From the beginning, the presidential office has beckoned to national heroes renowned for their selfless service to their country (George Washington, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight Eisenhower). This affinity is especially strong for men of military fame, for the president is formally commander-in-chief as well as symbolically the steward to the national interest.
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George Washington
Morley Safer
John Adams
Andrew Young
Thomas Jefferson
George Will
John Quincy Adams
James Carville
Andrew Jackson
Mario Cuomo
Martin Van Buren
Charlie Rose
John Tyler
David Gergen
James Buchanan
Norman Schwarzkopf
Ulysses S. Grant
Billy Graham
James Garfield
Lowell Weicker
Grover Cleveland
William F. Buckley Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt
Colin Powell
William H. Taft
Bob Dole
Herbert Hoover
Jimmy Carter
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George H. W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
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