# Which U.S. Presidents have killed a man? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490 "2009-02-12T05:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490/21 "2009-02-12T22:55:17Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > Okay, so for my other question: has any president ever killed a woman? From what’s been posted so far, it seems unlikely. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris Aircraft bombing, WW II style, is a rather indiscriminate way of killing people. With all of George Herbert Walker Bush’s bombing missions, it’s safe to assume he killed some women. Even if he was attempting, a la _Catch-22,_ to kill no one, you can’t drop a bomber load of high explosive without killing somebody. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490/22 "2009-02-12T23:01:53Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Aircraft bombing, WW II style, is a rather indiscriminate way of killing people. With all of George Herbert Walker Bush’s bombing missions, it’s safe to assume he killed some women. Even if he was attempting, a la _Catch-22,_ to kill no one, you can’t drop a bomber load of high explosive without killing somebody. He was a torpedo bomber. He flew off of aircraft carriers and attacked enemy Navy ships. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490/23 "2009-02-12T23:02:36Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Aircraft bombing, WW II style, is a rather indiscriminate way of killing people. With all of George Herbert Walker Bush’s bombing missions, it’s safe to assume he killed some women. Even if he was attempting, a la _Catch-22,_ to kill no one, you can’t drop a bomber load of high explosive without killing somebody. I don’t think he flew the type of bomber your talking about, I could be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490/24 "2009-02-13T07:17:40Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I don’t think he flew the type of bomber your talking about, I could be wrong though. [This](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBF_Avenger) is what he flew. But it is possible he had women and children strapped to the torpedos when he dropped them. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490/25 "2009-02-13T12:19:02Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Laura Bush killed a man when she was 17, she ran a stop sign and hit the guy’s car. > > Probably the only first lady to kill someone. Coincidently, I have heard that the guy she killed was her ex boyfriend… ---
**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490/26 "2009-02-14T16:07:50Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Coincidently, I have heard that the guy she killed was her ex boyfriend… If he wasn’t then, he is now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidents-have-killed-a-man/485490.md?page=1)