosovo, NATO... 43 Bush, George W. "Dubya" 1946- 2001-2009 Afgan War against the Talliban and Al Qaeda (2001...)

Iraqi Invasion and Occupation (2003...)

"War on Terror" 44 Obama, Barack Hussein II 1961- 2009- "Pashtunistan - Waziristan War"

or (as I also choose to call it) "The War Across the Durand Line",

continuing legacy of all G. W. Bush Administration wars.

Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Use of asterisks (*): name* died in office *name replaced preceding President who died name** left office before completion of term **name replaced preceding living President

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