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#241963 - Thu Sep 02 2004 02:19 PM First administration with no military service
chessart Enthusiast Registered: Thu Dec 09 1999 Posts: 323 Loc: Ohio USA	Does anybody know which was the first U.S. administration in which neither the President or the VP had served in the military? I seem to recall once hearing it was Bush-Cheney. Jerry
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#241964 - Thu Sep 02 2004 07:06 PM Re: First administration with no military service
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	Nope. President Bush served. _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#241965 - Fri Sep 03 2004 05:03 AM Re: First administration with no military service
_elbereth_ Forum Adept Registered: Tue Jun 22 2004 Posts: 129 Loc: Adelaide South Australia	Quote: Nope. President Bush served. That may be stretching it a little. Bush, who probably had no intention of going to Vietnam, applied for the National Guard and was bumped up the waiting list. Although he did turn up for duty periodically, he went AWOL for over a year, which kinda cancels out any service he did do. However, I really don't have a problem with that. The military isn't for everyone. I do have issues with the Bush administration telling fibs about what is or isn't in his record.
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#241966 - Fri Sep 03 2004 07:28 AM Re: First administration with no military service
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	Please, no political rants. The question you originally asked is valid and a very good one. We will keep searching for an answer. _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#241967 - Fri Sep 03 2004 08:02 AM Re: First administration with no military service
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	Here is a list of Presidents that never served in the military: John Quincy Adams Martin Van Buren Millard Fillmore William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover William J. Clinton Now to find out if their vice-presidents never served. I think that we can rule out the Clinton/Gore administration since Gore did serve. _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#241968 - Fri Sep 03 2004 02:27 PM Re: First administration with no military service
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	John Quincy Adams (VP was John C. Calhoun). William Howard Taft (VP was James S. Sherman). Woodrow Wilson (VP was Thomas R. Marshall). *Warren G. Harding was Calvin Coolidge's VP and succeeded to President. Herbert Hoover (VP Charles Curtis). _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#241969 - Fri Feb 04 2005 02:43 PM Re: First administration with no military service
TonyTheDad Forum Adept Registered: Wed Jun 07 2000 Posts: 195 Loc: Upper Marlboro Maryland USA	Quote: *Warren G. Harding was Calvin Coolidge's VP and succeeded to President. Wrong! Coolidge was Haring's VP, and became president about 2 1/2 years into their term. He was re-elected in 1924, but desided not to runin 1928.
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