it was george w. bush
While Grant is the best known former General to later become President,two other former Generals also became President. Rutherford B. Hayes was a Major General as was James Garfield.
George W. BushGeorge W. Bush who was the managing general partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team from 1989-1994, collects autographed baseballs and owns over 250.
The plural noun of general is generals. Generals is a regular plural noun.
There were hundreds of Confederate Generals in the war. The leading was Lieutenant General Robert E. Lee. In early 1865, President Davis appointed Lee to be what is considered the general in chief of Confederate military forces.
There are Inspectors General, Attorney Generals and four different levels of Military Generals starting with Brigadier General (One Star), Major General (Two Stars), Lieutenant General (Three Stars) and General (with Four Stars).
None of the modern Democratic Presidents have been generals. Before the Civil War, Franklin Pierce is the most recent President who was a general and a member of the old Jacksonian Democratic Party.
No. But as President and Commander in Chief, he commands the US military and all five star Generals there are.
In an unusual action, generals John Cochrane and John Newton were given a visit to President Lincoln. At this time in December of 1862, General Burnside reported to the General in Chief Henry W. Halleck. Despite that, Lincoln granted an audience to the disenchanted generals under Burnside to request Burnside's removal as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Such a meeting with President Lincoln was highly irregular to say the least. Secretary of State William Seward helped to arrange the meeting with the president.
There is no information on how many commanding generals President Lincoln had gone through by June 1863. General George Meade commanded the Union army and General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate army.
Jefferson Davis - not a success, partly because he had wanted to be General-in-Chief and turned out a bad chooser and user of Generals.
1 full general, 5 lieutenant generals and about 60 major generals