Generals who became Presidents

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  • LAS VEGAS, NV – JULY 23: Retired Marine Corps Gen. James “Jim” Mattis speaks during the DIRECTV and Operation Gratitude day of service at the fifth annual DIRECTV Dealer Revolution Conference at Caesars Palace on July 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for DIRECTV)
  • General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied commander, leaves his closed staff car behind because of the mud and boards a jeep in Europe to start on his recent tour of the fighting front in November 1944. (AP Photo)
  • Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant, commanded the Army of the Potomac in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5th and 6th, 1864, one of the greatest military struggles in history. (AP Photo)
  • This drawing shows French military leader Marquis de Lafayette, left, as he stands by the side of General George Washington at Valley Forge encampment of the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-78. (AP Photo)
  • Battle of New Orleans showing General Andrew Jackson and his troops overcoming the British , in 1815, and scoring a victory which gave him a place of great popularity whit the people.This coupled with Perry’s victory on Lake Erie did much toward the capitulation of the British. (AP Photo)
  • ** FILE ** An artist’s impression of President William Henry Harrison’s March 4, 1841 inauguration in Washington. Harrison declined the offer of a closed carriage and rode on horseback to the Capitol, braving cold temperatures and a northeast wind. After speaking for more than an hour, he returned to the White House on horseback, catching a chill that eventually turned to pneumonia. He died a month later. (AP Photo/File)
  • General of the U.S. Army Douglas MacArthur inspects the wreckage of a hospital on Clark field, Luzon Island on Feb. 9, 1945, which was destroyed by the retreating Japanese forces during World War II. (AP Photo)HC00408
  • Retired Gen. Colin Powell, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, greets the crowd at the podium during the Republican National Convention Monday, Aug. 12, 1996, at the San Diego Convention Center. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
  • Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie tells a New York news conference that he has signed a $7 million multi-year contract with the New Jersey Generals as the United States Football League team’s owner Donald Trump listens, right, Feb. 5, 1985. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
  • Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf, Commander of Operations for Desert Shield and Desert Storm, gives a thumbs up after speaking at the Franklin Covey International Symposium Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
  • Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark speaks at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Milford, N.H. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004. Howard Dean has acknowledged Clark’s momentum in the Democratic presidential race and singled him out as a chief rival for the nomination. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
  • Gen. William T. Sherman, ca. 1864-65. Mathew Brady Collection. (Army) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 111-B-1769 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 125