Who is the least educated US President?

Did not graduate from college
  • Abraham Lincoln (had only about a year of formal schooling of any kind)
  • Andrew Johnson (no formal schooling of any kind)
  • Grover Cleveland.
  • William McKinley (attended Allegheny College, but did not graduate; also attended Albany Law School, but also did not graduate)
  • Harry S.
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Which president has the best education?

The 28th President Woodrow Wilson is the most educated President in United States history.
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Which president did not have a high school diploma?

George Washington: The nation's first president never took college courses but did earn a surveyor's certificate. James Monroe: The nation's fifth president attended William & Mary College but didn't graduate. Andrew Jackson: The seventh president did not attend college.
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Has any president had a Phd?

Only one United States President has earned a Doctor of Philosophy, Ph. D., degree. Woodrow Wilson, the nation's 28th President from 1913-1921, had the most extensive academic career of any United States President.
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Which president never went to school and learned to read and write from his wife?

Born in a log cabin in North Carolina to nearly illiterate parents, Andrew Johnson did not master the basics of reading, grammar, or math until he met his wife at the age of seventeen. The only other man to attain the office of President with so little formal education was Abraham Lincoln.
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US Presidents Ranked by Education Level



Who was the youngest president?

The youngest person to assume the presidency was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at the age of 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was inaugurated at age 43.
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Which president lived the shortest life?

William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.
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How many US presidents did not go to college?

There are 9 presidents that never attended college whatsoever, including George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, and Harry Truman. Only around three-quarters of U.S. presidents attended college.
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What presidents did not attend law school?

Some of the presidents who worked as lawyers but never earned a law degree were:
  • Abraham Lincoln;
  • James Madison;
  • James Monroe;
  • John Adams;
  • Thomas Jefferson.
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How many presidents went to Harvard?

Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
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Who was poorest president?

Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth considerably less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949.
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Which president was never married?

In his personal life, Buchanan never married, the only U.S. president to remain a lifelong bachelor, leading some to question his sexual orientation. Buchanan died of respiratory failure in 1868, and was buried in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for nearly 60 years.
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Who was the best president?

Abraham Lincoln has taken the highest ranking in each survey and George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt have always ranked in the top five while James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Franklin Pierce have been ranked at the bottom of all four surveys.
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What is the minimum age for president?

Requirements to Hold Office

According to Article II of the U.S. Constitution, the president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years old, and have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
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Who is the oldest president in the world?

Since 1900, the youngest serving state leader has been 192-day-old Fuad II, King of Egypt (left), while the oldest has been 96-year-old Hastings Banda, President of Malawi (right).
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What President was an only child?

Although there were no only-children, three presidents only had one sibling - Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. On average the presidents had a little over 5 siblings.
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Has a President ever had a tattoo?

Theodore Roosevelt, however, is the only American president ever documented to have had tattoos on his body, in real life, although from gunpowder.
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Which President never lived in the White House?

Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in. Since that time, each President has made his own changes and additions.
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Who was the 1st left handed president?

Garfield (1881) First president to be elected to the presidency directly from the House of Representatives. First president to be left-handed or ambidextrous. First president to die before reaching the age of 50.
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Who was president 18?

In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
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Does the president have to have a high school diploma?

There is no minimum educational requirement that must be met in order to be qualified to run as president, though most have attained college degrees.
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What is the richest president?

1. Donald Trump (Net Worth $2.9 billion) When adjusted for inflation, Donald Trump is the richest person to ever serve as president — even at the lowest estimate. Trump had a prominent real estate career in New York City before throwing his hat in the political ring.
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