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- tezz27000Lv 44 years agoFavorite Answer
I can't think of any other president that would have been so I'm gonna say yes
- The TaxpayerLv 74 years ago
Absolutely not. There was Bill Clinton and Obama didn't even register for the draft...he claimed to be Kenyan.
- 4 years ago
No, three out of the last four dodged the draft.
Not that Ron "served in Hollywood, not Germany" Reagan was much of a hero.
Obama was too young for the draft. George H.W. Bush was a war hero and a spook enough to make NEwt Gingrich cream in his jeans.
Carter was career military till his father died and he needed to take over the farm.
- StephenWeinsteinLv 74 years ago
No. Many draft dodgers were elected POTUS. However, Trump is not a draft dodger because he wasn't eligible for the draft for medical reasons and didn't do anything to dodge it.
- Anonymous4 years ago
Bush was, probably others back in the day
Teddy would be shaking his head
- Anonymous4 years ago
No, Bill Clinton was.
- Mr. SmartypantsLv 74 years ago
If you mean the first president who chose not to go to war, no he's not. Clinton and GW Bush also chose not to participate in Vietnam. Clinton got educational deferments. Bush got into the Texas Air Nat'l Guard (ahead of a long waiting list) where they spent a million dollars teaching him to fly, then he quit before his commitment was up when he found something else he'd rather do.
But Congress is FULL of what we call 'chicken hawks'--politicians who praised the Vietnam War but decided they had better things to do themselves (and their sons also). The great majority of these are Republicans, of course. Republicans leaders never saw a war they didn't like, but THEY didn't fight in them.
- Anonymous4 years ago
Yes, but Dick Cheney
- Anonymous4 years ago
He had deferments. Blue dress was the draft dodger