Which president did not have a high school diploma?

George Washington (1789-1797)
George Washington is another answer to the question “who was the only president who never went to school?” He never went to college and received no education past the age of 11.
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Who was the only president that did not have my high school diploma?

Truman. Truman went to work for the Santa Fe railroad after graduating high school. He left a Kansas City business school after one semester and later tried law school night classes but dropped out.
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Can you become president without 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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Which president did not go to school?

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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Who is the most educated president in U.S. history?

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The 28th President Woodrow Wilson is the most educated President in United States history.
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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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Did Ronald Reagan have a college degree?

Over six years, Reagan performed 77 rescues. In 1928, he attended Eureka College. He was an indifferent student, majored in economics and sociology and graduated with a C average.
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Was George Washington educated?

For Washington, the pursuit of knowledge was a life-long passion. Unlike many of his contemporaries in the Continental Congress, Washington never attended college or received a formal education. His two older brothers, Lawrence and Augustine Washington, Jr., attended Appleby Grammar School in England.
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Did Abraham Lincoln have a degree?

Lincoln was self-educated. His formal schooling was intermittent, the aggregate of which may have amounted to less than twelve months. He never attended college, but Lincoln retained a lifelong interest in learning.
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Which U.S. 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. Not only did he graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.
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What degrees do most presidents have?

President Education Requirements And Degrees

Presidents usually study Business, Psychology or Political Science. 71% of Presidents hold a Bachelor's Degree and 12% hold a Master's Degree. We found these by analyzing 127,149 President resumes to investigate the topic of President education more precisely.
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What president only had a high school education?

But on March 4, 1865, he became vice president during Abraham Lincoln's second term. And a month later, on April 15, Johnson became the 17th US president after Lincoln's assassination. He never set foot in a formal educational institution. Because of this, Johnson is the only president who never went to school.
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Who is the only unelected president in U.S. history?

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (/ˈdʒɛrəld/ JERR-əld; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and was the only president never to have been elected to the office of president or vice president.
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What college did the most presidents go to?

Harvard University has produced the most Presidents when it comes to their undergraduate school with 8! That includes John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F.
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Did George Washington have a British accent?

The answer is the first three US Presidents: George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. These three all had British accents. Also, add to the list Ben Franklin — yes, he also had a British accent.
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Was George Washington a genius?

George Washington was America's first president and its Army's first commanding general. His military and tactical genius lead to the defeat of the world's most powerful military and Britain's exit from the American colonies.
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What did George Washington's voice sound like?

Fisher Ames, a representative in the United States Congress, said Washington's voice was “deep, a little tremulous, and so low as to call for close attention.” Other contemporaries of Washington described his tone as dispassionate, which Paul K.
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Was there ever a single president?

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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What presidents have an MBA?

George W. Bush, the nation's forty-third president, is the only president to earn an M.B.A, which he obtained from Harvard Business School.
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Which US president was an actor?

Ronald Reagan, originally an American actor and politician, became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989. His term saw a restoration of prosperity at home, with the goal of achieving “peace through strength” abroad.
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Which president was head cheerleader in high school?

Bush attended high school at Phillips Academy, a boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and was the head cheerleader during his senior year. He attended Yale University from 1964 to 1968, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
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Who was the youngest First Lady?

Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (born Frank Clara Folsom; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. Becoming first lady at age 21, she remains the youngest wife of a sitting president.
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