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Who was the most educated president of the United States?

Woodrow Wilson, the nation's 28th President from 1913-1921, had the most extensive academic career of any United States President. Not only did he graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph. D.
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Which president had the highest IQ?

At a score of 175, Harvard grad John Quincy Adams has the highest estimated IQ of all U.S. presidents. He studied all around the world, becoming fluent in seven languages throughout his life. Without even completing law school, he became a lawyer.
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Who is the only president who never went to school?

There are 9 U.S. presidents reported to have never attended college, including George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, and Harry Truman.
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How many presidents have had advanced degrees?

Of the 45 US presidents, 32 had college degrees and 13 did not. Eight presidents did not attend college; five attended college but did not earn a degree; 21 graduated college with undergraduate degrees only; and 11 earned graduate degrees.
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Who was the last president without a college degree?

Since President Harry S. Truman, all those who have served as commander in chief had obtained a college degree before entering political life. The United States has not had a head of state who did not attend college since President Truman served two terms from 1945 to 1953.
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US Presidents Ranked by Education Level

Does Donald Trump have a college degree?

Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and his father named him president of his real estate business in 1971. Trump renamed it the Trump Organization and reoriented the company toward building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses.
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Did any president not graduate high school?

Nine: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, Harry Truman (later took some law courses but his only diploma was from high school).
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What degree does Barack Obama have?

Kalorama, Washington, D.C. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a B.A. in political science and later worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, Obama enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
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What U.S. president has a Phd?

Wilson's victory made him the first Southerner to win a presidential election since the Civil War, the first Democratic president since Grover Cleveland left office in 1897, and the first and only president to hold a Ph.D.
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Who was America's youngest president?

Age of presidents

The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.
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Who was the first kid president?

Robby Novak is known to millions as Kid President.
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Which president did not get married?

He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor. Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married.
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Which president had 15 children?

John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives. In 1813, Tyler married Letitia Christian, the daughter of a Virginia planter.
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What is Elon Musk's IQ?

Let's try to understand Elon's level of IQ now that we know the obvious answer to that question. Elon Musk has a 155 IQ, which is regarded as being quite high.
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What was Albert Einstein's IQ?

His performance beats those of physicists Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein, who were both estimated to have IQs around 160.
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Which president had a stroke and wife ran the country?

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was second wife of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. She served as First Lady from 1915 to 1921. After the President suffered a severe stroke, she pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson's second term.
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Does Bill Gates have his PhD?

Bill Gates effectively invented the college-dropout billionaire trope in 1975 when he left Harvard University to found Microsoft. While Harvard eventually awarded an honorary doctorate to Gates, he never completed his bachelor's degree.
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Who was the first left handed president?

James A. Garfield (March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881) was ambidextrous; he was the only known left-handed president prior to the 20th century. Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) was left-handed as a child, he wrote with his right hand and used his left for most other activities.
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Who was the first black president?

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of the Constitution always hoped that our leadership would not be limited to Americans of wealth or family connections.
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What degree do most college presidents have?

Education requirements for college presidents

A college president should have a postgraduate degree, such as a master's degree. There are many college presidents who hold a doctorate, such as a PhD or EdD.
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What did Obama do for the country?

Obama signed many landmark bills into law during his first two years in office. The main reforms include: the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as "the ACA" or "Obamacare", the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.
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How many US presidents have a master's degree?

Graduate school

Among them, eleven presidents received a graduate degree during their lifetimes; two more received graduate degrees posthumously.
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What are the 4 requirements to be president?

The Constitution lists only three qualifications for the Presidency — the President must be at least 35 years of age, be a natural born citizen, and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.
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Did Abraham Lincoln have a college degree?

He attended three or four “ABC schools,” which were often held in log cabins and where teachers were barely more educated than their pupils. Lincoln later estimated that his total formal schooling did not amount to more than one year. He never attended an academy or college.
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