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	Presidential Physician: Joel Thompson Boone (1889-1974)

Presidents

1	Warren Harding	- During presidency: physician
2	Calvin Coolidge	- During presidency: physician
3	Herbert Hoover	- During presidency: primary physician
4	Franklin Roosevelt	- During presidency: physician

Education

Degree: MD
School: Hahnemann Medical College, 1913

Military

1. Retired as a Vice Admiral in the US Navy.
 

2. Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for actions on a French battlefield in 1917.
 

3. Was Lieutenant Commander during Harding presidency.

Notes

• A descendant of frontiersman Daniel Boone.

References

• Roos CA. Physicians to the Presidents, and their patients: a bibliography. Bull Med Library Assoc. 1961; 49(3): 291-360.