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    Were both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt accomplished military leaders before rising to the presidency?

    Question #93477. Asked by Y2Maximum. (Mar 13 08 6:31 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Theodore Roosevelt United States Army Colonel Spanish-American War – only U.S. President to receive the Medal of Honor (awarded posthumously in 2001)

    FDR did not serve, though he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson in 1913.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidents_by_military_service

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy

    Mar 13 08, 6:45 PM
    wahoowa94

    		No. Franklin Roosevelt was a politician from the beginning. He was actually the Assistant Secretary of Navy under Woodrow Wilson starting in 1913. He worked with the Navy but was not in the military.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt#Marriage_and_family_life

    Mar 13 08, 6:52 PM

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