george washington was the only sitting president to lead troops in the field during his term.
george washington was the only sitting president to lead troops in the field during his term.
who was the only sitting president to lead troops in the field during his term?
george washington
during the whiskey rebellion, local citizens raised a liberty pole in support of the rebels, and to protest conscription of soldiers to put down the rebellion. nevertheless, these citizens were censured in a town meeting and removed the pole the next day. president george washington, while leading united states troops against the rebels, came through town on the way from carlisle to bedford, staying overnight on october 12, 1794. according to tradition, washington lodged with dr. robert johnson, a surgeon in the pennsylvania line during the revolution. this march was one of only two times that a sitting president personally commanded the military in the field. (the other was after president james madison fled the british occupation of washington, d.c. during the war of 1812.) after sending the troops toward pittsburgh from bedford under general henry "light horse harry" lee, washington returned through chambersburg sometime between october 21–26. james chambers was appointed a brigadier general of militia during the whiskey rebellion.
chambersburg, pennsylvania
since the u.s. constitution limits the president to two terms and vice president dick cheney did not seek the presidency, the 2008 election was the first election in which neither the sitting president nor the sitting vice president sought his party's nomination since 1928 (when neither the sitting president, calvin coolidge, nor the sitting vice president, charles g. dawes, chose to seek the presidency) and the first since 1952 where neither the sitting president nor sitting vice president received his party's nomination (when the sitting president, harry s. truman, chose not to seek reelection and the sitting vice president, alben barkley, lost the democratic nomination to adlai stevenson). with the exception of the 1964 convention, which nominated barry goldwater for president and william e. miller for vice-president, this was the first convention since 1948 not to feature a man named either nixon, dole or bush on the ticket.
2008 republican national convention