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On October 16, 1940, the first peacetime program of compulsory military service takes effect. Under the Selective Training and Service Act, all males between the ages of 21 to 35 are required to register for the draft. A lottery system determines who will be called into service. Draft registration at Jefferson Street Car Barn, Seattle, October 16, 1940.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the first peacetime draft in United States history. He did this in anticipation of America's probable entry into World War II.
The first draft in American history was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The document was called the Enrollment Act, but is also known as the Conscription Act.
Truman was still president from WWII to the Korean War, and the draft was maintained thru his administration, continuing thru his replacement, Eisenhower.
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