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Who is the only US president to have a PhD?

The only U.S. President with a Ph.D. is Woodrow Wilson, who earned his doctorate in History and Political Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1886, after a distinguished career as a professor and university president before entering politics.
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Has any U.S. president had a PhD?

Woodrow Wilson is known as one of the nation's greatest presidents and is the only U.S. president to hold a Ph.D. degree. Wilson was the 28th U.S. president and served in office from 1913 to 1921.
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What degrees does Donald Trump have?

Donald Trump holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which he received in 1968 after attending Fordham University and transferring. He also attended the New York Military Academy as a teenager before starting university. 
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Does Obama have a doctorate?

Obama graduated from Harvard Law in 1991 with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude.
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Is Woodrow Wilson the only president to have 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 is the most educated U.S. president?

Woodrow Wilson is the most academically educated U.S. President, being the only one to earn a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in History and Political Science from Johns Hopkins University, after serving as president of Princeton University, where he also received his undergraduate degree. While other presidents like Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt were highly intelligent and attended prestigious universities, Wilson's earned doctorate sets him apart academically. 
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Which president had a stroke and wife ran the country?

President Woodrow Wilson had a severe stroke in 1919, after which his wife, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, effectively ran the country by pre-screening all state matters, visitors, and documents for the remainder of his term, acting as a "steward" of the presidency in a constitutionally unprecedented role. She controlled access to the incapacitated President, deciding what issues reached him and how they were handled, leading her to be called the "Secret President". 
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Does Joe Biden have a doctorate?

Biden earned a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968.
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Did Michelle Obama ever pass a bar exam?

Yes, Michelle Obama did pass the bar exam, but not on her first try; she failed the Illinois bar initially, felt discouraged, but eventually passed on her second attempt after graduating from Harvard Law School and went on to have a successful legal career before becoming First Lady.
 
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Which U.S. president never went to college?

Read on to find out the presidents who didn't go to college.
  1. Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
  2. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Image Source. ...
  3. George Washington (1789-1797) ...
  4. William Henry Harrison (1841) ...
  5. Grover Cleveland (1885-1897) ...
  6. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) ...
  7. James Monroe (1817-1825) ...
  8. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) ...
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What kind of degree does Biden have?

At the University of Delaware, Biden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 with a double major in history and political science. In 1966, Biden married Neilia Hunter, a student at Syracuse University.
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What president has the most degrees?

Woodrow Wilson is widely considered the most formally educated U.S. President, being the only one to earn a Ph.D. (from Johns Hopkins University) and having a distinguished academic career, including serving as President of Princeton University before his presidency. Other highly educated presidents include John Quincy Adams for his broad intellect and languages, Thomas Jefferson for his wide-ranging knowledge, and modern figures like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton who also have advanced degrees. 
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Why didn't Trump serve in the military?

Donald Trump didn't serve in the military because he received multiple draft deferments, including four for education while attending college and one medical deferment for bone spurs in his heel, which exempted him from the Vietnam War draft. The medical exemption came from a podiatrist who allegedly provided the diagnosis as a favor to Trump's father, Fred Trump Sr., allowing him to avoid service. 
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Who is the only president to have earned an MBA?

In the fall of 1973, Bush entered Harvard Business School. He graduated in 1975 with a M.B.A. degree, and is the only U.S. president to have earned the degree.
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What college did the most U.S. presidents go to?

Harvard University claims the most U.S. Presidents as alumni, with eight presidents having attended, including John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama, followed by Yale University with five, according to University of the People and CollegeXpress, notes College Raptor.
 
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Who was president when WW1 started?

After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, Wilson led America into war in order to "make the world safe for democracy." Like Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people.
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Did Joe Biden pass a bar exam?

Yes, Joe Biden passed the bar exam and was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1969 after earning his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968, despite graduating in the lower portion of his class. He practiced law before entering politics, serving as a lawyer and later becoming the 27th President of the United States, and the first President with a law degree from a non-"T-14" law school in a century, notes Law.com. 
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How many times did it take Hillary Clinton to pass the bar?

Secretary of State and past Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton failed the DC bar exam the first time she took it. She passed the Arkansas bar after that.
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What was Barack Obama's LSAT score?

Barack Obama's specific LSAT score has never been officially released, but it's widely believed he scored very highly (likely above 170, potentially near perfect) to gain admission to Harvard Law School despite a lower undergraduate GPA, suggesting he was in the top few percentile of test-takers for his application year. While no official number exists, analyses point to a score in the top tier (e.g., 94th-98th percentile) to overcome his GPA for admission to a top-ranked program like Harvard.
 
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What degree does Kamala Harris have?

She graduated in 1986 with a degree in political science and economics. Harris then attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where she served as president of its chapter of the Black Law Students Association. She graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1989.
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What is Joe Biden's stage 4 diagnosis?

Metastatic cancer, which Biden has, means that it has spread from where it started to another part of the body – in his case, from the prostate to the bone. It's also known as Stage 4 cancer. Somebody Biden's age wouldn't normally be screened for prostate cancer.
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How many presidents with PhD?

Woodrow Wilson is the only U.S. president to have obtained a Ph. D., which he received from Johns Hopkins University in 1886 for his work titled "Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics", and George W. Bush is the only U.S. president to have attained an MBA degree.
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What president had dementia?

President Ronald Reagan publicly announced his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in 1994, after leaving office, but speculation and analysis suggest he may have shown early signs while president, though his doctors didn't diagnose it then. His decision to go public aimed to increase understanding and awareness of the condition, following years of public discussion about his age and memory. 
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What president ate cherries and milk and died?

President Zachary Taylor (the 12th U.S. President) is widely believed to have died from consuming large quantities of cherries and milk, along with iced water, on a hot July 4th, 1850, leading to severe gastrointestinal distress and ultimately, death by cholera or acute gastroenteritis a few days later. His death sparked rumors of poisoning, though investigations later suggested bacterial contamination from the fruit or milk, rather than deliberate poisoning, was the likely cause, as a 1991 exhumation found only non-fatal levels of arsenic (National Archives.gov).
 
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Which president married his wife twice?

Two U.S. Presidents married twice while in office: John Tyler, whose first wife Letitia died, and Woodrow Wilson, whose first wife Ellen passed away, with both presidents marrying their second wives during their presidencies. Tyler married young Julia Gardiner, while Wilson married the widow Edith Bolling Galt. 
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