March Madness

George Washington

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

• From Virginia
• Attended school in Fredericksburg
• French Indian War, American Revolution, and Quasi War
• American Revolution

John Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 3, 1801

• Massachusetts
• Harvard educated lawyer
• Army

Thomas Jefferson

Period: Apr 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

• Virginia
• College of William and Mary
• Commander in chief

James Madison

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

• Virginia
• Princeton University
• Orange County Regiment

James Monroe

Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

• Virginia
• Continental Army
• College of William and Mary

John Quincy Adams

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

• Massachusetts
• Harvard, University of Leiden
• Union Army

Andrew Jackson

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

• Between North and South Carolina
• North Carolina to study law
• American Revolution

Martin Van Buren

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

• Kinderhook, New York
• Claverack College

William Henry Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841

• Berkeley Plantation, Virginia
• Hampden-Sydney College
• Major General in Army

John Tyler

Period: Apr 6, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

• Virginia
• William and Mary University
• Virginia Militia

James Knox Polk

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 3, 1849

• Pineville, North Carolina
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Tennessee Militia

Zachary Taylor

Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

• Virginia
• Basic Education
• War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Second Seminole War

Millard Fillmore

Period: Jul 10, 1850 to Mar 3, 1853

• Summer Hill, New York
• Lawyer
• New York Militia

Franklin Pierce

Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

• New Hampshire
• Bowdoin College and Northampton Law School
• Brigade Commander in army

James Bunchanan

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

• Pennsylvania
• Dickinson College
• War of 1812

Abraham Lincoln

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

• Kentucky
• Attended school as a kid
• Illinois Militia

Andrew Johnson

Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

• Rayleigh, North Carolina
• Never attended school
• United States Army

Ulysses S. Grant

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

• Ohio
• United States Military Academy
• United States Military

Rutherford B. Hayes

Period: Mar 3, 1877 to Mar 3, 1881

• Ohio
• Harvard University and Harvard Law School
• Military

James Garfield

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

• Ohio
• Hiram College and Williams College
• No military experience

Chester A. Arthur

Period: Sep 20, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

• Fairland, Vermont
• Union College and State and National Law School
• New York Militia

Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

• New Jersey
• Clinton Grammar School
• United States Military

Benjamin Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

• Ohio
• Miami University
• Union Army

Grover Cleaveland

Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

• New Jersey
• Clinton Grammar School
• United States Military

William McKinley

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

• Ohio
• Albany Law School
• Civil War

Theodore Roosevelt

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

• New York, New York
• Harvard College
• Naval War against Spain

William Howard Taft

Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

• Ohio
• Yale University
• No military experience

Woodrow Wilson

Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

• Virginia
• Princeton University
• Civil War

Warren Harding

Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

• Ohio
• Ohio Central College
• Army

Calvin Coolidge

Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

• Vermont
• Amherst College
• United States Army

Herbert Hoover

Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

• West Branch, Iowa
• Stanford University
• World War 1

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

• New York
• Harvard University and Columbia Law School
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Harry S. Truman

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

• Missouri
• UMKC Law School
• World War 1

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

• Kansas
• US Army War College
• Army

John F. Kennedy

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

• Massachusetts
• Harvard
• World War 2

Lyndon B. Johnson

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

• Texas
• Texas State University
• United State Naval Reserve

Richard Nixon

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

• California
• Duke Law School
• World War 2

Gerald Ford

Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

• Omaha, Nebraska
• Yale Law School
• United States Naval Reserve

Jimmy Carter

Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

• Georgia
• Union College
• Navy

Ronald Reagan

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

• Illinois
• Eureka College
• United States Army Reserve

George H. W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

• Massachusetts
• Yale University
• World War 2

Bill Clinton

Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

• Arkansas
• Yale Law School
• Army Reserve

George W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

• Connecticut
• Harvard Business School
• Air National Guard

Barack Obama

Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017

• Honolulu, Hawaii
• Harvard Law School
• No military service

Donald Trump

Period: Jan 20, 2017 to Jan 20, 2021

• New York
• University of Pennsylvania
• No military service