Besides george washington, which early presidents fought in american revolutionary war?
James Madison was a Colonel in the Virginia Military during the Revolution. James Monroe a Major in the Continetal Army. Andrew Jackson joined the Continetal Army at age 13 as a courier and before wars end had become a prisoner-of-war. He was the last US president to have served during the Revolution. John Adams was an ambassador to France (1778-1779) along with Ben Franklin. He was also an ambassador to the Netherlands (1780-1782). Prior to this Adams had been one of the representatives from Mass in the Continetal Congress (both first and second). So Adam’s served in the political arena during the war Adams’ son John Quincy Adams, the future sixth President, accompanied his father to France and the Netherlands until the age of 14 when he became secretary to the American minister to Russia, Francis Dana. He was actually a few months younger than Jackson (Jackson, born March 1767, was the seventh president), so he could have served at a young age if he’d wanted to and been allowed. So J
