Naval veterans as president

[JohnJacques]

Getting a naval veteran elected president earlier would be interesting, especially as modern history has seen many of them (Kennedy, Nixon, etc....) However, in the post-Civil War era, So, we come first to a man who actually was courted for the Democrats in 1900- Admiral George Dewey. Can anyone speculate how he would have run if not for his apolitical comments? And then, are there any other earlier candidates for the post?

[Kevin Renner]

Possibly Oliver Hazzard and Matthew Perry.

[Arafeel]

Not the us, but what about Reichspräsident Alfred von Tirpitz in 1925, he was after all a meaber of the DNVP :D

[Fatstalin]

Stephen Decatur might also work.

[Berra]

Was the navy large enough to produce all that many presidents before that period?